TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Brainard Novel Magdalena Shortlisted Akdang Pinoy Choice y

Friday, December 19, 2025

Brainard Novel Magdalena Shortlisted Akdang Pinoy Choice y

I should acknowledge my novel MAGDALENA for making the shortlist of the Akdang Pinoy Choice Awards. You can find information and book reviews in this site:

https://ceciliabrainard.com/book/magdalena/

Here is the link for the FINAL VOTING round.

bit.ly/APCA2025FINALISTS

Described as a tragic and erotic novel, MAGDALENA has been translated into Arabic (Egyptian Office for Publishing and Distribution), Greek( Lemvos), and North Macedonian (Bata). It will also be translated into Portuguese by Editora Rua do Sabao of Brazil.

Tags: #philippinebooks #filipinoliterature #filipinowriter #booksphilippines

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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.