PAWIKAN PRESS

Pawikan Press is an independent publishing house that specializes in books about the environment and culture of Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines. Its first book, The Battle of Marawi by Criselda Yabes, was partly funded by the Guggenheim Foundation and was named a finalist in the journalism category at the 39th National Book Awards in 2022. Its second book, Sa Yakap ng Gubat at Dagat ng Palawan: Mga Ekosanaysay by Dr. John Iremil Teodoro, won the Best in Nonfiction Prose in Filipino at the 40th National Book Awards in 2023. Pawikan Press is open to collaboration with institutions that are interested in promoting Philippine literature to a global audience.