TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cebu Book Launch and Readings of Cecilia Brainard's Magdalena (novel)

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Cebu Book Launch and Readings of Cecilia Brainard's Magdalena (novel)

Finally I have in my hands copies of my novel, Magdalena, (University of Santo Tomas publishing house, Email ustph.info@gmail.com or call 4061611, ask for Paul, Val, or Carlo).

CEBU Booklaunch and Readings from this and my forthcoming novel, The Newspaper Widow is on Saturday, 5 p.m., February 11, 2017, Park Mall central park (near Choobi Choobi) sponsored by Cebu Literary Festival. There will be musical presentations too. See you there!

Note that the American edition of Magdalena is available from Amazon.com.

This is all for now. Wifi continues to be slow, but I'm able to post in Face Book, so do check "Cecilia Brainard" in FB.

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.