In this Drawing on Hope episode, we get to know D Villamero — owner of the Cebu-based independent bookstore, Lost Books. Learn how he fell in love with books (and fell out of it—for a while at least!), and how he works to preserve local culture and make reading more accessible to the community.

Donald Villamero is a book publisher and co-founder of Lost Books Cebu, an independent bookshop focusing on books written by Visayan writers. He has over 20 years of publishing experience and has worked for global publishing houses such as Wiley and Pearson.