TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD

Friday, June 1, 2012

CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD'S FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m. - Cecilia Brainard reads at the UCLA Extension's Writers Program Publication Party, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 90049, tel: 310-825-9415

Saturday, June 30, 2012 - Book Launch of Magnificat: Mama Mary's Pilgrim Sites, Edited and Collected by Cecilia Brainard - details forthcoming

Thursday, July 5, 2012, 6 p.m.- "The Evolution of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard" - Cecilia will speak about her journey as a writer, Ortigas Foundation, to secure a seat, call 631-1231 local 222 and 228 or email ortigasfoundation@ortigas.com.ph.

The Ortigas Foundation Library is located at the 2nd Floor of Ortigas Building, Ortigas corner Meralco Avenues, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, 1602, Philippines

Tel.: (632) 631.1231 local 228
Fax: (632) 706.3834
Website: www.ortigasfoundationlibrary.com.ph

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.