This is a companion list for the two-part Booklaban Halloween episode of the Teka Teka podcast by Pumapodcast. Click the player below to listen to the episodes. Note: Some of the recorded recommendations had to be cut out; those stories are still linked here but highlighted in pink to indicate […]
How did you get into reading? As a child, “It’s Raining Mens” author Bebang Siy flipped through prayer books she couldn’t understand, devoured her elder cousin’s tabloids (particularly the sex advice column!), and went through her dad’s stash of thriller paperbacks. Listen as she talks about the books that made her the reader and writer she is today.
There was nobody we wanted as a guest for our first episode more than Bebang Siy. We met Bebang way back in 2013 when our book club discussed “It’s a Mens World.” Even back then, she was a passionate champion of local literature and works written in Filipino.
