Get to meet the authors who made you laugh, cry, and squeal with kilig with every turn of the page!

Summit Books, National Book Store, and Market! Market! hold the first-ever Pop Fiction Festival on February 8, 2014, Saturday, 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the Market! Market! Activity Center. At this grand gathering of Pop Fiction authors and fans, readers get the chance to have their books signed by their favorite writers, as well as enjoy celebrity performances, photo booth fun, cool freebies, book selling, and more gimmicks.

Pop Fiction is an imprint of Summit Books that publishes chick lit by online writers. Since its launch in August 2013, Pop Fiction has released 12 books; namely, Operation: Break the Casanova’s Heart by Aly Almario (Alyloony); Three Words, Eight Letters, Say It, and I’m Yours by Jade Margarette Pitogo (Girlinlove); The Bet by Kimberly Joy Villanueva (Ilurvbooks); The Despicable Guy by Leng de Chavez (Shirlengtearjerky); Secretly Married by Forgottenglimmer; A Place in Time by Jessica A. Concha (j_harry08), For Hire: A Damn Good Kisser by Ariesa Jane Domingo (Beeyotch), 548 Heartbeats by Jessamine Verzosa (peachxvision), Ang Boyfriend Kong Artista by Ella Larena (modernongmariaclara), She’s Dating the Gangster - Extended Edition by Bianca Bernardino (SGWannabe), A and D by Louisse Carreon (fallenbabybubu), and most recent release The Filthy, Rich Bitch by Jhing Bautista, which is in stands now. Some of these have gone on to become local bestsellers at National Book Store, with Operation: Break the Casanova’s Heart topping the list of bestselling Philippine publications in October 2013 and 548 Heartbeats landing at no. 2 in December 2013. The first edition of She’s Dating the Gangster, released under Summit Books in March 2013, also claimed the top spot the following April.

Bring your books as you meet your favorite storytellers at the first Pop Fiction Festival on February 8 at the Market! Market! Activity Center! Haven’t completed your collection yet? Books will be sold at the event at regular prices.

For updates on the Pop Fiction Festival, be sure to visit www.candymag.com, and like Pop Fiction (www.facebook.com/PopFictionBooks) and Summit Books (www.facebook.com/SummitBooks) on Facebook.