oragonrepublic com launches literary folio

“Salugsog sa Sulog” (Splinters in Flow), the first print edition of premier Bicol Website OragonRepublic.com is now off the press. Showcasing some of the leading voices in Bikol literature, it is published with the help of some friends and patrons namely Netopia Internet Cafe, Bonheur, Digi Adz Indoor and Outdoor Sign, Alex Belarmino and family, Thelma de Leon and family, Roy David, Monette and Jacob Kurian, Ulysses Pacaro and family, Ely’s Studio, Page Jeans Company, Bichara Theater Mall, Geewan, Red Platter, Baker’s Plaza, Benjo’s, Graceland.and Gold Print Publishing House. Conceived to be an annual literary project, it is edited by Jose Jason L. Chancoco. Publisher, designer and Website owner Fer Basbas says: “We aim to convey a sense of literature as it is today, one that is in a state of transition, one that has to contend with various influences, modern or otherwise, from within and without the region.”The folio is distributed for free. For more information, interested parties may log on to http://www.oragonrepublic.com or write [email protected] or [email protected] ebook version may be downloaded.