TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: #Author Raissa Robles in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading Oct. 8, 2017

Friday, September 15, 2017

#Author Raissa Robles in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading Oct. 8, 2017

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Raissa Robles will be featured in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 8, 2017. This reading is part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. It will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here: http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html.

Raissa Robles will be reading from:

Marcos Martial Law: Never Again (Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc. 2016)

Raissa Robles is a highly-respected veteran Philippine investigative journalist who has interviewed Philippine presidents Macapagal-Arroyo, Estrada, Ramos, Cory Aquino, and Benigno Aguino III. A Manila correspondent, her writings have appeared in the South China Morning Post, Radio Netherlands, ABS-CBN News, Asiaweek, Asia Inc, Riyadh Daily, The Times of London, BBC Radio, and many more. Her book Marcos Martial Law: Never Again aims to keep public memory of Martial Law atrocities from fading.

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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.