Winter Party [announcement]

Publishers and Publishing [lecture announcement]

Speaker: Beth Kirsner, independent U.S. publisher

Tokyo Book Fair [announcement]

Translation á la Carte (GH) [panel discussion report]

Panelists: Andy Graham, Gaynor Sekimori, Ed Chmura

Kansai Notes (RS) [workshop reports]

Subheadings: Translators' workshop; Resume writing

IJET-5 Taking Off [conference report: International Japanese-English Translation]

True to Type (BD) [printer output resolution quality; read-direction of vertical photo credit line]

To God as Editor (GH) [poem by Geoffrey Dearmer]

"Dial-in" Phone for Fax or Modem (JS) [service plus hardware provides multiple telephone numbers for telecommunications modes]

Books by Wire [Stateside book ordering service: Book Call]

Book Builder Crossword [publishing-oriented puzzle]

Weird and Wonderful (ER) [selected examples of misusage]

Open Letter to SWETers: A Request for Advice [call for university course content and materials advice]

Course: "Describing Japanese Culture", Bernard Susser, Doshisha Women's Junior College, Kyoto

Nonsense Words Win Awards [examples from Gold Bull award for nonsense English, from Britain]