Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022 Time: 10:00–12:00 noon (meeting open from 9:30)

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqduCppjwoGNJuDJ5jLBn8RWi6UOO-GFLS

We’ll wrap up our 42nd SWET year with a casual drop-in-and-visit online meet-up. We hope you’ll join us...

Date: Friday, December 9, 2022 Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. Place: Second-floor Parlor (Osetsu-ma), Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jimbocho. Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese) See website for maps. Come out from the Jimbocho subway at exit A1, turn right, and walk about 15 meters...

Speaker: Karen Hill Anton Moderator: Lynne E. Riggs Date: Sunday, October 30, 2022 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST The meeting opens at 9:30 a.m. for networking; discussion from 10:00, followed by Q&A. Advance registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsf-6prT0vEtHuAw_rE6MDOOujma_u-2rR

Suppose you want to write a memoir for...

With Wendy Uchimura and Alison Watts Moderator: Marian Kinoshita

Date: September 18, 2022 (Sunday)

Books about contemporary handicrafts and hobbies—sashiko, embroidery, dressmaking, painting, etc.—as distinct from traditional crafts and artistic craftsmanship, are being translated and sold successfully in Anglophone markets. What are the...

Louise Cort with Alice and Halsey North Moderator: Zackary Kaplan

Date: Saturday, July 30, 2022 (JST) Time: 8:00–10:00 a.m. JST; July 29, 2022; 7:00 p.m. EDT

Speaking from the U.S. East Coast, SWET member Louise Cort introduced her friends and colleagues...

Date: July 21, 2022 (Thursday) Meet-up Time:  4:30 p.m. meet-up outside (weather permitting; contact organizers for questions) Place:...

Sunday, June 19, 2022 Time: 10:00–12:00 a.m. JST (virtual doors open at 9:30) Join us for a good, old-fashioned (but online) kōryūkai for editors. We’ll mimic a live event with a virtual meishi exchange board and several rounds of small-group conversations. Goals:...

Sunday, May 22, 2022 Time: 10:00–11:00 a.m. JST

Calling all professional editors and would-be editors and who want to share, learn, commiserate, or otherwise come together and help each other work through a wide range of editing issues. Let’s...

Journalism in Writing, Audio, and Drawings with Hannah Kirshner Moderator: Zackary Kaplan

Date: Saturday, March 26, 2022 Discussion, followed by Q&A

A wonderful conversation with Hannah Kirshner, the author of Water, Wood, and Wild Things, was held to discuss her book—a captivating written and...

A Conversation with Rebekah Harmon and Lynne E. Riggs

Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022

Translator and editor, formerly for institutions under MEXT and METI and now freelance, Rebekah Harmon joins veteran translator and editor Lynne E. Riggs to...