One Month to Pub!
Issue 2. My book will be out in one month!!
¡Buenos días, buenas tardes, y buenas noches! Welcome to Issue 2 of my quarterly (?) newsletter. Has it already been a quarter? Frankly, I’m not sure.
But I have things to share and that’s the important bits.
Now, if you didn’t know, my debut picture book, When We Find Her, will be out in ONE month. How wonderful and yet terrifying.
It looks like this…
Gorge, amirite? I’m working on a trailer and some promotional goodies, so stay tuned!
When We Find Her (9780593624098) written by M. García Peña (that’s me!) and illustrated by André Ceolin is a moving portrait of the absence lost loved ones leave in our lives—and the food traditions that keep their memories from fading.
If you didn’t know, pre-ordering or ordering a book is a simple way of showing an author you care! There are other ways, I suppose, but I’m too tired to finish that thought.
You can order from your favorite bookstores, but if you’d like signed copies, order from these local bookstores:
One More Page Books (Virginia)
The Village Bookstore (New York)
You can also online at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.
Want to say hello and get a signed book IN PERSON!?! Stop by any of the following events…
NEW YORK…
SEPT 12-13 - Latinx Storytellers Conference (NYC)
SEPT 14 - World's Borough (Queens) @ 4PM - Read Aloud and signing with Mayra Cuevas and John Parra
SEPT 27 - Chappaqua Book Festival
PUERTO RICO…with friend and fellow author Mayra Cuevas!
OCT 18 - El Candil (Ponce) @ 2PM
OCT 25 - Biblioteca Sagrado Corazon (Santurce) @ 10AM
OCT 25 - El Bookmark (San Patricio) @ 2PM
DENVER…
NOV 20-23 - National Coalition of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Featured in the following panels: “Feed a Dream: Food as Catalyst for Imaginative Storytelling” and “Teaching Latinx Children and Youth Literature All Year Long: Educator Collaborations with Latinx KidLit Book Festival”
Fierce by Mitu: “Un Poco de Todo: 2025 Books by Latina Authors You’ll Want on Your Shelf”
Fierce by Mitu: “8 Latina Authors Who Are Writing, Uplifting, and Paving the Way”
My dream is to have my books available in PR 💜 How exciting for you and Mayra 💜