Past Events
Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Host: Bruce Smith
Place: Gulliver Room, Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jinbōchō, Tokyo.
(Room is at the back left behind the cafe bar.)
Fee: No charge
Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese)
Directions: See website for maps. Come out from...
Date: Saturday, July 11 (Japan); Friday, July 10 (North America)
**Please note the change of date
Time: 9:00–11:00 a.m. JST; 8:00–10:00 p.m. EDT; 5:00–7:00 PDT
Moderator: Avery Udagawa
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bHNJBpOKRsCcby2ZQBknBg
Writer and teacher Holly Thompson was active in SWET and SCBWI during...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The one-hour sessions, moderated by Daniel...
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Hifumi Room, 2nd floor, Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jinbocho, Tokyo.
Fee: No charge
Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese)
Directions: Enter by the stair-and-elevator hallway to the left of the main bookstore entrance. See website for...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The one-hour sessions, moderated by Daniel...
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Ōsetsushitsu, 2nd floor, Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jinbocho, Tokyo.
Fee: No charge
Directions: Enter by the stair-and-elevator hallway to the left of the main bookstore entrance. Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese). See website for...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The one-hour sessions, moderated by Daniel...
Date: Saturday April 25 (Japan); Friday, April 24 (North America)
Time: 10:00–11:30 a.m. JST; 6:00–8:00 p.m. PDT; 8:00-10:00 p.m. CDT; 9:00–11:00 p.m. EDT
Moderator: Mac Gill
Interviewers: Lynne Riggs and Pamela Pasti
Register in advance: here [please click here]
The talk will be recorded...
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Host: Bruce Smith (see our online directory for profile)
Capacity 12: (on a first-come basis)
In March, those gathered talked about sentences, what worked and what didn’t, with many bringing a favorite sentence, their...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, taking up new topics every time. New participants are most welcome! The hour-long sessions, moderated by...
