TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Celebrating STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS and HOW I BECAME A WRITER, edited by Cecilia Brainard, Published by Vibal

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Celebrating STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS and HOW I BECAME A WRITER, edited by Cecilia Brainard, Published by Vibal

To celebrate the two books, STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS: THERESIAN RECIPES AND TALES and HOW I BECAME A WRITER: ESSAYS BY FILIPINO AND FILIPINO AMERICAN WRITERS, the following events are scheduled:

BOOK SIGNINGS in Cebu at Lost Books Cebu - +63-966-185-4126

May 30, 2025 - How I Became a Writer
11 am - Dr. Hope Sabanpan Yu
2 pm - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

June 7 - Step Into Our Kitchens
11 am - Chef Pam Relampagos
2 pm - Ma. Patricia Aberasturi

TWIN BOOK LAUNCH IN MAKATI - Sat. June 7, 2025, 3 pm - 0947-987-3334

How I Became a Writer Series

Ian Rosales Casocot
Caroline S. Hau

Paulino Lim, Jr

Tony Perez

Eileen R. Tabios
John Jack G. Wigley
Hope Sabanpan Yu

AND MORE FROM CECILIA'S BLOG:

Author Cecilia Brainard Interview by Read Pinoy Philippine National Book Development Board

Cecilia Brainard Talks About Her Novel The Newspaper Widow and More - video link

A Book Fair to Remember (And Get Ready For), by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Positively Filipino

Philippine Folktale - Los Siete Pecados, by Filomena Alesna Cuenco

An Afternoon with Exploding Galaxies, with Carlos Bulosan Book Club, PALH

Carlos Roxas Interview of Cecilia Brainard re Frankfurt Book Fair

Cecilia Brainard's Travel Report of Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

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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.