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Oct. 1-2, 2011: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at the Filipino American Book Festival

By
Renee Ting
on October 1, 2011 11:20 AM |
filipinobookfest.jpgThis sounds like an amazing event! The Filipino American International Book Festival will be held in San Francisco on October 1 and 2, 2011. Author Dorina Lazo Gilmore will be on hand both days reading Cora Cooks Pancit in the Children's Area at 1:30 both days. She will sign immediately after each reading at the Philippine Expressions Bookshop booth.

"FILBOOKFEST celebrates the richness and fusion of Philippine and Filipino American culture through literature, visual arts and music.
FILBOOKFEST is the largest gathering of authors of Filipino heritage from around the world. FILBOOKFEST invites all book lovers in the San Francisco Bay Area to spend a weekend of fun literary events, performances and good food."

Filipino American International Book Festival
October 1-2, 2011
Fulton Street, Civic Center, San Francisco
Free Admission
Dorina Lazo Gilmore reading at 1:30pm both days

End of Summer Cora Cooks Pancit App Giveaway-- 3 Ways to Win!

By
Renee Ting
on August 27, 2011 2:18 PM |
screenshot-home.jpgThe end of summer is upon us (I have always considered Labor Day to be MY official end-of-summer, despite what the calendar says), and with it the bittersweet end to our long and lazy days. Of course, fall brings with it new excitements: new school year, crisp cool days, football season. Not to mention new starts for me too. We will be moving into our new house in a few weeks, and baby J will turn a year old at the beginning of October. How time flies!

Anyway, let's give away some free apps to mourn the end of one season and celebrate the start of another! And let's not be stingy-- how about 15 free apps? Fifteen lucky winners will get their choice of the iOS or Android version of the Cora Cooks Pancit app.

There are THREE WAYS TO WIN. Here they are:

-Website sign-up. Fill out the form here. On Friday, September 2, FIVE winners will be chosen from those signed up.

-Facebook. "Like" us on Facebook here. When we hit 500 Likes, we will pick FIVE winners from everyone who likes us. There's no set date for this drawing. We'll do it whenever we hit 500 Likes.

-Twitter. We will pick ONE WINNER A DAY from August 29 - September 2 from those who follow @ReneeatShens and tweet the following:

Win a free CORA COOKS PANCIT ebook app. 3 Ways to win! http://bit.ly/nWrcZV #coracookspancit

Tweet this message once each day to be entered for that day's drawing.

Good luck!


Visions: Dorina and Kristi at the APALA Award Banquet

By
Renee Ting
on July 8, 2010 3:45 PM |
As part of the American Library Association's conference, the Asian/Pacific American Librarian's Association held their annual banquet and award dinner on June 27. This year, Dorina Lazo Gilmore and Kristi Valiant were honored for their book, Cora Cooks Pancit. Here they are, meeting for the first time at the dinner!

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Dec. 5, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place

By
Renee Ting
on December 5, 2009 12:59 PM |
Join us for a fun Christmas event at Petunia's Place bookstore, including signings by local authors. This is a great opportunity to do some Christmas shopping for all the little people on your list.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore (CORA COOKS PANCIT) will be signing from 11:00am until 1:00pm. Other authors, including Margarita Engle (THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA) and Doug Hansen (MOTHER GOOSE IN CALIFORNIA), will be signing books as well.

If you are outside the Fresno area, Dorina is offering signed copies of her book at a discount of $15 plus shipping. Delight a little person with this colorful children's book.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place
Saturday, December 5, 2009
11:00am - 1:00pm
2017 W Bullard Ave. Fresno, CA 93711

Visions: Dorina Lazo Gilmore Reads at the Tamejavi Festival

By
Renee Ting
on September 30, 2009 3:07 PM |
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Dorina Lazo Gilmore reading Cora Cooks Pancit at the Tamejavi Festival in Fresno, CA on Septebmer 19. 

Oct. 10, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore signing at NCIBA

By
Renee Ting
on September 25, 2009 12:18 PM |
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For those of you lucky booksellers attending the Northern California Independent Bookseller's Association trade show in October, Dorina will be signing copies of Cora Cooks Pancit at our table at 12:30. Mark your trade show schedules!

Dorina Lazo Gilmore signs Cora Cooks Pancit
12:30pm, Saturday, October 10, 2009
NCIBA Tradeshow Booth C-4


September 19, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at the Fresno Tamejavi Festival

By
Renee Ting
on September 19, 2009 12:00 PM |
tamejavi.jpgOn September 19, 2009, Tamejavi will once again return to Fresno. Radio Park and the Fresno Art Museum will become an interactive space in which artists from the Hmong, Indigenous Mexican, Iranian, Filipino, Native American and African American communities will tell stories of heritage and cultural transformation utilizing different art forms such as theater, dance, music, poetry and multimedia. These groups will also share how they have added artistic expressions and cultural practices to the Central Valley's landscape as well as new flavors and ingredients to the local cuisine.

Dorina will be at the Children's Stage at the Fresno Art Musuem signing Cora Cooks Pancit. Not sure yet exactly what time, though, so check back to get the details if you're going.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore book signing
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tamejavi Festival
Children's Stage at the Fresno Art Museum
2233 N 1st Street
Fresno, CA 93703

September 12, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore Reading at Eastwind Books of Berkeley

By
Renee Ting
on September 12, 2009 11:46 AM |
Eastwind Books of Berkeley and KPFA 94.1FM will be co-hosting an event on September 12, 2009 at 3:00pm featuring Dorina Lazo Gilmore and her book, Cora Cooks Pancit. The radio station will be recording the event for their program called APEX Express, a show featuring "stories and sounds with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view." The air date of the show is yet to be determined, but don't worry, I'll let you know when it is so if you are not lucky enough to live near Berkeley, you can still hear it online.

Author Dorina Lazo Gilmore
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 3:00pm
Eastwind Books of Berkeley
2066 University Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

July 25, 2009: Kristi Valiant at Barnes & Noble in Evansville, IN

By
Renee Ting
on July 9, 2009 11:08 AM |
kristi.jpgIf you're in Evansville, Indiana, come out and meet Kristi Valiant, illustrator of Cora Cooks Pancit! She'll be autographing books at Barnes & Noble on July 25th, 2009 at 2:00pm.

Illustrator Kristi Valiant book signing
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
624 South Green River Rd
Evansville, IN 47715

June 27, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore Signing at Petunia's Place

By
Renee Ting
on June 27, 2009 12:32 PM | | Comments (1)
If you're in the Fresno area, come meet Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place, an independent children's bookstore, on June 27th at 11:00am. She'll be reading and signing her book, Cora Cooks Pancit, about a Filipino girl who makes her favorite noodle dish with her mother.

Dorina is a local author in Fresno, and Central California plays a role in this charming children's story, since Cora's grandfather Lolo was a cook for the Filipino farmworkers who picked strawberries and grapes in the fields.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore Book Signing
Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:00 am
Petunia's Place
2017 W Bullard Ave. Fresno, CA 93711
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Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore grew up in a Filipino-Italian family in the kitchen with her mama, aunties and grandmas. She loves to create healthy recipes and share stories in the kitchen with her friends and daughters. Dorina has a B.A. in English and Journalism and is completing an M.F.A. degree in Children’s Literature at Hollins University. She is also the author of two other children’s books, Children of the San Joaquin Valley and Stone Soup: A Hmong Girl’s Journey to the United States. Dorina is originally from Chicago and lives with her husband and two daughters in Fresno, California.

Kristi Valiant loves cooking, monkeys, penguins, and red walls, all of which are found in this book. Her husband loves hippos, so you may find hippos lurking here too. Kristi graduated magna cum laude from Columbus College of Art & Design with a major in Illustration. She has illustrated dozens of leveled readers, and her illustrations can be found in magazines and on Christmas cards. Kristi grew up in Wisconsin, studied in Ohio, moved to Texas, spent a summer in China, and now lives in Indiana. Visit her online at www.kristivaliant.com.

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