The Society of Writers, Editors and Translators presents
Writing Multicultural Families:
A Reading and Panel Discussion of Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in
Multicultural Mothering
Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (for a map see
http://www.e-fccj.com/)
Fee: Panel Discussion and Dinner: 5,000 yen (includes makunouchi bento meal)
Reservations for meal required at: events@swet.jp; events@scbwi.jp or by fax: 03-3430-1740
Panel Discussion only 6:00-7:00 p.m. (no reservations required): 2,000 yen per person
Suzanne Kamata, editor of the literary anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering, plus Leza Lowitz, Holly Thompson and Angela Turzynski-Azimi will read from and discuss their contributions to the book.
Call Me Okaasan comprises twenty essays by women writers around the world on the joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. A panel Q&A with all four writers will wrap up the event. There is more information on the panelists in the events section at www.swet.jp.
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