Interviews

Inter­view by Shiela Mae P. Abas

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2015/10/interview-cecilia-brainards-novel.html#more

Inter­view by Christo­pher Abadil­la, Uni­ver­si­ty of the Philip­pines, Cebu

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2016/09/philippine-literature-interview-of.html

Inter­view by Allison’s Book Bag

https://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/interview-with-cecilia-manguerra-brainard/

Inter­view by Libay Lin­san­gan Can­tor in Book­watch, NBDB Philippines

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2016/10/interview-of-cecilia-manguerra-brainard.html

Inter­view by Dana Hubler, Poets & Writ­ers Magazine

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/06/an-interview-with-cecilia-manguerra.html

Inter­view by Jihan Fer­rer of De La Salle Uni­ver­si­ty Inte­grat­ed School

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/11/interview-of-cecilia-brainard-by-jihan.html

Inter­view by Leila Mag­tales of De La Salle Uni­ver­si­ty Inte­grat­ed School

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/11/interview-of-cecilia-brainard-by-leila.html

Inter­view by Saman­tha Park­er of De La Salle Uni­ver­si­ty Inte­grat­ed School

https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/234863-interview-author-cecilia-manguerra-brainard-writing-about-two-homes?fbclid=IwAR1nDqyY_y2GJ4QA5e8PdJx9Bfw1v7R2EOJw03JD04EUKEwxDeW7l6hyYcY

Inter­view (live) by Rap­pler’s Miri­am Grace Go on “Writ­ing About Her Two Homes”

https://www.rappler.com/views/237389-podcast-love-country-being-filipino-american-staying-connected-motherland?fbclid=IwAR2C-pe5bgDY3aMZxxXDrRpH2A1UVN6vbXFi472s8zCu-dG8iDtcg8MkZM4

Inter­view (pod­cast) by Rap­pler’s Miri­am Grace Go on Love of Coun­try: “Can a Patri­ot Love Two Countries?”

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/11/interview-of-cecilia-manguerra-brainard.html

Inter­view about Cre­ative Writing

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2013/10/interview-of-cecilia-manguerra-brainard.html

Inter­view “Good and Bad Rea­sons for Being a Writer”

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2015/03/interview-of-cecilia-brainard-in.html

Inter­view “Woman with Horns” and Dif­fer­ent Facets of the Fil­ipino Woman

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2015/05/interview-cecilia-brainard-woman-with.html

 

Interviews/Talks on YouTube

Cecil­ia Brainard on the Vicente Lec­ture Series, USC Cebuano Stud­ies Cen­ter, Jan. 9, 2026 — on Inter­na­tion­al Book Fairs

Pod­cast Inter­view of Cecil­ia Brainard and Mai Khaled by Sab­ri­na at the Por­to Ale­gre Book Fair, Brazil, Nov. 5, 2025 

Pod­cast Inter­view of Cecil­ia Brainard by Axel Timo Purr for Lit­er­atur Review (Munch), Oct. 10, 2025

Writ­ing Work­shop by Cecil­ia Brainard, Car­los Bulosan Book Club, May 2025 

Inter­view by Read Pinoy Philip­pine Nation­al Book Devel­op­ment Board, 3/19/25 

Read Pinoy Philip­pine Nation­al Book Devel­op­ment Board, Inter­view of Cecil­ia Brainard

Cecil­ia Brainard Talks About her Nov­el The News­pa­per Wid­ow for Lit­Prom’s “Glimpses into Writ­ing in the Philip­pines, Frank­furt Book Fair 2024, 9/25/24

“The Cebua­na in the World: Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard Writ­ing Out of Cebu” Doc­u­men­tary Video pre­miered Feb. 7, 2023. — Cebuano Stud­ies Cen­ter & the Nation­al Com­mis­sion for Cul­ture and the Arts.

The His­to­ry of Fil­ipino Women’s Writings 

Jeep­ney Books Inter­views Cecil­ia Brainard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aVQYEevYxg

Cecil­ia Brainard Gives Advice to Begin­ning Writers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd5UCnlGdjQ

Inter­view by Noel Alu­mit, “A Con­ver­sa­tion with Author Cecil­ia Brainard: Select­ed Short Sto­ries” Los Ange­les Pub­lic Library YouTube site 10/26/21 

 

Bobit Avi­la Inter­views Cecil­ia Brainard, Part 1 — Aug 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLupG5_ZlKU

Bobit Avi­la Inter­views Cecil­ia Brainard, Part 2 — Aug 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCnFdsWObj4

Bobit Avi­la Inter­views Cecil­ia Brainard, Part 3 — Aug 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_atGRCI7w

“As Cute as a Fil­ipino on a Sat­ur­day Night” by G. Ton­gi for Kababayan Today, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu-Cxt8qd34

Inter­view by Cecil­ia Brainard by Janelle So for Kababayan Today, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEc-6dEX3Uw

Inter­view of Cecil­ia Brainard by Janelle So for Kababayan Today, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV6EiHkT7m0

Inter­view of Cecil­ia Brainard by Rap­pler’s Miri­am Grace Go, on writ­ing about her two homes, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzckMGsKKrM

Nov­el­ist Cecil­ia Brainard on Cebu, Philip­pine His­to­ry & the Fil­ipino Woman (Philip­pine Embassy of the US Pan­el Dis­cus­sion 3/6/21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3psnOi3g-0U

Cecil­ia Brainard Talks About Home, Dias­po­ra & Philip­pine Epics (Philip­pine Embassy of the US Pan­el Dis­cus­sion 3/6/21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ6zVBj7YY 

Reimag­in­ing Cebu, by Cecil­ia Brainard (Cebu Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­si­ty  Lit­er­ary Con­gress, 4/23/21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wha67crdVH8 

Cecil­ia Brainard Reads from her Select­ed Short Sto­ries (“The Che Gue­vara Night”) and Q & A — (Philip­pine Embassy of the US Pan­el Dis­cus­sion 3/6/21)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMi9qsgTVk