{"id":4980,"date":"2009-04-08T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2009-04-08T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T13:39:26","slug":"useful-upcoming-events-from-swet-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/08\/useful-upcoming-events-from-swet-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers: Useful upcoming events from SWET (Tokyo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via the Society for Writers Editors and Translators (SWET)<\/strong><\/a> e-mail list.\u00a0 Several workshops\/discussions\/presentations that seem to be very useful for writers and translators in Japan:<\/em><\/p>\n

SWET News, April 8, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

For details on the following upcoming events, see below:<\/p>\n

1) April 21 (Tues)–SWET OPEN FORUM: Wordsmithing in Japan (Tokyo)<\/p>\n

2) May 16 (Sat)– WRITING MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES (Tokyo)<\/p>\n

3) May 17 (Sun)–SWET KANSAI: THREE POETS IN JAPAN (Kyoto)<\/p>\n

4) June 23 (Tues)–WRITING NEWS ON JAPAN with Elaine Lies (Tokyo)<\/p>\n

5) July 18 (Sat)–SWET (Kanto) Summer Party – details pending.<\/p>\n

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SWET OPEN FORUM: Wordsmithing in Japan
\nApril 21 (Tues), 2009; 7:00-9:00 p.m.
\nFee: 1,000 yen for SWET members; 2,000 yen for non-members
\nPlace: 5th Floor, Shoko Kaikan\/Shohisha Senta, Shibuya
\n1-12-5 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
\nMiyamae-zaka area; map at www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp\/est\/shoko.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

Open to members and non-members alike, the SWET Open Forum offers an opportunity to address questions to established professionals in a
\nvariety 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For further information, contact SWET by email at events@swet.jp<\/a> or by fax at 03-3430-1740.
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WRITING MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES:
\nA Reading and Panel Discussion of _Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering_<\/p>\n

Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
\nPlace: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (for a map see
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-fccj.com\/<\/a>)
\nFee: Panel Discussion and Dinner: 5,000 yen (includes makunouchi bento meal
\nReservations for meal required by May 12: events@swet.jp<\/a>; events@scbwi.jp<\/a>
\nBy fax: 03-3430-1740
\nPanel discussion only 6:00-7:00 p.m. (no reservations required): 2,000 yen per person<\/p>\n

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
\nYoko Danno, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, and Keiji Minato<\/p>\n

Date: Sunday 17th May 2009 3PM – 5 PM
\nLocation: Venture Dream Office 2nd Floor Meeting Room
\n(2 mins from Hankyu Karasuma Stn and Subway Shijo Stn)
\nMap: http:\/\/venturedreamoffice.com\/access\/<\/a>
\nFee: members 500 yen\/non-members 1,000 yen
\nFor details see www.swet.jp<\/a>; for reservations: kansai@swet.jp<\/a>
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WRITING NEWS ON JAPAN WITH JOURNALIST ELAINE LIES
\nTime: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
\nPlace: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (for a map see
\nhttp:\/\/www.e-fccj.com\/<\/a>)
\nFee: 5,000 yen (to include meal)
\nReservations required by June 19: events@swet.jp<\/a>
\nBy fax: 03-3430-1740<\/p>\n

Whether geisha or anime, samurai or electronics, Japan still remains a fascinating place for much of the world, and papers will pay for stories.
\nAs 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.<\/p>\n

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
\nexperience 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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Via the Society for Writers Editors and Translators (SWET) e-mail list.\u00a0 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[73,10,53,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-career","category-events","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-1ik","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4985,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}