Category: Community
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Five Questions from the Balikbayan Book Club
DILIM Press teammates have been fortunate to have a chance to work collaboratively with the Rizal Center Balikbayan Book Club in Chicago and would like to share questions they and other readers have for authors of Filipino fiction. If you’re a writer, creator, comic illustrator, or author of any kind,…
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The first version… is away!
We’ve pressed the “upload” button on the secure server to our very collaborative partner printing press in Illinois! What this means is a first run of books will be shipped out and we’ll be using these as advance review copies and to fulfill orders starting in January for Kickstarter supporters.…
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For Authors – Everything we Request from authors
Hello authors! Thank you so much for your interest in publishing with DILIM Press. Having gone through the first anthology production process, here are some items that we anticipate you’ll need as you embark on your writing career. Finally, a great piece means the difference between publication and not. Share…
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Supporting LGBTQIA+ Pinoy Authors and Poets
We celebrate and appreciate all who are creating literature and sharing stories of the queer Pinoy experience. We’ve collected work from authors who are sharing their work in Galleon Dreaming in a special edition to be available at the Filipino American International Book Festival, in San Francisco October 17-18, 2026.…
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Traditional Filipino flavors as a bridge to our roots
DILIM Press is happy to present the work of Kampeon Water. Kampeon means “champion” in the Tagalog language, and they’ve been Kickstarter supporters of the first anthology in the DILIM series as well as product sponsors. Founder Chris Galang took some time to answer our questions about running a consumer…
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Pre-order for e-book on Kindle
If you’re on a Kindle we invite you to sign up for an e-version of Galleon Dreaming at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6VJW72C This e-publication will be made available in 2027. Thank you for your early support!
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Collage as an Intuitive Process, with Celine Dabao of Inkcendiary
Celine Dabao offers collage as a way to commemorate an event or special release. Find her at @inkcendiary and on Tiktok @bookish_bellini. DP: Tell us a little bit about your process: Inkcendiary: Journaling is an intuitive, meditative process for me that occurs when I most need an outlet for creative…
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Answering Questions, with BC Vidal Jr.
B. C. Vidal Jr. hails from the Philippines, where he first fell in love with literature. He moved to the US in 2006 and now lives with his family in North Carolina. When he is not at his day job, he can likely be found weaving stories or wading streams.…
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Fermenting New Ideas: Exploring Identity with Maleia Mortis
Maleia Mortis is a queer Filipinx-American experimental poet based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their poems have appeared in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, BuliLit Magazine by Sampaguita Press, and Datura Literary Journal. Readers can find more of their writing on their poetry blog, mxmortis.wordpress.com. DILIM: We wanted to ask…
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The Silverpress Story
DILIM Press is thrilled to share about our editors from Silverpress Edits, online at: https://www.silverpressedits.com/ Raquel and Sebbie shared a bit about their story, what editing is like, and what they’re seeking. DILIM: Thank you so much for being our collaborator on the series. It’s so important to us to…
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Chasing the Sun – Support the Animated Series: Sun Chaser by Bernard Badion and Bobby Pontillas
WATCH THE PILOT EPISODE NOW! CLICK HERE! Jordan Santos did not ask for any of this. He just wanted a normal summer. Instead, an ancient villain attacks his grandmother’s island, and now he’s stuck on a legendary magic boat called the Sun Chaser — responsible for a mismatched crew of…
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Teatime with Thea Perales
Thea C. Perales was raised in British Columbia, Canada where she would get in trouble for wanting to read a book, instead of playing soccer during recess. She found her love of writing from her sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Nielsen, and her love of literature from her twelfth grade…