Thursday, February 19, 2026
Cecilia Brainard & Linda Ty-Casper Events at Ateneo Literary and Cultural Studies Program
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
READ ALSO:
The Mechanism of Moving Forward by Nikki Alfar - Love Stories Series #1
A Simple Grace by Geronimo Tagatac - Love Stories Series #2
The Virgin's Last Night by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard - Love Stories Series #3
Fossil by Angelo R. Lacuesta - Love Series #4
Rose Petal and Tea and an Inn by the Sea by Susan Evangelista - Love Stories Series #5
Game by Melissa Salva - Love Stories Series #6
An Affair to Remember by Paulino Lim, Jr. - Love Series #7
Compartments by Ian Rosales Casocot - Love Stories Series #8
Married People by Noelle Q. de Jesus - Love Stories Series #9
Afterbirth by Eileen Tabios - Love Stories Series #10
How Manong Victor Brought Home His Baket - Love Stories Series #11
Cecilia Brainard Fiction: The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Cecilia Brainard Fiction: After the Ascension
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.






