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PALH or Philippine American Literary House is a small US-based press with the mission of publishing fine literary books. It is run by award-winning author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard.  It has published anthologies by Filipino and FilAm authors and Filipina writers.

PALH sells hardcopy books internationally via Amazon and Amazon-affiliates. In 2025, PALH’s books will be sold in the Philippines by Baybayin Bookshop.

PALH’s Ebooks have at least 16 digital storefronts, including Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Everand, Smashwords, Tolino, Overdrive, cloudLibrary, Baker & Taylor, BorrowBox, Hoopla, Vivlio, Palace Marketplace, Odilo, Gardners, and Fable. Some of these digital storefronts sell to libraries worldwide, such as Overdrive. 
PALH's Advisory Board

Rocío G. Davis 
Paulino Lim, Jr. 
Edmundo F. Litton 
Reine Marie Melvin 
Brian Ascalon Roley
Akemi Kikumara Yano

Contact us:
PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409, USA
palh@aol.com
palhbooks@gmail.com

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Asian and Philippine Folktales: Retellings by PAWWA Ed by Brainard
Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories by Veronica Montes
Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America Ed by Brainard
Fiction by Filipinos in America Ed by Brainard
Fundamentals of Creative Writing, Revised and Expanded Edition by Cecilia Brainard
Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults Ed by Brainard
Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults Ed by Brainard

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Welcome to Philippine American Literary House (PALH)

Philippine American Literary House (PALH or PALHBOOKS) is a publisher of Philippine and Philippine American literature, books and Ebooks. They are available online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and our bookstore at Bookshop.org/shop/PALH.  Most of our Ebooks can be found at Barnes&Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Apple books, Scribd, Tolino, OverDrive, Bibliotheca, Baker&Taylor, Vivlio, Borrow Box, and more, For more information, email palhbooks@gmail.com or palh@aol.com.  PALH started out as an offshoot of the women's group, Philippine American Women Writers and Artists (PAWWA), a group of seven Filipina American writers who formed the support writing group in 1991. PAWWA also provided community service and went on to publish some books and organize some conferences.   PAWWA's founding members are: Valorie Slaughter Bejarano, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard , Mariquita Athena Davison, Fe Panalingan Koons, Susan N. Montepio, Cecile Caguingin Ochoa, and Nentuzka C. Villamar...
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