**NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE!**

Speaker: Kit Nagamura
Date: October 20, 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Fee: SWET members 2,000 yen; non-members 3,000 yen
Reservations required (seating limited, so reserve early!)
or Fax 03-3430-1740.
Place: International House of Japan, Seminar Room 404
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032

Sharing techniques, tips, and tales of life on the little roads, writer and Japan Times columnist Kit Nagamura tells how and why her recent series came about—and offers hints on pitching writing that resonates with your passion.

The author of an essay series, award-winning short fiction, five language books, and two newspaper columns, Nagamura is a long-time Japan resident who also serves as paperback editor at Kodansha.

Her bilingual book The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook is soon to be published by Kodansha International.