A recap! #RomanceClass books/projects/events in 2022 🇵🇭

#RomanceClass started in 2013 and has helped 100+ Filipino authors write and publish romance books.

1. New releases/editions 2022:
Love is All Around (anthology) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PVFY7V3
Saved by Hope audio edition https://minavesguerra.com/news/saved-by-hope-audio-ebook-edition/
If the Dress Fits audio edition https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/548651891/If-the-Dress-Fits
NomCom charity anthology gum.co/nomcom
My Quarantine Diary https://www.amazon.com/My-Quarantine-Diary-Love-Story-ebook/dp/B09Z5ZF3S1
Scambitious compilation https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Y41SZGJ

Take Two https://www.amazon.com/Take-Two-Kaith-C-Cimafranca-ebook/dp/B09Z7JSY8Q/
Love to Meet You https://www.amazon.com/Love-Meet-You-Jay-Tria-ebook/dp/B09Z8XD1GK
Feels Like Home https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B97B9XYZ
Some Bali to Love https://www.amazon.com/Some-Bali-Love-Carla-Guzman-ebook/dp/B0BFLGFZMH
What If We Fall in Love https://www.amazon.com/What-If-We-Fall-Love-ebook/dp/B0BP2X6VY3

2. romanceclassbooks.com has a list of all our books, and links to Amazon/other INTL retailers.

🇵🇭 print can now be ordered from the author or Komiket's Secret HQ (on FB or http://bit.ly/komiketbookstore). Look for our books at #RomanceClass and Komiket events too!

3. We released a food-themed anthology for charity (Feb to April 2022) and donated all proceeds to For Our Farmers, an org helping farmers and fishing communities. gum.co/nomcom

4. #RomanceClass Podcast: This year we've discussed food and sex scenes. 👀 Stream on http://kilig.pub/youtube, listen on Anchor and Spotify, find all the links at http://romancepodcast.com.

5. Readers' Camp at Ayala 30th (April): After two years, we sold books at a fair again.

Romance Class

#romanceclass is a community of: -Authors who attended #romanceclass, #romanceclass2016, the steamy reads, YA classes organized by Mina V. Esguerra -Readers of the books by those authors -Readers of English-language romance books by Filipino authors -Actors and artists who are part of the event and publishing process We are a community of Filipino writers and readers who gather together to do what we love. Quoting from Mina V. Esguerra: “The #romanceclass community of authors is a group that came out of the free class I ran in 2013, meant to encourage Filipino readers of chick lit and contemporary romance to start writing and publishing their own stories. “romanceclass” was the hashtag used to informally discuss things with each other over Twitter, and it stuck. That time, 100 people signed up, and 16 authors completed a contemporary romance novella. They’ve since gone on to write more, publish, get publishing deals…and we continue to support each other."

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6. #AprilFeelsDay2022 on Twitch: Book launches, new projects, recorded readings by Gio Gahol and Rachel Coates (together!), performance by Jam Binay. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1472001631?t=00h34m10s

7. #RomanceClass Live: We recorded a complete audio edition of Angeli E. Dumatol's short story "Choose Your Sweetness" on YouTube, read by Jam Binay. Start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=378&v=wm2Ae_8SEEA&feature=youtu.be

8. We did #RomanceClass2022 (Aug to Oct)

9. #RomanceClass was at #MIBF2022! We were at the Komiket booth 📚

#RomanceClass APRIL FEELS DAY 2022! - romanceclass on Twitch

romanceclass went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Special Events VOD now.

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10. Tres Launches (October): Online launches for new #RomanceClass books! Q&A while the authors were making art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIQ-69izTk&t=2s

11. #FeelsFest2022 October 22: Our first in-person FeelsFest in 2 years! With a Team Bahay live stream on RomanceClass Twitch (Tier 1 subscribers can watch the replay). https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1631878006?collection=VhO9ygZeuhZTPQ

12. KILIG anthology: The #RomanceClass and Komiket collab book was launched at FeelsFest2022.

Tres Launches: Book Launch with Carla de Guzman, Jay E. Tria, and Kaith C. Cimafranca

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13. IRIS AFTER THE INCIDENT audio edition on YouTube: Sharing the full audiobook, 2 chapters a week (and encouraging all #RomanceClass to have audio editions). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pq2kv2xEyk&list=PL_Xrbqj-PNRKkdYmPGafpWUuqyXT4fWPu

14. RomanceClass Email Newsletter: Revived the newsletter this year. Sign up to get updates! There will be more books, events, and partnerships to see our stories in new formats and media.

http://eepurl.com/gX4VrT

...and that's the update, most of the work we did in 2022 (that we can talk about). More in 2023!

[Audiobook] Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra - Chapter 1

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