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.
Presented in cooperation with International House of Japan
Date: 16 October 2013 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Language: English, without interpretation; Q&A Japanese or English
Place: International House of Japan (Roppongi), 2nd floor lecture hall (Annex)
Fee: ¥1,000 per person (reservations not required; please...
Short Fiction Open Mike Event in Kobe! Don’t miss it!
SWET Kansai presents
Sounds & Effects
Writers Jared Angel, Sue Herbert, Suzanne Kamata, Rebecca Otowa, and Chris Page will give readings and talk about...
Date: 29 September 2013 (Sun.; raincheck date: Sunday, 6 October)
Times and places
Garden stroll meeting place/time: Rikugien Garden entrance area—1:30 p.m. (if you arrive later, follow the stroll path clockwise around the pond and you can catch up with us.)
Toyo Bunko...
SWET Kansai Presents
Sounds & Effects
An event of writers reading their own work
Would you like to
STRUT YOUR STUFF?
Do...
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013
Time: 12 - 4 p.m.
Place: Kobe Club, Kitano-cho, Kobe
Address: 神戸市中央区北野町4-15-1 (map)
Light lunch: Served on terrace at 1.00 pm 1,500 yen (incl tax) per adult (paid on arrival)Cash bar and extra snacks available
Swimming: (optional!) for all...
Speaker: Peter Sharpe (lexicographer, linguist)
Special Guest: Ruth Stevens (founding member of SWET)
Date: June 30, 2013 (Sunday)
Time: 4:00–8:00 p.m.
Place: Wesley Center (6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo <Map>); Room 205
Please Note: the venue may change; so BE SURE...
Featuring dishes from Japanese Farm Food and a talk by author Nancy Singleton Hachisu
Date: January 25, 2013 (Friday)
Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Place: Wesley Center (6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Map); Room 205
Fee: ¥3,000 per person members and non-members...
Date & Time: December 8th, 2012, doors open at 6 p.m., starts at 6.30 p.m.
Location: Pizzeria Va Booo (Map)
(We have the entire restaurant to ourselves, so it'll be a non-smoking event.)
Address: 5-13-12 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka (大阪府大阪市北区西天満5-13-12)
Getting there:...
What Every Professional Writer and Translator Needs to Know
Speaker: Eric Johnston
Date: Saturday 8th December 2012
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. (followed by the bonenkai starting nearby at 6.30 p.m.)
Fee: 1,000 yen SWET, JAT members and students; 1,500 yen non-members
Place: Yamanishi...
