SWET 2008 New Year’s Party with special Panel:
Suzanne Kamata (Writer), Barry Lancet (Editor), and Alfred Birnbaum (Translator)

Panel Discussion and Party: 5,000 yen per person

SWET Panel Discussion 5:30-7:00
Those attending panel discussion only: 2,000 yen

New Year’s Party 7:00-8:30
Those attending party only: 4,000 yen

• Suzanne Kamata, known for her short stories (she is editor of The Broken Bridge anthology, Stone Bridge Press) and children’s stories, has just published her first novel, Losing Kei (copies available at the talk).
• Barry Lancet is a long-time editor at Kodansha International.
• Alfred Birnbaum, translator of authors such as Murakami Haruki and Ikezawa Natsumi, recently collaborated with his wife Thi Thi Aye in translating the Burmese novel, Smile As They Bow by Nu Nu Yi Inwa (forthcoming, Hyperion East, NY)

Date and Time: January 27, 2008 (Sun.) 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan Yurakucho Denki North Bldg, 20th Floor
1-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
(Tel. 03-3211-3161).
Access: Yurakucho Station, JR railway; Hibiya Station on Hibiya and Chiyoda lines. For detailed directions, see the FCCJ site or fax SWET (03-3430-1740).

Reservations required by January 23 by e-mail or fax: 03-3430-1740