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.

CHASING STORIES: TWO JOURNALISTS ON THE RUN

with Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill

CELEBRATE the summer in good SWET company with a good food and drink catered by To the Moon and Back.

MEET two dynamic Japan-based journalists discussing their writing,...

Date: July 8, 2012 Time: starting at 12 noon Place: Kobe Club, Kitano-cho, Kobe (http://www.kobeclub.org) Address: 神戸市中央区北野町4-15-1 (map) Light lunch: Served on terrace at 1.30 pm 2,500 yen (incl tax) per person (to pay on arrival) Cash bar and extra kids’ snacks available Swimming: (optional!)...

Date: May 25 (Friday) Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Attendance fee: SWET members 1,000 yen; nonmembers 1,500 yen. Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map)

Mary King talks about her new book

Date: May 19 (Saturday)

Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m. (to be followed by early dinner/drinks, nearby)

Place: Venture Dream Office, 13F Office One Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto (2 mins from Hankyu Karasuma Stn and Subway Shijo Stn) 京都市下京区室町通綾小路上る鶏鉾町480番地

Attendance fee: SWET & JAT members...

Date: April 22 (Sunday) Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Attendance: 4,000 yen for SWET members; 5,000 for non-members Limit: 10 persons Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map) Main instructor: Lynne E. Riggs; other veteran translators and editors...

Date: March 25 (Sunday) Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Attendance: 1,000 yen SWET, JAT, and SCBWI members; 1,500 yen non-members Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map) Enquiries:  March 11, 2012: March 11 - SWET Kansai: The English Language Writer in Japan: Publishing Alternatives

Speaker: Alex Shishin Date: Sunday 11th March 2012 (to be followed by early dinner) Time: 2–4 p.m. Fee: 1,000 yen SWET and JAT members; 1,500 yen non-members Place: Room 201, Hyogoken Shigaku Kaikan, Motomachi, Kobe Map 神戸市中央区北長狭通4丁目3-13 (2-minutes north of...

SWET Open Forum: What Can SWET Do for You in 2012?

Date: February 26 (Sunday) Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Attendance fee: 1,000 yen for members and non-members Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map)

Veteran writers, editors, and...

Date: January 29 (Sunday) Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Attendance: Free Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map)

Discussion plus New Year networking and Mini Book Fair. Join the ongoing discussion on the future of the SWET Newsletter...

The Story of Middle Grade Novel J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965

Date: December 6, 2011 Time: 6:00 p.m. bento supper, presentation 6:30-8:30 p.m. Place: Rm. 204, Wesley Center, 6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (map) Admission fee: SWET and SCBWI...