TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: CBBC Video of March 18, 2023 Book Launch of Growing Up Filipino 3

Monday, March 20, 2023

CBBC Video of March 18, 2023 Book Launch of Growing Up Filipino 3

To those who missed the Book Launch on Marxch 18, 2023 hosted by the Carlos Bulosan Book Club for the YA book GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS, here is the video link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWk44Igi_lk

Presenters included Marilyn Alquizola, Ryo Alfar (representing Nikki Alfar), and from some members of the audience who shared their "growing up Filipino" memories: Dr. Herminia Coben Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal Rachielle Sheffler and Ryo's own personal account.

Many thanks to Jaime Geaga and all at the CBBC.
Don't forget to "like" the YouTube link with the video.

tags: #Filipinoteens #Filipinobooks #filipinoya

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.