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: October 18, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for social hour)
Place: Books on Japan Library, Jinbocho, Tokyo
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and look for...
This year, the 11th annual Japan Writers Conference will be held in Tokyo at Ekoda Campus of the Nihon University College of Art, October 8 & 9. (Please note that this is a Sunday and a Monday, with Monday being a national holiday.)...
Text for Tourism: Knowing the Audience, Tending the Details, Using Good Style (This event will be held in both Japanese and English.)
観光客向け資料の考え方：誰が相手か・細部へのこだわり・見てくれの良さ
このイベントは日本語と英語で行います。
Date: September 20, 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for set-up and socializing)
Place: Room...
SWET Kanto Summer Party and Book Fair: Special Guest Fred Schodt
Highlight your summer with an afternoon in good company, sharing the pleasures and surprises of potluck and refreshments, hearing the story of a veteran wordsmith's career that speaks to all...
With Wendy Uchimura
Date: June 21, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for visiting)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo;
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and...
Workshop: Cultural Translation and the Information Gap
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m. for visiting)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn...
Date: April 15, 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00–6:00 p.m. (doors open, networking at 3:00)
Place: Room 205, Wesley Center, 6-10-11, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062. Access map here.
Fee: ¥500 SWET/JAT/SCBWI members; ¥1,000 non-members
Reservation and Inquiries: SWET
Topic:
From opposite shores of...
Visitor: Katherine (Roo) Heins, freelance editor, proofreader, tea ceremony teacher and martial artist.
Date: March 15, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo;
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12...
Ideas and Plans for 2017
• Events (plenty of ideas*; making them happen)
• Greater interactivity on the SWET website
• Compiling Wordcraft: The SWET Files 2017
Date: February 22, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho,...
