#Authors Noelle de Jesus & Gemino Abad in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAM Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here: http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Noelle de Jesus will be reading from Blood Collected Stories (Ethos Books 2015)

#Author Raissa Robles in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading Oct. 8, 2017

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Raissa Robles will be featured in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 8, 2017.  This reading is part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. It will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here: http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html.

Raissa Robles will be reading from:                                     

            Marcos Martial Law: Never Again (Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc. 2016)

#Authors M. Evelina Galang & Rachelle Cruz in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here: http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html.

M. Evelina Galang will be reading from
Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War (Northwestern University Press 2017).

#Authors Giovanni Ortega & Janice Sapigao in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Giovanni Ortega will be reading from  Ang Gitano (2017)                                                   

      

Schedule HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS, 2017 Filipino American International Book Festival

This year, there will be three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings at the Filipino American International Book Festival, which will be held at the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102. The schedule follows:

The First HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading, moderated by Cecilia Brainard
 Saturday, October 7, 2017, from 1:30-2:50 p.m.
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library:

Veronica Montes - Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories (Philippine American Literary House/PALH 2018)

Marie Deaconu-Baylon - North for Sun (2017)

Linda Ty-Casper - (Presenter is Kristina Casper-Denman) A River, One-Woman Deep: Stories (Philippine American Literary House/PALH 2017)

Brian Ascalon Roley - The Last Mistress of Jose Rizal (Curbstone Books 2016)

Eliza Victoria - Dwellers (Visprint 2014)

Renee Macalino Rutledge - The Hour of Daydreams (Forest Avenue Press 2017)

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard - The Newspaper Widow (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House 2017)

Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz - Even the Rainbow Has a Body: Distinct Artistic Legacies (Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2016)

M. Evelina Galang - Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living With War (Northwestern University Press 2017)

Myles Garcia - Of Adobo, Applie Pie, and Schnitzel with Noodles (2017)

The Second HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading, moderated by Cecilia Brainard
 Saturday, October 7, 2017, from 4:20-5:35 p.m.
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library:

Barbara Jane Reyes - Invocation to Daughters (City Lights Books 2017)

Joseph O. Legaspi - Threshold (CavanKerry Press 2017)

Janice Sapigao - Like a Solid to a Shadow (Timeless, Infinite Light 2017)

Angela Peñaredondo - All Things Lose Thousands of Times (2016)

Eileen Tabios - Manhattan: An Archaelogy (Paloma Press 2017)

Robert Francis Flor - Alaskero Memories (Carayan Press 2016)

Aileen Cassinetto - The Art of Salamat (Locofo Chaps 2017)

Merlinda Bobis - Accidents of Composition (Spinifex 2017)

Wesley St. Jo, & Reme Grefalda - Blue (Paloma Press 2017)

Gemino Abad & Krip Yuson, Eds- (Presenter is Gemino Abad) -
BLOODLUST: Philippine Protest Poetry (From Marcos to Duterte) (Reyes Publishing 2017)

The Third HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Reading, moderated by Veronica Montes
 Sunday, October 8, 2017, from 1:45-3:05 p.m., 
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library:

Tony Robles - Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike (Ithuriel's Spear Press 2017)

Rachelle Cruz - God's Will for Monsters (Inlandia 2017)

Amanda Ngoho Reavey - Marilyn (The Operating System 2015)

Randy Ribay - After the Shot Drops (HMH Books for Young Readers 2018)

Giovanni Ortega - Ang Gitano (2017)

Noelle Q. de Jesus - Blood Collected Stories (Ethos Books 2015)

Sansu Ramsey - Elizabeth Ramsey, Queen of Philippine Rock N' Roll (2017)

Merlinda Bobis - Locust Girl: A Lovesong (Spinifex Press 2015)

Constance Valencia Santos & Victoria Santos - (Presenter is Victoria Santos) - Memoirs of Manang: A Story of a Filipina American Pioneer (Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2015)

Mila De Guzman - Women Against Marcos: Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator (Carayan Press 2016)

Raissa Robles - Marcos Martial Law: Never Again (Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc. 2016)

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Tags: #FilAm #FilAmBookFest #literature #poetry authors, writers, Philippine American, fiction, books, Asian American, literary readings, spoken word, poetry reading

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Authors Mila De Guzman & Cecilia Brainard in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7-8, 2017

Authors Merlinda Bobis and Victoria Santos in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7-8, 2017

Authors Sansu Ramsey & Amanda Reavey in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7-8, 2017

Authors Noelle de Jesus & Gemino Abad in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 

Author Raissa Robles in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017

Authors M. Evelina Galang & Rachelle Crus in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 

Authors Giovanni Ortega & Janice Sapigao in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Renee Rutledge & Marie Deaconu-Baylon in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Joseph O. Legaspi & Angela Penaredondo in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Randy Ribay & Eliza Victoria in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Garcia, Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8 2017 

Authors Veronica Montes and  Linda Ty-Casper in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Barbara Jane Reyes & Aileen Cassinetto in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. & & 8, 2017

Authors Eileen Tabios & Brian Ascalon Roley in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017

#Authors Renee Macalino Rutledge & Marie Deaconu-Baylon in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Renee Macalino Rutledge will be reading from The Hour of Daydreams (Forest Avenue Press, 2017) 

#Books Manila International Book Fair Opens September 13, 2017

My novels, Magdalena and The Newspaper Widow, published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House will be at the Manila International Book Fair, which runs from September 13-17, 2017.

Check out the booth of the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.

I believe my novels and other UST books will be on sale. For more information about my novels, visit my official site at http://www.ceciliabrainard.com  and click on "Books"

Tags: Philippines, Filipino, literature, novels, books, authors, writers, festival, Manila

Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Garcia, Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8m 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

Authors Veronica Montes and  Linda Ty-Casper in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Barbara Jane Reyes & Aileen Cassinetto in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. & & 8, 2017

Authors Eileen Tabios & Brian Ascalon Roley in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017

#Authors Joseph Legaspi and Angela Peñaredondo in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Joseph O. Legaspi will be reading from Threshold (CavanKerry Press, 2017)

Joseph O. Legaspi, a Fulbright and NYFA fellow, is the author of the poetry collections 

Threshold and Imago, both from CavanKerry Press; and two chapbooks, Aviary, 

Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts), and Subways (Thrush Press). 

His works have appeared in POETRY, New England Review, Best of the Net, Orion,

and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. He co-founded Kundiman 

(www.kundiman.org), a non-profit organization serving Asian American literature.

 He lives in Queens, New York.

#Authors Randy Ribay and Eliza Victoria in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Randy Ribay will be reading from After the Shot Drops (HMH Books for Young Reader 2018).

Randy Ribay is the author of  the young adults books, An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes (Simon Pulse 2015) and After the Shot Drops.

Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in Michigan and Colorado. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ed.M. in Language & Literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After a decade on the East Coast, Randy now lives in the SF Bay Area with his wife and two dog-children, where he teaches high school English.

Eliza Victoria will be reading from the fantasy/mystery Dwellers (Visprint 2014)

                                                           

Eliza Victoria is the author of several books including the Philippine National Book Award-winning Dwellers (Visprint 2014) and the graphic novel After Lambana (2016, a collaboration with Mervin Malonzo). Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several online and print publications and have won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, among others. She was a Writing Fellow at the 54th UP National Writers Workshop, a Guest Panelist at the 54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and a Panelist in the inaugural Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio Writers Workshop. Her site is https://elizavictoria.com/ .

Tags: #FilAm #FilAmBookFest #literature #poetry authors, writers, Philippine American, fiction, books, Asian American

Read also:

Authors Noelle de Jesus & Gemino Abad in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest 

Author Raissa Robles in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

Authors M. Evelina Galang & Rachelle Crus in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest 

Authors Giovanni Ortega & Janice Sapigao in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Renee Rutledge & Marie Deaconu-Baylon in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Joseph O. Legaspi & Angela Penaredondo in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Randy Ribay & Eliza Victoria in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7&8, 2107 

Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Garcia, Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8 2017 

Authors Veronica Montes and  Linda Ty-Casper in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct 7 & 8, 2017

Authors Barbara Jane Reyes & Aileen Cassinetto in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. & & 8, 2017

Authors Eileen Tabios & Brian Ascalon Roley in HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings Oct. 7 & 8, 2017

#Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Tony Robles will be reading from Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike (Spear Press 2017).

Tony Robles is a San Francisco poet and author of Cool Don't Live Here No More--A Letter to San Francisco. He is a short list finalist for poet laureate of SF, 2017 and recipient of SF Art Commission individual artist grant 2017-2018. Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike is his second poetry/short story collection published by Ithuriel's Spear Press. Tony serves as board president of the Manilatown Heritage Foundation.

#Authors Myles Garcia, Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are three more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned,

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda will be reading from Blue, published by Paloma Press, 2017

WESLEY ST. JO is the pen name of artist and writer CECILIA IBARDALOZA. Her work has been featured in various online and print media including the anthologies, Finding God (Anvil, 2009) and A Taste of Home (Anvil, 2008). Cecilia recently conceptualized the Mi-Go Zine project, a DIY periodical devoted to exploring the connections between popular culture and politics.

REMÉ GREFALDA is the author of baring more than soul and The Other Blue Book: On The High Seas of Discovery. She co-authored a Ford Foundation report, Towards A Cultural Community: Identity, Education and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. She is the recipient of the Philippines Palanca Award for her full length play, In the Matter of Willie Grayson, produced and staged at Howard University in Washington D.C.

#Authors Veronica Montes & Linda Ty-Casper in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned.

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Veronica Montes will be reading from Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories, PALH 2018

#Cats #Catpics Yearning for the "Forbidden" Outdoors

Che and Tesla yearning to get out but holding themselves back because they know this is forbidden.

Tags: pets, animals, kittens, feline, family
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#Authors Barbara Jane Reyes & Aileen Cassinetto in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilipinoAmerican

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating  in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017.  These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned.

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Barbara Jane Reyes will be reading from Invocation to Daughters (City Lights Publishers, 2017)

Philippine American Writer Linda Ty-Casper's Book Featured Nota Bene/World Literature Today #WorldLitToday

Philippine American writer Linda Ty-Casper's A RIVER, ONE-WOMAN DEEP: STORIES, is featured in the Nota Bene section of the September/October 2017 issue of World Literature Today Magazine. 

Linda Ty-Casper

A River, One-Woman Deep: Stories

Philippine American Literary House

In this collection of stories, Filipina American Linda Ty-Casper runs her fingers along the scars left behind in the wake of historical events in the Philippines, parsing out what it means to live through and after the trauma of dictatorships and war. Her sobering descriptions of the intersection of the global and personal create a moving narrative, brimming with strength and humanity.

Tags: literature, fiction, novella, short stories, Philippines, Filipino, Filipina, writer, author, World Literature Today #worldlittoday

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In Honor of Filipino writer, Linda Ty-Casper

Linda Ty-Casper's novels in E-book format in Kindle and Nook

Linda Ty-Casper's "A Small Party in a Garden" Available in Kindle and Nook

In Honor of Filipino Writer, Linda Ty-Casper

Fiction by Guest Blogger, Linda Ty-Capser, "In Place of Trees"
Leonard Casper's Possibilities of Humaness in an Age of Slaughter  (critique of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept)

#CebuLitFest Chappy Piramide Interview of Writer Cecilia Brainard now on YouTube

Last February 2017, my novel, Magdalena (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House 2016) was launched at the #CebuLitFest, courtesy of Hendri Go.

Atty. Chappy Piramide did a comprehensive interview of me. While she focused on my novel, Magdalena, she asked about the influences on my writings, including Cebu and its history and culture.

Here is the video of that interview. It is over thirty minutes long.

https://youtu.be/hhMgxuphaN0

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Book Launch of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's Magdalena