Writing Workshop with Author Cecilia Brainard at the Carlos Bulosan Book Club

The two-hour work­shop will look at the fun­da­men­tals of cre­ative writ­ing, includ­ing char­ac­ter, con­flict, plot, and there will in-class exer­cis­es, all in a fun and sup­port­ive envi­ron­ment. Join us!

BIO:

Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard is the author and edi­tor of over 22 books. She has writ­ten three nov­els: When the Rain­bow God­dess Wept, Mag­dale­na, and The News­pa­per Wid­ow. Her recent books include Fun­da­men­tals of Cre­ative Writ­ing, Revised and Expand­ed Edi­tion, and Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3: New Sto­ries for Young Adults.

She has received sev­er­al awards, includ­ing an Out­stand­ing Indi­vid­ual Award from her birth­place of Cebu Philip­pines, a Cal­i­for­nia Arts Coun­cil Fel­low­ship, a Brody Arts Fund, sev­er­al trav­el grants from the US Embassy, the 40th Nation­al Book Award and the Cir­i­lo F. Bautista Prize.

She has taught at UCLA, USC, the Cal­i­for­nia State Sum­mer School for the Arts, the Writ­ers’ Pro­gram at UCLA Exten­sion and she con­tin­ues to lec­ture and per­form in lit­er­ary arts venues and universities.

Her offi­cial web­site is https://ceciliabrainard.com