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When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.

Dutch humanist and writer Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)


Bound by books: Bound owners (from left) May Rodriguez, Bernadette Sembrano, Carlos Conde and Inday Espina-Varona. Not in picture is Rowena Paraan. (Photo by Alex Baluyut)

Is the pen really mightier than the sword... what about against shotguns? Can promoting book reading and untrammeled press freedom help in the quest to liberate the Philippines from the age-old semi-feudal warlord politics dominating many rural provinces and which has caused so many unsolved murders of journalists in recent years?