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October 21, 2015
Japan Writers Conference This Weekend!
Date: October 24 and 25, 2015 Place: Kobe Women’s University, Suma Campus.
This year’s conference will be on October 24 and 25, 2015 at Kobe Women's University, Suma Campus.
There will be approximately 30 sessions addressing topics of interest and concern to writers, editors, translators and all others concerned with the written and published word. These will include workshops, discussions, craft and marketing... more
October 21, 2015
November SWET Talk Shop: Collaboration, Cooperation, Mentoring
Date: November 20, 2015 (Friday) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. 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 with a small flag over it saying “Books on Japan”; take the stairs to the 2nd floor. http://www.booksonjapan.org/location/ Fee: Free of charge RSVP: Please let us... more
October 2, 2015
October SWET Talk Shop: What We Have Learned
We've switched to Fridays! Date: October 16, 2015 (Friday) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. 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 with a small flag over it saying “Books on Japan”; take the stairs to the 2nd floor. http://www.booksonjapan.org/location/ Fee: Free of charge RSVP: Please let us know if you... more
September 18, 2015
Translating and Illustrating: The Hand of Craft
With Robert Blasiak and Stuart Ayre
Date: September 27, 2015 (Sunday) Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open 6:00 for socializing) Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map) ([url=http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html]http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html[/url]) Fee: No charge
This SWET talk will feature presentations by German-to-English translator (Robert Blasiak) and illustrator (Stuart Ayre) of Kellermann’s 1910 account Ein Spaziergang in Japan (A Walk in Japan), published by Fine... more
July 20, 2015
Japan Writers Conference Update
Date: October 24 and 25, 2015 Place: Kobe Women's University, Suma Campus
The organizers of the Japan Writers Conference report that they received a great selection of presentation proposals again this year and promise a full and stimulating event, with new topics, new faces, and several panel discussions on all sorts of things.
Announcement as of July 20, 2015:
If... more
July 8, 2015
One-Day Literary Translation Workshop in Tokyo
Translation and Japanese Literary Studies
An International Workshop Presented by the Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture
Saturday, July 18, 2015, 13:30-17:30 Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University
The third workshop under the collaborative research project “Japanese Text in Motion” (lead investigator: Shion KONO) will feature presentations on the translation of Japanese literature and a discussion on the state of the studies of translation... more