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August 26, 2017
Chicago 17!
The University of Chicago Press has announced the publication of the 17th edition of the wordsmiths bible, the Chicago Manual of Style. Keep yourself up to date with your print or online subscription and find out what’s new about the new edition.
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August 7, 2017
11th Annual Japan Writers Conference
This year, the 11th annual Japan Writers Conference will be held in Tokyo at Ekoda Campus of the Nihon University College of Art, October 8 & 9. (Please note that this is a Sunday and a Monday, with Monday being a national holiday.) The conference is free and open to all. Come hear published writers, translators, editors, agents, and publishers... more
June 30, 2017
SWET Summer Party and Book Fair: Special Guest Fred Schodt
Highlight your summer with an afternoon in good company, sharing the pleasures and surprises of potluck and refreshments, hearing the story of a veteran wordsmith's career that speaks to all our professions, and replenishing your good-reading shelf from boxes of trade fiction and non-fiction sold on behalf of SWET members. Date: July 16, 2017 (Sun.) Time: 1:00–6:00 p.m. Place: Shimazono House, 3-3-3... more
May 18, 2017
SWET June Talk: Keeping in Character—From Concept to Product
With Wendy Uchimura
Date: June 21, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for visiting) Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying “Books on Japan”; take the... more
May 8, 2017
SWET May Talk Shop
Workshop: Cultural Translation and the Information Gap
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m. for visiting) Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying... more
March 21, 2017
Translation and Video Media: A Dialogue with Beth Cary and Taro Goto
Date: April 15, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 4:00–6:00 p.m. (doors open, networking at 3:00) Place: Room 205, Wesley Center, 6-10-11, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062. Access map here. Fee: ¥500 SWET/JAT/SCBWI members; ¥1,000 non-members Reservation and Inquiries (日本語 ok): SWET Topic: From opposite shores of the Pacific, Taro Goto and Beth Cary support the presentation of Japanese filmmakers and works on Japan. Cary has translated background works... more