Spelled By Paperbacks

07/09/2026

FREE VA TRAINING AT SPELLED HQ 📚💻 Thinking about becoming a Virtual Assistant? Start here. ✨

Join us for a FREE Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Virtual Assistant— a practical introduction for anyone who wants to explore the VA world and learn how to get started.

📅 September 26, 2026 | Saturday
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Spelled HQ, Xevera Bacolor, Pampanga

✨ What you’ll learn:
• What a Virtual Assistant actually does
• Different types of VA roles
• Skills you can start learning
• How to prepare yourself for VA work
• Practical tips for getting started

🎟️ FREE REGISTRATION
👥 Limited slots available, 18+ only
📄 Bring your CV/Resume if you have one.

Whether you're completely new to freelancing or simply curious about becoming a VA — this is your first chapter.

📚 See you at Spelled HQ!

31/08/2026

🤍 A Little Pause for Our Community

Pampanga is going through a difficult time right now.

With the continued rains and flooding affecting many of our communities—including families who have been displaced and roads that have become difficult and unsafe to navigate—we feel that this is a time to pause and look after one another first.

Because of this, we have decided to move our VA Training: A Beginner's Guide to Becoming a Virtual Assistant to:

📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026
📍 Spelled HQ, Xevera, Bacolor
⏰ 2-hour in-person training
👥 Maximum of 10 participants

We know some of you were looking forward to this, and we're sorry for the change. But we believe that learning can wait a little—your safety can't.

To everyone in Pampanga who is currently dealing with the floods, caring for family, helping neighbors, or simply trying to get through these difficult days: please take care. 🤍

For those already registered, your slot will be moved to the new date. If you can no longer make it on September 26, just send us a message.

Ingat po tayong lahat. 🤍

— Team Spelled HQ

✨📚 SIDE QUEST: CAREER CHAPTER @ SPELLED HQ ✨

A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Virtual Assistant 💻☕

Curious about remote work? Want to know how people start their VA journey? Or are you looking for a career path that you can build from home?

Spelled HQ is opening its doors for a FREE in-person VA Training Workshop designed for beginners who want to learn the basics of becoming a Virtual Assistant.

📌 What you’ll learn:
✨ What is a Virtual Assistant?
✨ Different VA roles and opportunities
✨ Skills and tools you need to get started
✨ How to prepare your CV/resume
✨ Tips for beginning your remote work journey
👩‍💻 Facilitated by Mikka CT
Founder of Mikka VA & Co Training
A Virtual Assistant Manager and Trainer (since 2020 with experience in customer support, operations, and remote work).

📍 Venue: Spelled HQ Xevera Bacolor
📚 In-person Workshop
⏰ Duration: 2 Hours
👥 Limited to 10 participants only
🎁 Participants will receive:
✅ Free learning resources
✅ Snacks & drinks
✅ A cozy learning experience at Spelled HQ

Requirements:
✔️ 18 years old and above
✔️ Xevera resident (living outside Xevera may join with a ₱299 registration fee)
✔️ Bring a copy of your updated CV/Resume
✔️ Valid ID required upon registration

This is your sign to start writing your next career chapter. ✨
Seats are limited — reserve your slot before they’re gone! 📖💻

Interested? Comment down your email address for the registration process. Thank you!

27/08/2026

🌧️ INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE

Due to the expected inclement weather, Spelled HQ will be CLOSED this weekend, August 29–30. Please stay safe and dry, everyone! 🤎

But we're still here online! 📚✨

🛍️ Book orders: Available via TikTok Shop
📖 Book rentals: Still available — just send us a PM and we'll process your rental.

We'll see you at the shop again soon. Take care, readers! 🌧️🤎📚

24/08/2026

📚 WHO’S GOING TO MIBF 2026?

The Manila International Book Fair 2026 is happening September 9–13 at SMX Convention Center Manila — and Spelled by Paperbacks wants to know:

Who from Pampanga is going? 👀

And more importantly…

When would you like Spelled to go with you? 🤎📚

Would you want to go on:

📖 September 9 — Wednesday
📖 September 10 — Thursday
📖 September 11 — Friday
📖 September 12 — Saturday
📖 September 13 — Sunday

Spelled is looking into organizing a “Spelled Goes to Where the Books Are” trip for fellow Pampanga bookworms who want to experience MIBF together.

Before you go, here’s your tiny MIBF Survival Guide:

🎟️ Get your pass ahead of time. Check the official MIBF channels for registration and ticketing.

💸 Bring a budget. You WILL see books you didn't know you needed. Consider this your warning.

👜 Bring a sturdy tote bag. Or two. Or three. We are not judging.

👟 Wear comfortable shoes. You are about to spend hours walking, browsing, and saying, “I’ll just look.”

💧 Bring water. Hydrate between book hauls.

📱 Charge your phone. You’ll want it for photos, schedules, author signings, and coordinating with your people.

📝 Make a wish list. With thousands of books around you, it helps to know what you’re hunting for.

💰 Bring cash + your preferred digital payment method. Not every seller may have the same payment options.

📚 Leave room in your bag. Seriously:)

And now we want to know:

1. Are you going to MIBF 2026?
2. What date are you planning to go?
3. Would you join Spelled if we organized a trip?

Drop your date in the comments. 👇

We’re checking interest before we make plans.

Because if we’re going…

we might as well go together. 📚✨

🎟️ WHERE TO GET YOUR MIBF PASS/TICKET

• Official MIBF / SM Tickets — the official MIBF website directs visitors here for registration.
• National Book Store — offering a free printable MIBF 2026 pass.
• Philstar Events — also has an MIBF 2026 event/ticket page.

For ticketing, always verify through the official MIBF channels before purchasing.

Pampanga bookworms, when are we going?👀📚

21/08/2026

📚 BOOK RENTALS ARE NOW OPEN AT SPELLED HQ! Why buy when you can borrow?

Rental Form: https://forms.gle/bRPskrnzjB4ySRW19
Catalog (See Photos)

NEW ARRIVALS 📚
💌The Housemaid - Freida McFadden
💌The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

📍 Spelled HQ • Xevera, Bacolor, Pampanga

10/08/2026

📚💌 A Thank You to A Fellow Book Lover

Some books arrive at Spelled HQ because we found them.

Some arrive because someone believes they belong here.

Today, we want to give the biggest, warmest thank you to Ms. Rain — — for her incredibly generous donation of close to 50 books, along with beautiful journaling supplies and items for Spelled HQ. 🥹📚✍️

Ms. Rain, thank you for trusting us with these books and for choosing to share them with our little community.

Every book you donated will have the chance to be read by someone new.

Someone who may not be able to buy a new book right now.

Someone looking for a quiet afternoon.

Someone who needs a story.

Someone who wants to start reading again.

And those journaling supplies? They might end up holding someone's first poem, first journal entry, first story, first messy thought, or simply a few words they needed to get out of their head.

That's the beautiful thing about giving books away or putting them into a community space.

You never really know whose life your generosity will touch. ❤️

We are so incredibly grateful for your kindness, Rain.

Thank you for helping us make Spelled HQ a place where books don't just sit on shelves.

They keep moving.

They find readers.

They find homes.

They become memories.

And sometimes, they become the beginning of someone's next chapter. 📖

With so much gratitude,

Spelled by Paperbacks & Spelled HQ 🤎

07/08/2026

📚 BOOKS FOR… | 20 Ways to Find Your Next Read

You don't always choose a book because of its genre.

Sometimes you choose it because it's raining.
Sometimes because you're heartbroken.
Sometimes because you want to disappear for a few hours.
Sometimes because you're starting over.

And sometimes…
you just need a book that understands the mood.

Here are 20 Books For… from the Spelled HQ shelves. 🤎

📚 And that's the thing about Spelled.

You don't have to walk in knowing what you want.

You can tell us:

“I want something sad.”
“I want something romantic.”
“I want something weird.”
“I want something that will make me forget my life for a while.”
“I haven't read in years.”
“I don't know. Just… pick something.”

And we'll start looking through the shelves with you.
Because there's a book for every mood.

And if you don't find yours today?

That's okay.

Come back tomorrow. We'll still have books. 🤎

📍 Spelled HQ
📚 Book Rentals • Pre-loved Books • Blind Date with a Book
✏️ Stationery • Stickers • Bookmarks
☕ A little place to read, journal, browse, and stay awhile.

Why buy when you can borrow?

04/08/2026

Little by little, Spelled HQ is becoming the place I dreamed it would be. 🤍📚

Every week, there's a new story waiting on our shelves.

📖 Take a Book, Leave a Book is now officially here—no fees, no membership, no strings attached. Read one, leave one, or simply pass a story forward.

🧶 This week, we're welcoming Tangelled Loops to Spelled HQ! Handmade crochet creations will soon be available on our shelves alongside our books. Because we believe stories aren't the only things made with love.

📚 Our little library is growing too. Huge thank you to Ms. Rain for donating books and to Ms. Amirah for sharing this month's featured read. Every donation means another reader gets to discover a new favorite.

🛋️ And upstairs... our Reading Room is finally getting the cozy upgrade it deserves. The couch arrives this week, and I can't wait to welcome you into your next quiet reading escape.

✨ New here? Getting started is easy:
✔️ Drop by Spelled HQ
✔️ Fill out your Customer Rental Sheet
✔️ While we prepare your rental, leave a page in our Slam Book
✔️ Complete your rental or purchase
✔️ Collect stamps on your Rewards Passport—because every chapter deserves a little reward.

This has never been about building a bookstore.

It's about building a place where books, handmade creations, conversations, and people all find a home.

See you at HQ. Your next chapter is waiting. 🤍

03/08/2026

✨📚 SIDE QUEST: CAREER CHAPTER @ SPELLED HQ ✨

A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Virtual Assistant 💻☕

Curious about remote work? Want to know how people start their VA journey? Or are you looking for a career path that you can build from home?

Spelled HQ is opening its doors for a FREE in-person VA Training Workshop designed for beginners who want to learn the basics of becoming a Virtual Assistant.

📌 What you’ll learn:
✨ What is a Virtual Assistant?
✨ Different VA roles and opportunities
✨ Skills and tools you need to get started
✨ How to prepare your CV/resume
✨ Tips for beginning your remote work journey
👩‍💻 Facilitated by Mikka CT
Founder of Mikka VA & Co Training
A Virtual Assistant Manager and Trainer (since 2020 with experience in customer support, operations, and remote work).

📍 Venue: Spelled HQ Xevera Bacolor
📚 In-person Workshop
⏰ Duration: 2 Hours
👥 Limited to 10 participants only
🎁 Participants will receive:
✅ Free learning resources
✅ Snacks & drinks
✅ A cozy learning experience at Spelled HQ

Requirements:
✔️ 18 years old and above
✔️ Xevera resident (living outside Xevera may join with a ₱299 registration fee)
✔️ Bring a copy of your updated CV/Resume
✔️ Valid ID required upon registration

This is your sign to start writing your next career chapter. ✨
Seats are limited — reserve your slot before they’re gone! 📖💻

Interested? Comment down your email address for the registration process. Thank you!