How I Became a Writer 2: Essays by Filipino Writers (edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard) will be at VIBAL Booths, MIBF 2026 on Sat. Sept. 12, 2026, Book Launch at 5 PM; Book Signing from 1-8 pm. The anthology includes personal essays by: Gene Alcantara, Joem Antonio, Wendell P. Capili, Rene Ciria Cruz, Claire Betita de Guzman, Ma. Ceres Doyo, Susan Evangelista, Luis Francia, Myles Garcia, … [Read more...] about How I Became a Writer 2 (ed Brainard)- Book Launch MIBF2026
Invitation Brainard Book Events Philippines, September 2026
INVITATION Hello, I'll be in the Philippines in September and would like to invite you to a meet and greet and book signing. Sat, Sept 5, 2026, 3 pm -Book Launch of How I Became a Writer 2, Lost Books Cebu, CAO Mercado Bldg, Osmena Blvd, Cebu City - Editor Cecilia Brainard and Contributor Danton Remoto will be there Sat, Sept 12, 2026, 1-2:30 pm – Cecilia Brainard signs at … [Read more...] about Invitation Brainard Book Events Philippines, September 2026
Book Launches for How I Became a Writer 2: Essays by Filipino Writers
I am happy to announce that the anthology, HOW I BECAME A WRITER 2: ESSAYS BY FILIPINO WRITERS, (Vibal 2026, Ed Cecilia Manguerra Brainard) will be launched in Cebu and in Manila: Saturday, September 5, 2026, 3 pm - Lost Books Cebu, CAO Mercado Bldg, Osmena Blvd, Cebu City - Editor Cecilia Brainard and Contributor Danton Remoto will be there; Saturday, September 12, 2026, 5 pm - Vibal launch at … [Read more...] about Book Launches for How I Became a Writer 2: Essays by Filipino Writers
Released: Linda Ty-Casper’s A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition
PRESS RELEASE PALH (Philippine American Literary House) has released award-winning Linda Ty-Casper’s novella, A Small Party in a Garden, Revised and Critical Edition. Referred to as a “novel of justice” this edition reintroduces this important historical fiction to a new generation of readers. First published almost forty years ago, A Small Party in a Garden is set in the Philippines during the … [Read more...] about Released: Linda Ty-Casper’s A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition
Video Streaming — Cebuano Studies Center, Cecilia Brainard on Philippine Participation in International Fairs
VSL 2026 No.1 - One-on-one with Author Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard about the Frankfurt and Porto Alegre Book Fairs Featured Lecturer: Ms. Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard https://fb.watch/EwUq-HiYae/ Check back for the YouTube Video link. Read also: Positively Filipino, Nov. 5, 2025: Was the Philippines' Star Turn at Frankfurt Book Fair Worth the … [Read more...] about Video Streaming — Cebuano Studies Center, Cecilia Brainard on Philippine Participation in International Fairs
One-on-One with Author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard About the Frankfurt and Porto Alegre Book Fairs
I'm happy to start 2026 with a talk for The Vicente Sotto Lecture Series, USC Cebuano Studies Center, on Manila time - Friday, January 9, 2026. Here is information about this Zoom-talk: *** Title: ONE-ON-ONE WITH AUTHOR CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD ABOUT THE FRANKFURT AND PORTO ALEGRE BOOK FAIRS In this talk, internationally-acclaimed writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard shares her first-hand … [Read more...] about One-on-One with Author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard About the Frankfurt and Porto Alegre Book Fairs
Top Translated Filipino Authors — Includes Cecilia Brainard
Thanks to my literary agent Senja Pozar for negotiating all but one of my foreign translations, putting me in the 'Top Translated Authors' of the Philippine Works and Translation Data base. The data base chart, maintained by Anthony John Balisi, a project begun by the NBDB, is from September 2025. It's dynamic and changes. In this chart I tie with Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa in … [Read more...] about Top Translated Filipino Authors — Includes Cecilia Brainard
Filip Batkoski (Bata Press) — Publisher Cecilia Brainard Foreign Translations
Filip Batkoski On October 17, 2025, at 10 am, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, six international publishers and I will gather at the Pilipinas Stage, Philippine Stand Hall 5.1 A95 & B95 to celebrate the translations they have done of my fiction.To honor these publishers who are working hard to finish their translations for FBM25, I'm going to highlight each one of them in my blog. I'll be posting … [Read more...] about Filip Batkoski (Bata Press) — Publisher Cecilia Brainard Foreign Translations
Celebrating Translations of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Fiction — Oct 17 FBM25
P R E S S R E L E A SE PALH 3030 18th Street Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA Email: palhbooks@gmail.com INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CELEBRATE CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD TRANSLATIONS AT FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR Six international publishers will gather at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17, 2025 to celebrate foreign translations of fiction by the award-winning Filipino author Cecilia … [Read more...] about Celebrating Translations of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Fiction — Oct 17 FBM25
Vibal Foundation Launches Two Cecilia Brainard Books
The following announcement is courtesy of Vibal Foundation. 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝟮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙆𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗜 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: Vibal Foundation unveiled two new inspiring books edited by award-winning author and editor Cecilia Manguerra Brainard: 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 and … [Read more...] about Vibal Foundation Launches Two Cecilia Brainard Books
Cecilia Brainard Fiction — The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair
THE ONE-NIGHT STAND AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR, by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Copyright 2025 by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, all rights reserved. Published in the May 2025 issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader *** Cecilia Manguerra Brainard shares THE ONE-NIGHT STAND AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR, a work of fiction inspired by her visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2024. This was first … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard Fiction — The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Celebrating STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS and HOW I BECAME A WRITER, editor Cecilia Brainard, publisher Vibal
To celebrate the two books, STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS: THERESIAN RECIPES AND TALES and HOW I BECAME A WRITER: ESSAYS BY FILIPINO AND FILIPINO AMERICAN WRITERS, the following events are scheduled: BOOK SIGNINGS in Cebu at Lost Books Cebu - +63-966-185-4126 May 30, 2025 - How I Became a Writer 11 am - Dr. Hope Sabanpan Yu 2 pm - Cecilia Manguerra … [Read more...] about Celebrating STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS and HOW I BECAME A WRITER, editor Cecilia Brainard, publisher Vibal
Writing Workshop with Author Cecilia Brainard at the Carlos Bulosan Book Club
Join Author Cecilia Brainard on Saturday April 19, 2025, California time for a two-hour Creative Writing Workshop at 2 pm. This workshop is in-person and virtual, join at 1:45 p.m, PST. Please register at RSCP link: https://bit.ly/RSVPforCBBCEvents The two-hour workshop will look at the fundamentals of creative writing, including character, conflict, plot, and there will in-class … [Read more...] about Writing Workshop with Author Cecilia Brainard at the Carlos Bulosan Book Club
Author Cecilia Brainard Interview by Read Pinoy National Book Development Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtjwCDLfxM Filipina novelist, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, is interviewed by Read Pinoy of the Philippine National Book Development Board on March 19, 2025. Brainard talks about Filipino and FilAm authors away from the Philippines - what they write about, difficulties they face. Brainard talks about why she has chosen to write about Filipino … [Read more...] about Author Cecilia Brainard Interview by Read Pinoy National Book Development Board
Update! STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS — Collection of Recipes and Essays by St. Theresa’s College Philippine Graduates
UPDATE Re my cookbook project, STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS: THERESIAN RECIPES AND TALES -- I am happy to say that Vibal will be publishing this book and we're looking at a book launch date of June 8 in Manila. We are also looking at book signing in Cebu around May 31, all to be confirmed. I am sharing the blurb that Ige Ramos wrote for this book that collects recipes and personal essays by … [Read more...] about Update! STEP INTO OUR KITCHENS — Collection of Recipes and Essays by St. Theresa’s College Philippine Graduates
How I Became a Writer: Personal Essays by Filipino and FilAm Writers
One of my projects is to collect and edit personal essays by accomplished Filipino and FilAm Writers. These are featured in my other blog as How I Became a Writers Series. Here are the links. I will continue to add to the list, so stay tuned. So far, the featured writers are Ian Rosales Casocot, Paulino Lim, Jr, Caroline S. Hau, and John Jack Wigley. Their personal accounts of how they became a … [Read more...] about How I Became a Writer: Personal Essays by Filipino and FilAm Writers
Philippine Folktale — Los Siete Pecados, by Filomena Alesna Cuenco
Filomena Alesna Cuenco Message from Cecilia Brainard: I am happy to feature a retelling of a popular folk tale from the Philippines, called Los Siete Pecados, which translates into the Seven Sins. It is an origin story of seven small islands near Iloilo in the Visayas area of the Philippines. I came across this folk retelling by my maternal grandmother when I did research about … [Read more...] about Philippine Folktale — Los Siete Pecados, by Filomena Alesna Cuenco
Cecilia Brainard in Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 Panel — Join us!
I'm really excited to be going to the Frankfurt Book Fair. This has been on my bucket list. If you're going to FBM24, look for me so we can chat. Here's info re a panel discussion that I'll be in - Can Fiction Change the World on October 20, 2021, at 1 p.m. Join us! Tags: Frankfurterbuchmesse Frankfurt book fair #Frankfurtbookfair2024 … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard in Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 Panel — Join us!
Cecilia Brainard Talks About Her Novel The Newspaper Widow and More — video link
Cecilia Brainard Talks about Her Novel The Newspaper Widow and More - Excerpt from the Frankfurt Book Fair, LitProm, and NBDB Webinar "Glimpse into Writing and Publishing in the Philippines with Cindy Wong, Sarge Lacuesta, Renato Tranquilino, Mara Coson, Carla de Guzmna, Ned Parfan, and Cecilia Brainard. Moderator is Julian Fuchs of the Goethe-Institut Philippinen. The Webinar occurred on … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard Talks About Her Novel The Newspaper Widow and More — video link
Glimpse Into Writing and Publishing in the Philippines (YouTube link) — Frankfurt Book Fair webinar
Glimpse of Writing and Publishing in the Philippines YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3WaZ5oD_9U Glimpse into Writing and Publishing in the Philippines, a Frankfurt Book Fair, NBDB, LitProm event, with: Cindy Wong, Sarge Lacuesta, Renato Transquilino, Mara Coson, Carla De Guzman, Ned Parfan, Cecilia Brainard, and moderated by Julian Fuchs of the … [Read more...] about Glimpse Into Writing and Publishing in the Philippines (YouTube link) — Frankfurt Book Fair webinar