{"id":40210,"date":"2016-08-27T21:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40210"},"modified":"2016-08-27T21:07:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T01:07:43","slug":"2016-japan-writers-conference-in-tokushima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/27\/2016-japan-writers-conference-in-tokushima\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Japan Writers Conference in Tokushima"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Tom Baker<\/strong><\/a> (Chiba, 1989-91).<\/em><\/p>\n

The Japan Writers Conference <\/a>is a free annual event for English-language writers, held in a different part of Japan each year. In 2016, it will take place on the weekend of Oct. 29-30 at Tokushima University in Shikoku. A good number of current and former JETs always take part, and one of them is this year\u2019s conference host: Tokushima University Lecturer Suzanne Kamata<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"JWC\"<\/a>Suzanne has written several novels and compiled several anthologies and is an editor for www.literarymama.com<\/a>. She and three other published authors will participate in a panel called \u201cInspiring Fiction: Where do You Get Your Ideas?\u201d<\/p>\n

That panel is just one of about 30 presentations scheduled. JET alum and textbook author Todd Jay Leonard <\/a>will give a lecture titled \u201cHelpful Hints on How to Get Published in the EFL Market in Japan.\u201d JET alum Elaine Lies, a Reuters journalist, will present \u201cFood, Glorious Food,\u201d a workshop on how to write evocatively about the emotional, sensory and nostalgic power of food. Current JET Victoria Vlisides<\/a>, who writes for JapanTravel.com, will give a presentation called \u201cBust into the Japan Writing Scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poet and novelist Holly Thompson<\/a>, who first came to Japan in connection with the pre-JET MEF program, will give two presentations. One is \u201cPoems with Plot\u2014A Narrative Poetry Workshop.\u201d The other, with novelist Mariko Nagai<\/a>, is a joint lecture on \u201cVerse Novels Crossing Borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

For details on those and about two dozen other presentations, visit www.japanwritersconference.org <\/a>or follow @JapanWritersCon on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by Tom Baker (Chiba, 1989-91). The Japan Writers Conference is a free annual event for English-language writers, held in a different part of Japan each year. In 2016, it will take place on the weekend of Oct. 29-30 at Tokushima University in Shikoku. A good number of current and former JETs always take part, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,408,304,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-jet-alum-author-beat","category-notable-jet-alums","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t