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BCLT Summer Translation Workshop: Application Deadline May 7

May 7 is the deadline for applications to this year's British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School, to be held July 21–27, 2013, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Participants in the workshop translating from Japanese will receive a full bursary and travel allowance from The Nippon Foundation.

For information on how to apply, visit the Registration Page.

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Spotlight on Japanese Children’s Books

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The website, Books from Japan, maintained by J-Lit center, is featuring a new selection of Japanese children’s books available for translation and publication overseas on the occasion of the 50th Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which will take place March 25-28, 2013.

See the selection of children’s books waiting to be translated here.

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IJET-24 in Honolulu: Registration Deadline Approaching!

Details are available on the JAT website, but it's time to Register Now!

JAT is holding its 24th annual Japanese-English translation conference on June 1 and 2, 2013 at the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (East-West Center), Honolulu. The official IJET-24 program starts with a Hawaiian-style blessing, followed by a plenary session on “The Contribution of Japanese Dialects to Hawaiian Pidgin.”

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Artscape Japan March 2013 Issue Out

The March 2013 issue of Artscape Japan is now up on the Artscape website.

New articles in the March 2013 issue include: 

FOCUS Design Ah! -- Design Delight for Kids, and Adults Too by Lucy Birmingham 

FOCUS Come Together: The 3rd Pocorart Exhibition at 3331 Arts Chiyoda by Roger McDonald

HERE/THERE The Un-Kawaii Otaku: Makoto Aida at the Mori Art Museum by Alan Gleason 

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Tokyo on the International Literature Map

The Tokyo International Literary Festival will take place March 1–3 at various locations in central Tokyo. All events are free, but registration is required. For details or to register, visit the Tokyo Literary Festival webpage.

An article about the festival in the Japan Times is here.

 

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In Memoriam, Donald Richie 1924–2013

Hailing from Ohio, U.S.A., Donald Richie first arrived during the U.S. Occupation and spent close to 66 years as a long-time resident of Tokyo. He was first and foremost a writer, who was instrumental in introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Though best known for The Inland Sea  and The Japan Journals (1947-2004), his... more