TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cecilia Brainard's Upcoming Literary Events

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Cecilia Brainard's Upcoming Literary Events

April 23, Friday, 2010 - Philippine Expressions is hosting its Annual Authors' Night and Cecilia Brainard will be there to sign Finding God and Growing Up Filipino II***
$10.00 Seats are limited. RSVP necessary. Reply by April 22.
Free parking. email or call (310) 514-9139

April 24 & 25, 2010 - Cecilia will be signing her books at the LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Philippine Expressions Booth, Zone D, Booth #427: April 24- 3-5 p.m.; April 25 - 3-4 p.m. I hope to see some of you there!

May 5, 2010, 7 p.m. - LA Central Library ALOUD event - MIGUEL SYJUCO
(Illustrado) In conversation with novelist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Reservations suggested - tel: 213-228-7025; 630 W. Fifth St., LA, CA 90071

Wednesday, June 9, 7-9:30 pm - Cecilia will be reading along with other instructors at UCLA Extension Publication Party 2010
Doors Open at 7 p.m.
Readings begin at 7:30 p.m.; Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Blvd.

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.