Based in Manila, Exploding Galaxies is a new publishing house focused on republishing out-of-print works of contemporary Philippine fiction.

This series will bring lost classics of Filipino writing back into print and in active circulation, as well as into conversations in and around Philippine literature.

The Team

Mara Coson Publisher

Sam Marcelo Managing Editor

Mark Amoguis Assistant Managing Editor

Nicole CuUnjieng-Aboitiz Literary and Academic Adviser

Miguel Mari Book Design

Carlo Laurena Editorial Assistant & Researcher

Blaze Gipiga Accounting & Admin

Nikki Bonuel Communications Assistant

Finding our Books

Our books are available only via our website, official Lazada and Shopee stores, as well as independent and major booksellers within the Philippines. You can find our current list of stockists here.

For readers outside the Philippines, please sign up for our newsletter so we can let you know as soon as we're able to ship and stock internationally.

Getting in Touch

For any inquiries regarding stocking our titles or the publishing house, please e-mail us at office@explodinggalaxies.com

For any questions about your order, please e-mail us at orders@explodinggalaxies.com

Exploding Galaxies will publish two to four books each year, with a focus on novels and short story collections, in English, Tagalog, or regional languages. Each book’s spine carries the year of first publication, so that each collected copy can be lined up on a shelf by year.