A year after its sensational debut in the philippines, the 24hour big bad wolf book sale will return to the world trade center in pasay city on february 22 to again tantalize and thrill manilas bibliophiles for 11 days with at least 2 million books of various genres and irresistible. The biggest book sale is now in the philippines, with 2 million books available at 60 to 80 percent off. So were the previous ones in cebu july 23, 2018 and davao. The wolf leaves its footprints in the uae, introducing the sale to dubai. Big bad wolf book sale philippines world trade center 2018. Davao citythe malaysian founder of the worlds biggest traveling book sale has found a reading culture among filipinos that he. As a big fan of books, the ad left me very excited but at the same time a little cautious. Its a 24hour sale of books sold books with, as they claim, 60 to 80 percent discount. Big bad wolf books corporate social responsibility csr arm red readerhood, in partnership with gawad kalinga gk, donates books lots of them.
Big bad wolf first time in the philippines youtube. Earlier this year, there was a big fuss on facebook about a new book sale. Big bad wolf has reached 32 cities and 10 countries, selling more than 50 million books. Big bad wolf books is a malaysian book fair frequently held in malaysia, indonesia, myanmar.
The organizers announced the muchanticipated event on facebook. This book sale does not end with the walls of whichever convention center it is in. Big bad wolf book sale happening in manila world trade center, pasay february 1625, 2018 24 hours book sale for 10 days. The book fair will start on february 14 and run until february 24 at the world trade center in pasay city. It is said that it would be the first time that it would conduct its sale here in the philippines. Big bad wolf offers 5090% off on their books and theyre open for 24 hours. Big bad wolf is coming to the philippines for the first time. The books were majorly taken from the stocks of bookxcess, a book store dealing in excess or remaindered books from international distributors. The big bad wolf book sale to arrive soon in cebu city. Big bad wolf book sale philippines february 16 25 2018. Touted as one of the worlds biggest and most affordable fairs, the big bad wolf s biggest book sale is finally happening in the queen city of the south, cebu, on july to 23, 2018 at the iec convention center ic3 cebu city behind landers superstore. The big bad wolf book sale is coming to manila this february.
Jacqueline ng, founder of the big bad wolf book sale. Big bad wolf books is coming to cebu the visual traveler. For 2019, its aiming to showcase two million books, with an estimated 20,000 titles. What you need to know posted on july 2, 2019 july 9, 2019 by manilaweekends. This will be your chance to get your hands on your reading favorites right before everyone else does. Heres a look into our book haul from the first event of big bad wolf here in the philippines. Its pretty much a warehouse full of stacks and stacks of books, from fiction to travel to fashion and design, with most paperbacks going for p190 and plenty of coffeetable tomes priced at p590. Big bad wolf books the big bad wolf book sale or bbw books is a malaysian book fair frequently held in malaysia, indonesia, myanmar, pakistan, the philippines, sri lanka, taiwan, thailand and the united arab emirates. The highlyawaited book sale is back in manila from february 22 to march 4, bringing with it over 2 million new books and huge discounts. To say that the big bad wolf book fair was a hit last year is an understatement. Bigger discounts, ar books offered at big bad wolf book. The big bad wolf book sale, founded in 2009 by andrew yap and jacqueline ng of bookxcess in malaysia, has traveled to different parts of the world, visiting 16 cities in seven countries in 2018, debuting in the philippines in february 2018 in manila. It brought over 2 million books for its visit here in the philippines.
Published on jul 26, 2018 our nerdy prayers have been answered and the biggest booksale in asia big bad wolf books came like a wrecking ball to cebu last july 1223. This is what jacqueline and andrew bring with the big bad wolf, to be able to inspire, to be able to empower, says the cofounder. Howl up a storm for our friends in the uae, wolfies. These books are just some that will be sold at the big bad wolf book sale in manila beginning on friday. In manila, the 24hour book sale has been able to draw baggagelugging bookworms by the thousands at even. Big bad wolf books in manila 2018 it was one o clock in the morning and cars are still lined up to enter world trade center in metro manila. We will be in 5 continents and we want you to join us in our global takeover. Bigger discounts, ar books offered at big bad wolf book sale. Big bad wolf book sale february 1625, 2018 world trade center manila open 24 hours. Big bad wolfs biggest book sale in cebu this july 23. The big bad wolf book sale is the worlds biggest book sale, with a 75% 95% discount off retail pr. Meet jacqueline ng, big bad wolf book sale cofounder. A twenty four hour book sale that would last nine days.
The book sale, scheduled from february 16 to 25 at the world trade center, will. In october 2018, the big bad wolf donated p5 million to gawad kalinga gk which was used to build and refurnish libraries in many of gks communities. This even has awakened the bibliophile in me hi im fran and. In love with reading this visit promises to be bigger and better with 2 million new books, including fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books, hardcover books, board books, coffee. Thats 11 days of 24hour shopping uhm, more of hoarding for the widest selection of brandnew. Jan 29, 2019 it started holding fairs in 2009 and has since organized similar editions in thailand, indonesia, and sri lanka. Big bad wolf book fair will be back in manila for valentines day. Big bad wolf books corporate social responsibility csr arm red. Catch it at the world trade center from feb 1625, 2018 and grab all the books you can for 6080% off the regular prices. Big bad wolf book sale opens in the philippines rappler. The big bad wolf book sale is here in manila february 2018 he has heard our cries loud and clear. This blog chronicles her life as a wife, bargainhunter, homeschool parent, home manager, kitchens mad scientist sometimes and all the ups and downs of motherhood.
It was more of an advocacy to make people get interested in books, to let and. Big bad wolf, the worlds biggest book sale, to visit manila again. The big bad wolf book sale is coming to manila and will likely get every bookworm lining up. Ng said the big bad wolf book sale is not something they consider as a businessforprofit venture. In 2019, a total of 6,838 books were donated to gk partner communities. Bookxcess is bringing brand new books, including fiction, nonfiction and an extensive collection of childrens books, according to ms. Feb 26, 2019 big bad wolf 2019 will be in manila for 11 days nonstop from feb. Earlier this year i saw the post about big bad wolf booksale. The big bad wolf book sale is coming to manila to delight thousands of filipino bookworms and bibliophiles.
The manila international book fair for me is usually a hit and miss with all the different vendors. Offering two million books across various genres, the sale features brand new english books at discounts ranging from 60% to 80% for customers to enjoy. The big bad wolf will be opening his lair in the queen city of the south. And yes, it still offers huge discounts on a wide variety of books 50% to 90%, according to the organizers we went for a visit the other night and saw that there were more motoring reading. Well, its back at the same venue world trade center in pasay city and once again open 24 hours until march 4. The big bad wolf book sale has over 2 million books on offer. Manila there are only a few days left before big bad wolf, the biggest book sale in the world, pulls down the curtains on its inaugural manila visit.
Being a sucker for books and a bargain hunter, i made sure to visit this. Tagged as one of the worlds most exciting, and the biggest book fair, the big bad wolf book sale is finally coming to cebu city on july to 23, 2018, at the iec convention center. Ive got a huge feast of books with big surprises in store for all you. Manila, philippines the big bad wolf book sale is here. Big bad wolf is making its return to manila, providing booklovers with over 2 million new.
The big bad wolf book sale comes to the philippines youtube. Jul 02, 2019 posted in uncategorized tagged big bad wolf, book sale, books leave a comment on our big bad wolf sale experience hop inn hotel alabang. For the first time, the manila run of the big bad wolf book sale will feature augmented reality ar books for kids. Feb 19, 2018 from february 16 25 2018 big bad wolf will be having a 24 hour none stop shopping of books at the world trade center in pasay city. Big bad wolf book haul 2019 manila, philippines gtec. Davao citythe malaysian founder of the worlds biggest traveling book sale has found a reading culture. Big bad wolf is back with more motoring books visor ph. Big bad wolf books in manila 2018 filman travel center, inc. When the doors to the 2019 big bad wolf book sale at world trade center in pasay city opened at 10 a. Rapplers founding board rapplers 20172018 board rappler team. Manila there are only a few days left before big bad wolf, the biggest book sale in the world. Since first setting up in manila in 2018, the sale has gotten bigger and badder with every iteration.
In october 2018, the big bad wolf donated p5 million to gawad kalinga gk which was used to build and refurnish libraries in. Book haul from the big bad wolf manila 2018 youtube. On its fifth run, the big bad wolf book sale will be held in pampanga from july 12 to 22 at lausgroup event centre in san fernando. Big bad wolf book fair at world trade center manila. Big bad wolf to bring in 2 million books for biggest ph sale. But instead of groceries, they were snapping up books. For 11 days last february, filipino bookworms flocked to world trade center in pasay city just to get their hands on books for a bargain. The events got 2 million of books to sell, so patrons can pop in anytime for the.
Prior visiting manila, big bad wolf had been frequently traveling to countries like indonesia, thailand, sri lanka and to where it had originated, in malaysia. Since coming over to the philippines in 2018, big bad wolf has established a presence beyond the capital after making several. Take your sweet time at the big bad wolf book sale the. Big bad wolf book sale jakarta 2020 diskon 60% 80% 24 jam nonstop hall 610 ice bsd 6. This year is going to be bigger, says jacqueline ng, founder of big bad wolf book sale. Feb 21, 2020 books, and all kinds of stories, have the power to expand horizonsmake people see and understand things they didnt before. I really enjoyed the bbw experience last 2018 at davao city. Miguel mercado, the marketing head of big bad wolf philippines, told abscbn news. Wolf minion share the gift of reading with red readerhood in dubai if you have been to the big bad wolf book sale dubai in 2018, you might recall seeing the wolfs. At our bulong pulungan forum at the sofitel hotel, we were happy to hear about this giant book sale at close to 70 percent less than in regular book stores or online sales.
Big bad wolf books the big bad wolf book sale or bbw books is a malaysian book fair frequently held in malaysia, thailand indonesia and. May 26, 2018 the big bad wolf book sale to arrive soon in cebu city. Big bad wolf book sale partners with ipophl to shed light on. Big bad wolf manila, the most anticipated book sale of the year, is coming back to the metro this february 22 to march 4, 2019 at the world trade center in pasay. The big bad wolf book sale manila 2018 at around four or five in the morning on a saturday, i went to the world trade center in pasay to attend the big bad wolf book sale. But fret not book lovers, its first will not be its last. This 24hour book sale will definitely get bookworms lining up. Big bad wolf book sale is here, first time in the philippines, and it is the day before the last one of the event. Pampanga is just a couple of hours or so away from metro manila, so the organizers expect a record turnout. Malaysias big bad wolf book sale opens in the philippines for the first time on february 16.
The 10% increase in both sales and visitor count from big bad wolfs 2018 to 2019 events, however, is an indication for ms. Still, ng and her partners were so encouraged by the overwhelming and warm response the fair had in manila in 2018, they. The big bad wolf book sale is the worlds biggest travelling book sale with discounts up to 90%. Big bad wolf first time in the philippines organic beauty online. The big bad wolf book sale is coming to the philippines for the first time. Feb 15, 2018 the big bad wolf 2018 book fair opens its doors to the public for 10 whole days yes, theyll be open for 24 hours every single day starting tomorrow, february 16 until february 25 at the world trade center, pasay city. It will be held from the 16th to the 25th february 2018 and will run 24 hours a day, for 231 hours. In 2018, the big bad wolf sale partnered with gawad kalinga to help the latter support its initiatives in building. The big bad wolf book sale comes to the philippines. Jul 05, 2019 the sale really isnt just about selling books.
For the first time in big bad wolf days, it had howled in manila. Big bad wolf book sale coming to davao businessworld. The big bad wolf book sale reaches manila for the first time. Manila the big bad wolf sale, the worlds 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 valentines day. Cebuano bookworms and book lovers get ready to be part of the wolf pack. Dubbed the largest book fair in the world, big bad wolf books has brought over 2 million books and 27,000 titles to the philippines for the first time. One of fun and exciting alternative date place especially for the bibliophiles is the big bad wolf book sale, the worlds biggest travelling book sale, which returns to manila for an 11day run starting today. Remember big bad wolf, the malaysian book fair that had a manila stop last year. Get up to 90% off on books at this 10day book fair.
Two million books, at up to 80 percent off welcome to the biggest book. The crowd was overwhelming and the book lovers were like in cloud nine with the jawdropping affordable prices. Books for a cause aside from encouraging all kinds of people to read, the big bad wolf is supporting communities with good works. Big bad wolf book sale philippines 2018 on february 17, 2018 february 17, 2018 by jlapis in random leave a comment i heard or maybe read about the big bad wolf book sale late last year or early this year i think. Big bad book sale triggers panic buying inquirer lifestyle. The big bad wolf book sale manila 2018 whitecrayonsareevil. The best thing about it is, it runs for more than a week and is open 24 hrs. Barely a week before its opening date, my cousin told me about this grandest book sale. Weve been clamoring for big bad wolf books to visit cebu since the time they held their first book sale in manila. The worlds biggest book sale big bad wolf is back in manila. Truth to be told, i wasnt aware of the first big bad wolf book sale in manila. Everything you need to know before going to this years big bad. Two million books, at up to 80 percent off welcome to the biggest book sale in the world. From february 16 25 2018 big bad wolf will be having a 24 hour none stop shopping of books at the world trade center in pasay city.
The wolf continued its sale in the philippines, landing in cebu. The highlyawaited book sale is back in manila from february 22 to march 4, bringing with it over 2 million new books and. The big bad wolf books sale, which runs from october 1828, will be held at dubai studio city soundstages 2 and 3 and is open to public 24 hours a day for the duration of the sale, which means. If you love books, the big bad wolf book sale will be a true test of selfcontrol. Founder says the best time to go to the big bad wolf book. Get ready for the big bad wolf book sale this feb 16 25, 2018. When it visited the philippines for the first time last year, big bad wolf brought a million books. The big bad wolf book sale, dubbed as the worlds biggest, is coming to manila for the first time this february 2018.
Its here, the humongous big bad wolf book sale at the world trade center this feb. I am dissapointed with the big bad wolf management by the way they handled the releasing of the soug. Big bad wolf book sale manila 2018 february 19, 2018 june 12, 2018 divigirl 1 comment i am not a bookworm but i spent almost php 15,000. Feb 19, 2018 if theres one thing that could beat my love for shopping, it would be my love for books. Big bad wolf, the worlds biggest book sale, to visit. East asia experienced its very first sale in taipei, taiwan. The big bad wolf book sale philippines 2018 will be at world trade center, metro manila, pasay city. Big bad wolf books manila 2019 vip day haul duration.