TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: February 2026

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Cecilia Brainard & Linda Ty-Casper Events at Ateneo Literary and Cultural Studies Program

Thanks to Dr. Charlie Samuya Veric for arranging the lovely book launch of Linda Ty-Casper's book, A SMALL PARTY IN A GARDEN: REVISED AND CRITICAL EDITION, sponsored by the Ateneo de Manila University Literary and Cultural Studies Program and the Ateneo Martial Law Museum and Library.

Copies at the launch were sold out but one can find copies of this famous Martial Law protest novella in Amazon

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.

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Twin Literary Events at the Ateneo, Brainard Talk, Ty-Casper Book Launch

Invitation to two literary events at the Ateneo on Feb. 19, 2026, 5 -7 pm. - registration and details in e-posters.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard will be giving a talk "On Writing, Diaspora, and Translation, AND Linda Ty-Casper's A SMALL PARTY IN A GARDEN: REVISED AND CRICITAL EDITION will be launched.

Limited copies of Linda Ty-Casper's new book and her LIVES REMEMBERED, A MEMOIR will be available there. The books are available at Amazon.

The events will be held at the NGF Conference Hall, Horacio de la Costa Hall.

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