TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Register for HOTP Literary Reading by 9 Filipino & FilAm Authors

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Register for HOTP Literary Reading by 9 Filipino & FilAm Authors

12/21 Statement from Cecilia Manguerra Brainard regarding PAWA and Hot Off the Press Literary Readings: Please be informed that I will no longer be working on future Hot Off the Press Literary Readings (HOTP) and other programs with the San Francisco group PAWA (also known as PAWA, Inc.). This group is also known as Philippine American Writers and Artists, Filipino American International Book Festival, Filbookfestival.org. You can contact me directly for more information.

INVITATION to a Virtual Literary Reading by Nine Filipino & FilAm Authors, Saturday, October 9, 2021, 5-6:30 p.m. (California Time), San Francisco Public Library/ Events (sfpl.org).

READERS: Gina Apostol, Jhoanna Lynn Cruz, George Gonzaga Deoso, Caroline Sy Hau, Mae Respicio, Randy Ribay, Brian Ascalon Roley, Ricco Siasoco, and Lara Stapleton.

REGISTER: https://sfpl.org/events/2021/10/09/author-hot-press-filipino-and-filam-literary-reading.

OR
REGISTER via Zoom: https://bit.ly/FilAmHist10-9-21

You can also view the event here:
YouTube Event - https://youtu.be/dRMiUVvhXbA

Read also:
Press Release of 2021 HOTP Literary Reading - https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2021/08/press-release-2021-hot-off-press.html

Tags: #filipinoauthors #filipinobooks #filamauthors #HOTP #Philippineliterature #poetryreading

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.