Arvyn Cerézo

Arvyn Cerézo is an arts and culture writer/reporter with bylines in Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, South China Morning Post, PhilSTAR Life, the Asian Review of Books, and other publications. You can find them on arvyncerezo.com and @ArvynCerezo on Twitter.

11 Must-Read Filipino Sci-Fi Books

From service robots and intergalactic wars, to genetic clones and fatal spaceflights, check out these 11 Filipino sci-fi books.

How My Ereader Helped Me Get Back into Reading

One reader shares how when their former phone reading habits ended, they found ereaders the perfect way to read without distraction.

12 of the Best Filipino YA Books from the Philippines

If you’re new to Filipino YA literature, here are 12 Filipino YA books from the Philippines to get you started, including The Girl Between Two Worlds by K.M. Levis.

How ¡HOLA PAPI! Helps Me Navigate My Queerness

As I finally came to terms with my sexuality, ¡Hola Papi! helps me navigate the scary and unknown queer world.

10 Poetry Books by LGBTQ Asian Authors To Read Right Now

Here are 10 poetry books by LGBTQ Asian authors, including Besiege Me by Nicholas Wong, to read as a form of solidarity against the increasing anti-Asian hate in the United States.

15 of the Best Filipino Children’s Books from the Philippines

Looking for Filipino children’s books? Here are Filipino books for kids on mythology, folklore, identity, and everything in between.

Lualhati Bautista Might Become the First Filipina to be Published by Penguin Classics

In a white and male- dominated classics genre, authors of color are starting to get off the sidelines, including this Filipina writer.

When It Becomes Work: Reading for Review Isn’t Reading for Pleasure

Reading for review purposes, especially for a magazine, is a different beast altogether from reading for pleasure.

Publishing Predictions That Never Came True

Publishing is unpredictable. We look back at the 2010s and go into some of the publishing predictions that never came true today.

Books That Are Popular in Other Countries, but Not Necessarily in the United States

The world doesn’t revolve around America. From classics and fiction, to children’s books, here are popular books outside the United States.