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BGC restaurant Big Bad Wolf to close permanently amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 12:16 PM

Another restaurant is closing its doors as coronavirus-induced quarantines continue.  Read more »

Mantel unveils final volume in award-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy

Elizabeth Howcroft, Reuters
Posted at Mar 07 02:03 PM

British novelist Hilary Mantel unveiled on Wednesday the final instalment of her Tudor trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son who rose to be King Henry VIII's most powerful adviser only to fall from grace and meet a gruesome end. Read more »

US shuts Homeland Security office in Washington amid employee infection fears

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 12:29 AM

The US Department of Homeland Security closed an office in Washington State early Tuesday amid fears that one of its employees may have contracted the coronavirus. Read more »

Vatican opens archives on history's most controversial pope

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 03:03 PM

The Vatican unseals the archives of history's most contentious popes on Monday, potentially shedding light on why Pius XII stayed silent during the extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 19, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:00 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Choosing books

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 06:27 AM

A child checks a book at the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Wednesday. The book sale is scheduled from February 14 to February 24 and is open to the public 24 hours. Read more »

Malakihang book sale sa World Trade Center, dinayo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 03:40 AM

Sa pinakamalaking book sale sa World Trade Center sa Pasay, nagpunta ngayong araw ng mga puso ang ilan nating kababayan. Read more »

Mga organizer ng Big Bad Wolf, magiging mahigpit sa gitna ng banta ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 12:36 AM

Tiniyak ng mga organizer ng Big Bad Wolf na magiging mahigpit ang mga hakbang para maging ligtas sa COVID-19 ang event. Read more »

Big Bad Wolf to bring in 2 million books for biggest PH sale

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Feb 08 10:05 AM

The Big Bad Wolf Sale, the world’s biggest travelling book sale comes back to Manila with 2,000,000 ways to say “I love you” to Philippine book lovers at the World Trade Center this Valentine’s Day. Read more »

It's a date: Big Bad Wolf to open in PH again this Valentine's Day

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 08:28 PM

Filipino book lovers, you might want to reconsider your plans for this year's Valentine's Day.  Read more »

Trump says Homeland Security official Chad Wolf will be new acting DHS secretary

Ted Hesson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 09:49 AM

WASHINGTON - Chad Wolf, a little-known policy staffer at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will be the agency's new acting secretary, said President Donald Trump, whose hardline immigration policies are spearheaded by the DHS.  Read more »

Duterte signs 'Bawal Bastos' law that punishes 'sexist' remarks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 07:26 PM

President Duterte has signed into law the anti-bastos bill, which imposes stiffer penalties on a range of acts from catcalling, sexist slurs, stalking and cyberstalking. Read more »

Big Bad Wolf book sale opens in Pampanga

Johanna L. Añes-de la Cruz
Posted at Jul 12 11:25 AM

Heads up, bookworms! Big Bad Wolf, the world’s biggest book sale, is back for another round in the Philippines. Read more »

Hollywood producer stepson of Malaysian ex-PM charged with money laundering

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 05 10:05 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Friday charged the Hollywood producer stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Read more »

Big Bad Wolf book sale set in Pampanga in July

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 04:14 PM

Five months since the last Big Bad Wolf in the Philippines, the book sale is set to come back next month. Read more »

Russia uncovers 40,000-year-old wolf head, preserved in ice

Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 06:37 AM

MOSCOW, Russia - About 40,000 years ago, a wolf died in what we know as Siberia. Now its severed head has been found, and because of the freezing conditions, it is so well preserved that its fur, teeth, brain and facial tissue are largely intact. Read more »

Lone Wolf and Cub manga creator Kazuo Koike dies at 82

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 20 07:57 AM

TOKYO - Manga writer Kazuo Koike, known as the author of the Lone Wolf and Cub samurai story adapted into many films and a television series, died Wednesday of pneumonia in Tokyo, a person close to him said Friday. He was 82. Read more »

Big Bad Wolf PH visitors up by 50,000 in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:16 PM

Whoever said more Filipinos prefer digital books over physical copies was clearly mistaken, if we are to look at the numbers in the recently concluded Big Bad Wolf book sale.  Read more »

Meet Kapamilya authors at the Big Bad Wolf book sale

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 07:56 PM

Get a chance to meet three Kapamilya authors at the Big Bad Wolf book sale at the World Trade Center this weekend. Read more »

Books that come alive with augmented reality available at Big Bad Wolf

Jeeves de Veyra
Updated as of Feb 27 11:53 AM

Augmented reality (AR) is one of the latest tech buzzwords being used in everything from design to gaming -- and now even books.  Read more »