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  • itsybitsystories

    Free Chance to Learn Chinese Through Ancient Tales

    Oakland, CA – In honor of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival, ItsyBitsyStories is announcing the availability of a free download during the entire month of June. The Dragon Boat Festival (June 23, 2012),  also known as DuanWu Festival  commemorates the patriotic poet QuYuan (340 BCE – 278 BCE),  marks...

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  • Nellie Wong

    Book Party for Nellie Wong’s Banquet of Poems

    Radical Women celebrates the publication of Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner , the fourth book of poetry by Asian American feminist Nellie Wong, whose life fuses art and revolution. The Bay Area writer’s works have been presented in China, Cuba and throughout the U.S. The event...

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  • angel.island

    Authors Erika Lee and Judy Yung Celebrate Angel Island Immigration Stories on June 30 at the SF Chinese Culture Center

    Erika Lee and Judy Yung, co-authors of the award-winning history book Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, will headline the “Angel Island Storytelling” program on Saturday, June 30 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco. Lee and Yung...

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  • Phillipine Expression Bookshop

    Filipino American Authors Night and LA Times Festival of Books

    Rancho Palos Verdes, CA– To celebrate the printed and spoken words and to launch ten new works by Filipino American authors, Philippine Expressions Bookshop will host its annual event called Filipino American Authors Night in order to present new authors and new works to the...

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    Pinay Gathering To Celebrate Women’s History Month

    Rancho Palos Verdes, CA – Philippine Expressions Bookshop is hosting a luncheon on Saturday, March 31, 2012 to honor Filipino American women authors in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event is an opportunity for women in the Fil Am community to break bread together,...

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  • New Memoir Finds Joy Amidst Life's Lessons.

    New Memoir Finds Joy Amidst Life’s Lessons

    Written with startling honesty and grace, Bruce Farrell Rosen’s memoir If You Ever Need Me, I Won’t Be Far Away, transcends the loss of people, place, and love, with joy, humor, heart, inspiration, and a reawakened passion. New memoir finds joy amidst life’s lessons. For...

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  • Fat Rabbit Farm celebrates 5 years.

    Fat Rabbit Farm Hops to the Bay Area for their 5 Year Celebration!

    Los Angeles, Calif. – Fat Rabbit Farm announces that they will be celebrating their 5 year anniversary in San Mateo, California! With half a decade of creating laughs and smiles to all, the creators felt it was time for Bay Area folks to take part...

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  • How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology

    Shaping the Hmong American literary voice

    Hmong history and culture can be found in the form of oral stories, oral poetry, textile art, and music but there is no written account of Hmong life, by a Hmong hand, passed down through the centuries. As an undergraduate, BurleeVang experienced this void when...

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    Chinese American Releases New Inspirational Cat Book

    One look at the adorable tiny baby tabby lounging at the City of Sacramento Animal Care Services, and Margie Yee Webb was instantly smitten. She decided to adopt the kitten on the spot, and named her in honor of her favorite Chinese warrior legend, Mulan....

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  • FilinSF

    History of Filipinos in San Francisco Celebrated

    New from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America Series is Filipinos in San Francisco. The 128-page book was written by the Pin@y Educational Partnerships and Manilatown Heritage Foundation. This photographic journal is a history in images of and by Filipinos in San Francisco. Tens of thousands...

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