| Anvil Publishing, Inc. | |
| Status: | Private |
| Founder: | Karina Bolasco |
| Headquarters: | 7/F Quad Alpha Centrum Building, 125 Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Parent: | National Book Store |
| Publications: | Books |
| Distribution: | Nationwide |
| Imprints: | [1] |
| Revenue: | [2] |
| Numemployees: | ~51 to 200[3] |
| Owner: | Alexandra “Xandra” Ramos-Padilla |
Anvil Publishing, Inc., is the publishing arm of National Book Store. It publishes print books, e-books, and audiobooks.
Anvil is a nationwide book dealer to network servicing dealers in the Philippines which includes National Book Store (Anvil's parent company), Goodwill Book Store, Rex Book Store, and Solidaridad.
Anvil is an eleven-time Publisher of the Year awardee of the National Book Awards, as cited by the Manila Critics Circle.[4]
In 2016, founder Karina Bolasco left the company after 25 years.[5] In 2018, Anvil Publishing, under the imprint Anvil Audio,[6] published its first audiobook titled Dear Universe: Poems on Love, Longing, and Finding Your Place in the Cosmos[7] by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador and narrated by actress Joyce Pring.
A public historian whose research covers the late nineteenth-century Philippines: its art, culture, and the heroes who figure in the birth of the nation. He writes a widely read editorial page column named "Looking Back" for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and moderates a growing Facebook fan page. Collections of his newspaper columns are anthologized on the Looking Back series of books.
