Via the Society for Writers Editors and Translators (SWET) e-mail list. Several workshops/discussions/presentations that seem to be very useful for writers and translators in Japan:
SWET News, April 8, 2009
For details on the following upcoming events, see below:
1) April 21 (Tues)–SWET OPEN FORUM: Wordsmithing in Japan (Tokyo)
2) May 16 (Sat)– WRITING MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES (Tokyo)
3) May 17 (Sun)–SWET KANSAI: THREE POETS IN JAPAN (Kyoto)
4) June 23 (Tues)–WRITING NEWS ON JAPAN with Elaine Lies (Tokyo)
5) July 18 (Sat)–SWET (Kanto) Summer Party – details pending.
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SWET OPEN FORUM: Wordsmithing in Japan
April 21 (Tues), 2009; 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Fee: 1,000 yen for SWET members; 2,000 yen for non-members
Place: 5th Floor, Shoko Kaikan/Shohisha Senta, Shibuya
1-12-5 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
Miyamae-zaka area; map at www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/est/shoko.html
Are you hoping to launch a career in writing, translating, copyediting, editing, English-language publishing or other work based in Japan? Where should you start? What qualifications do you need? Who can you collaborate with? How can SWET help you? What can you do for SWET?
Open to members and non-members alike, the SWET Open Forum offers an opportunity to address questions to established professionals in a
variety of wordsmithing professions, as well as present requests and suggestions for SWET activities throughout the year. Take this opportunity to tap SWET resource persons on hand, sound off on questions and concerns, and enjoy a chance for informal networking and information-sharing.
The SWET members present will share their expertise in the following fields: J-E translation, editing, copyediting, proofreading, editing translations, writing, rewriting, technical writing, copywriting, design and layout.
For further information, contact SWET by email at events@swet.jp or by fax at 03-3430-1740.
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WRITING MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES:
A Reading and Panel Discussion of _Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering_
Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (for a map see
http://www.e-fccj.com/)
Fee: Panel Discussion and Dinner: 5,000 yen (includes makunouchi bento meal
Reservations for meal required by May 12: events@swet.jp; events@scbwi.jp
By fax: 03-3430-1740
Panel discussion only 6:00-7:00 p.m. (no reservations required): 2,000 yen per person
Suzanne Kamata, editor of the literary anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, May 2009), will moderate a discussion among SWET-member contributors to the anthology Leza Lowitz, Holly Thompson and Angela Turzynski-Azimi. The panelists will read from and discuss their contributions to the book. Call Me Okaasan comprises twenty essays by women writers around the world on the joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. A panel Q&A with all four writers will wrap up the event. Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.
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SWET KANSAI: THREE POETS IN JAPAN
Yoko Danno, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, and Keiji Minato
Date: Sunday 17th May 2009 3PM – 5 PM
Location: Venture Dream Office 2nd Floor Meeting Room
(2 mins from Hankyu Karasuma Stn and Subway Shijo Stn)
Map: http://venturedreamoffice.com/access/
Fee: members 500 yen/non-members 1,000 yen
For details see www.swet.jp; for reservations: kansai@swet.jp
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WRITING NEWS ON JAPAN WITH JOURNALIST ELAINE LIES
Time: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (for a map see
http://www.e-fccj.com/)
Fee: 5,000 yen (to include meal)
Reservations required by June 19: events@swet.jp
By fax: 03-3430-1740
Whether geisha or anime, samurai or electronics, Japan still remains a fascinating place for much of the world, and papers will pay for stories.
As a 20-year resident of Japan and writer about it for most of that time, both freelance and as a reporter for Reuters news agency, Lies has a few ideas about what works and what doesn’t work as well.
Lies studied Asian Studies at Cornell and UC Berkeley before coming to Japan, where she has lived in the rural north as well as in Tokyo. With
experience as a general news reporter covering earthquakes, prime ministers, anime, whaling, and just about anything else you can imagine, she has stories to tell and perspectives to share.
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