Events

• In the City

Literaturbahnhof: The Guest Country Hour: at the Haus Des Buches becomes a stop for Philippine storytelling, as authors from the archipelago share stories of memory, resistance, and identity. It welcomes the Philippines into the Haus des Buches’ well-loved literary program, featuring riveting readings from different luminaries in Philippine literature. 17:15 - 18:15

• In the City

Experience the critically acclaimed 2002 film Dekada '70 at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair on October 18. This special screening, part of the Philippines' Guest of Honour program, commemorates the novel's German translation and will be followed by a discussion with writer Beverly W. Siy, offering deeper insights into this powerful narrative. 18:00

• Philippine Pavilion
• Cultural
• Reading
• Performance
• Poetry

A reading in eight  Philippine languages of If I Must Die by the late poet-professor Refaat Alareer. With background music from Nathan Neil Manimtim.

• Philippine Pavilion
• Reading
• Poetry

A poetry reading by Philippine National Artist Almario with young poets Lacuesta and Castillo, accompanied on guitar by Manimtim. It will be followed by a performance of Alamat ng Lahi, with lyrics and music by National Artists Amado Hernandez and Lucio San Pedro.

• Philippine Pavilion
• Performance

Written by Rizal: A Performance A tragic figure in José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, Sisa embodies the sorrowful mother shattered by poverty, injustice, and colonial cruelty. Once gentle and loving, she turns mad after her sons, Basilio and Crispin, fall victim to the abuses of church and state. At once homage, it conjures the ghostly…

• Philippine Pavilion
• Reading
• Poetry

Literary voices from different parts of the world come together to celebrate freedom, justice, and peace. They read from their works, or from the works of the many who are voiceless and rendered invisible. By this solidarity, they help the world move from a dark difficult place to one of light and grace. In a…

• Philippine Pavilion
• Discussion
• Society, Politics, & Culture

Literature is both wound work and world-making. Together, Filipino, German-Palestinian, and Palestinian writers in diaspora bear witness to the wounds of empire, occupation, displacement, erasure, and resistance. The panel explores how writers from different geographies of struggle can speak with one another, through listening and imagining otherwise: what does it mean to write not as isolated voices…

• Asia Stage
• Performance

Asian poets and romance writers perform their most evocative works in a celebration of love, longing, and lyrical expression.

• Philippine Stand
• Discussion
• Society, Politics, & Culture
• Book Launch

In Ausländer, Al Joseph Lumen writes of love, grief, and belonging in a country not his own. This launch invites readers to listen, reflect, and share in the migrant’s quiet resilience.

• Philippine Stand
• Discussion
• Comics & Graphics Narratives
• Comics & Graphic Novels

A documentary film covering the 1970s’ so-called “Filipino Invasion of American Comics,” the subsequent rise of Whilce Portacio in the US, his influence in the Philippines, and the eventual renaissance of Filipino independent komiks of the present. Produced/Directed by Jay Ignacio The Philippines once boasted a thriving, prolific komiks industry throughout the 1950s and 1960s.…