TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cebu Philippines: Book Launch of Cecilia Brainard's novel Magdalena

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Cebu Philippines: Book Launch of Cecilia Brainard's novel Magdalena

The Philippine edition of my novel, Magdalena, will be launched in Parkmall, Cebu City, Philippines, on February 11, 2017, at 5 p.m.

Friends have organized this literary event which includes Readings from my novels, Magdalena and The Newspaper Widow. There will also be an Open Mic Reading after the launch.

I hope some of you can make it.

Here's information about my novel, Magdalena. The following is based on the US edition. We're launching the Philippine edition published by UST press.
http://www.palhbooks.com/cbrainardmagdalena.htm

To order directly from UST press in Manila:

Latest release:
"Magdalena"
by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
160 pp.; Php 350.00
* For inquiries and orders, please email ustph.info@gmail.com, or call up 4061611 local 8424 and look for Paul, Val or Carlo.

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.