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Siesta Storys

I’m so honoured to have my story ‘Reminiscing’ from my book Sky Juice to showcase in the podcast Siesta Storys by voice-over actress Dolores Reynalds.

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Five Minutes of Magic is Launched

Five Minutes of Magic is a series of YouTube videos in which I share with the world my love for words by a small insight and reading parts of books that inspire me for five minutes.

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Yun Yun is in Italian

In September 2020, Yun Yun got proper international as it reached the Mediterranean and got published in Italian by Edizioni Arcoiris as part of their catalogue of Latinamerican literature.

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Dominicanish

In May 2019, I was invited to participate as a panellist in the discussion Genre: Todo Depende at the Dominican Writers Conference 2019 DOMINICANISH at the New York City College.

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Celebrating our Roots

On the 16th of August 2019, as a celebration of the Dominican Restoration Day, I was invited by the Dominican Embassy and the cultural organisation Dominicanos in Acción to discuss my book Yun Yun (pa’ la calor) at The Shard in London.

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Yun Yun is Launched

In October 2018, I published my first solo collection of flash fiction in Spanish, called Yun Yun (pa’ la calor). all varied in style and format, but united by the same theme: abandonment in everyday life.

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