National Bookstore Managing Director and Anvil Publishing President Xandra Ramos Padilla, award-winning horror fiction book author Yvette Tan, and award-winning book designer and food book author Ige Ramos discuss the importance of reading books. They seek support for promoting more book reading in the Philippines at the Pandensal forum in Quezon City on Saturday, April 22, 2023, a day before UNESCO's World Book Day. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTENational Bookstore Managing Director and Anvil Publishing President Xandra Ramos Padilla, award-winning horror fiction book author Yvette Tan, and award-winning book designer and food book author Ige Ramos discuss the importance of reading books. They seek support for promoting more book reading in the Philippines at the Pandensal forum in Quezon City on Saturday, April 22, 2023, a day before UNESCO's World Book Day. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTENational Bookstore Managing Director and Anvil Publishing President Xandra Ramos Padilla, award-winning horror fiction book author Yvette Tan, and award-winning book designer and food book author Ige Ramos discuss the importance of reading books. They seek support for promoting more book reading in the Philippines at the Pandensal forum in Quezon City on Saturday, April 22, 2023, a day before UNESCO's World Book Day. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE