Merlinda Bobis’ In the Name of the Trees beguiles with its intricate prose and compressed poetics. In less than 150 pages, it tells the story of four generations of Bikol women, all of whom must, in ...

Ramona Koval: Poverty and wealth exists side by side on the streets of Manila in the Philippines. In her second novel, poet and playwright Merlinda Bobis takes the reader to the shanty towns that ...

It is no surprise that a dystopian novel about climate change has won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards - there were three among the six shortlisted books.

Merlinda Bobis is one of those interesting and rare writers who mix the fantastical with the political. It is not an easy literary strategy, and yet, in conditions of government repression, it can be ...

Merlinda Bobis is a woman of substance and linguistic prowess - with undeniable eloquence in expressing her art through her written works. Merlinda Bobis was recognised by the Philippine Embassy as ...

Written in beautifully lush, yet sharply focused language this tour de force is the tragic tale of a family destroyed during the "total war" against the communist insurgency declared by Philippines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merlinda Bobis’ In the Name of the Trees beguiles with its intricate prose and compressed poetics. In less than 150 pages, it ...