Happy To Be Here To Be Happy is Augustine Paredes' third artist book, published in 2023, featuring a collection of thirteen poems and images attempting to navigate a feeling of desire through narratives of a distant, growing, and healing migrant body. This book holds a multi-faceted journey towards happiness that aims to arrive at the closest paradise there is.

This book features prominent Filipino writers; the book begins with a prologue by Augustine's close collaborator, Anna Bernice and ends with an epilogue by renowned poet Danabelle Gutierrez.