This year’s Words and Music summer event is being organised by Rebecca Otowa. The event will be held at Gnome Bar, Kyoto, near Kawaramachi Nijo on Sunday, June 16, 2024, 6-9 pm. Since the staff at the bar have asked to be informed of the numbers of people, please RSVP to Rebecca before May 20 if you wish to …Read More
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ZOOM TALK on SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers International)March 22, 2024Report by Rebecca Otowa Last night I joined 25 people from around the world, mostly Japan, to hear WiK member Lisa Wilcut talk under the title of “What it Takes to Bring a Picture Book to Life in Another Language”, about her translation of …Read More
Sunday 19th May, 4.00 pm, at Robert Yellin’s gallery. BYOB but please be sure to remove any rubbish you cause. Allen S. Weiss will talk about his forthcoming book Illusory Dwellings: Aesthetic Meditations in Kyoto (Stone Bridge Press) https://www.stonebridge.com/catalog/illusory-dwellings Long-term member Allen Weiss has a particular interest in the aesthetics of Kyoto, a city which he considers his …Read More
In-conversation with Simon Rowe, Sunday, April 14, 2024 — 3pm – 5pm (Room for up to 10 people in David Duff’s house/library) Simon Rowe grew up in small town New Zealand and big city Australia when orange Fanta came in glass bottles and AM radio was king. Based in Himeji city, Hyogo, he has been penning …Read More
By Rebecca Otowa Nine people gathered at Writers in Kyoto member David Duff’s house/library (quite impressive!) in Shimogamo to listen to a talk by the noted photographer Everett Kennedy Brown. Aside from his unusual and beautiful collodion wet-plate photography, a technique from the 19th century, he has written several books in Japanese including “Archaic Future” …Read More
WiK Members Enjoyed a New Year’s Bowl of Tea – Jan. 7, 2024Written by Rebecca OtowaPhotos by Karen Lee Tawarayama and Kirsty Kawano Four guests from WiK were guided by fellow member Bruce Hamana (Hamana Sosei sensei), a tea master born in Hawaii, and teacher of the Urasenke tea school, to a New Year’s celebratory …Read More
Writers in Kyoto, Words & Music Bōnenkai, Dec. 10thReport by Mark Willis Pulling open the door to Irish Pub Gnome at six o’clock on December 10th, I found the basement pub already filled with writers, readers, singers, and listeners gathered for the Writers in Kyoto Words & Music bōnenkai. I left my daypack on an …Read More
Report by Felicity Greenland (all photos by her unless otherwise stated) John Dougill’s latest book, Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu, was launched in Kyoto on Sunday November 19. The event was held at Irish Pub Gnome, with music by Quin Arbeitman on piano, and 35 guests …Read More
Malcolm Ledger lives in a remarkable house, a restored ryokan situated by a wooded mountain stream in Kyoto’s north-west. So special is the setting that the prestigious Aman franchise chose it for the location of their Kyoto hotel. Though billed as a maple-viewing party, the event was more of a socialising and networking occasion. The …Read More
Robert Weis has a passion for Japan, and for Kyoto in particular. ‘It’s my spiritual home,’ he says. He draws inspiration from its famous and not so famous spots, and for WiK’s fifth anthology he wrote of the significance of mountains around Kyoto. His appreciation of trees, especially maples, is evident in his writing. ‘When …Read More
WiK Writing Competition
Eighth Annual Writing Competition Winners (2023)
Previous years:
Seventh Annual Writing Competition Winners (2022)
WiK Anthologies
The Nature of Kyoto (2023)
Eds. Lisa Twaronite Sone & Robert Weis
Foreword by Pico Iyer
Structures of Kyoto (2021)
Eds: Rebecca Otowa & Karen Lee Tawarayama
Foreword by Judith Clancy
Encounters with Kyoto (2019)
Eds: Jann Williams & Ian Josh Yates
Foreword by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Echoes (2017)
Eds: John Dougill, Amy Chavez, & Mark Richardson
Preface by Alex Kerr
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