TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Skokie Illinois Public Library Features Cecilia Brainard, Monday March 7, 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Skokie Illinois Public Library Features Cecilia Brainard, Monday March 7, 7-8:30 p.m.

The author, Cecilia Brainard, will give a talk at the Skokie, Illinois Public Library Petty Auditorium on:

Monday, March 7, 7- 8:30 p.m.. The event is free and open to the general public. Please register for the Skokie Public Library event at events.skokielibrary.info or call 847-673-3733.

Cecilia will also be giving talks on:

Monday, March 710:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Niles West High School Auditorium, 5701 Oakton St., Skokie, Il,
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - at Skokie Public Library

Tuesday, March 810:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Niles North High School Auditorium, 9800 Lawler Ave, Skokie, Il.

These talks are part Coming together in Skokie (http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_programs/ComingTogether/index.asp#author) which is featuring Cecilia's novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept and the anthology, Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.