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June 30, 2017
SWET 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 our professions, and replenishing your good-reading shelf from boxes of trade fiction and non-fiction sold on behalf of SWET members. Date: July 16, 2017 (Sun.) Time: 1:00–6:00 p.m. Place: Shimazono House, 3-3-3... more
May 18, 2017
SWET June Talk: Keeping in Character—From Concept to Product
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 look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying “Books on Japan”; take the... more
May 8, 2017
SWET May Talk Shop
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 left, go 12 steps, and look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying... more
March 21, 2017
Translation and Video Media: A Dialogue with Beth Cary and Taro Goto
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 (日本語 ok): SWET Topic: From opposite shores of the Pacific, Taro Goto and Beth Cary support the presentation of Japanese filmmakers and works on Japan. Cary has translated background works... more
March 8, 2017
SWET Talk Shop: “Wandering Rooster,” Editing Anywhere
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 steps, and look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying “Books on Japan”;... more
March 1, 2017
SWET Talk Shop: February 22, Tokyo
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, Tokyo. At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and look for a doorway with... more