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May 27, 2014
Event: How Digital Publishing Benefits from Strong Writing, Design, and Editorial Skills
On May 28, 2014, veteran professional editor Meg Taylor will talk about adapting publishing to the new online environment. Taylor is the editorial director of the Art Canada Institute, based at Massey College, University of Toronto. In November 2013, the ACI launched a series of 50 online art books, known as the "Online Art Book Project."
Taylor will discuss the development... more
May 15, 2014
Establishment of the Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation Prize by Cornell University
The Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University is pleased to announce a prize honoring the life and work of their colleague, Kyoko Selden. The prize will pay homage to the finest achievements in Japanese literature, thought, and society through the medium of translation. Kyoko Selden's translations and writings ranged widely across such realms as Japanese women writers, the atomic bomb... more
May 6, 2014
SWET Reminder for Upcoming Events for May 11
Upcoming SWET May 11th Events
in Tokyo
Research through Translation: Exploring Edo Society in the Company of a 19th-century Critic: With Kate Wildman Nakai and Umezawa Fumiko
in Kansai
Writing Travel Books: Lunch and an Informal Talk with Judith Clancy
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Kansai: Writing Travel Books - Lunch and an Informal Talk with Judith Clancy
Judith Clancy taught music in New Jersey schools before coming to Japan. Fed up... more
March 25, 2014
Publisher’s Weekly Announces Nahoko Uehashi as Winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award
SWET is proud to congratulate SWET member Cathy Hirano, the English translator of 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award winner Uehashi Nahoko. These awards are among the oldest and most prestigious international awards for children's literature and are given every other year to an author and an illustrator. See article in Publisher's Weekly.
Uehashi is best known for the 10 volumes of her... more
March 19, 2014
Book Break with Hugh Ashton
With special guests Andy Boerger and "Vinnie"; presented in association with SWET (swet.jp)
The Yokohama Country and Athletic Club (YC&AC) has announced that on March 22, 2014 it will host a Book Break with Hugh Ashton, author of Sherlock Ferret and The Missing Necklace, a children's book about "The World's Cutest Detective." The event is highlighted by the opportunity for kids to meet the inspiration... more
March 13, 2014
SWET Member Juliet Winters Carpenter’s Novel Translation Longlisted for Best Translated Book Award
It has just been announced on March 11 that A True Novel, by Mizumura Minae, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, was longlisted by the University of Rochester for its Best Translated Book Award.
A long-time resident of Kyoto, professor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts and SWET stalwart, Carpenter is also the translator of The Last Shogun: The Life of... more