Tokyo Women's Plaza - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Tokyo Women's Plaza. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Manuscript and Illustration Exchange" Event
Writers and illustrators! Bring your work in progress—a picture book dummy, a children's or young-adult manuscript, or illustrations to share for constructive feedback. Open to published and unpublished (...)
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"Websites, Blogs and Promotion for Illustrators, with Illustrators" Talk Event
SCBWI Tokyo presents Websites, Blogs and Promotion for Illustrators, with Illustrators Takashi Oda, Kiyo Tanaka and Patrik Washburn, on Saturday, May 17th. In this panel presentation, three illustrators (...)
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"Words Take Wing: Adapting Old Tales for New Audiences" Talk Event
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presents "Words Take Wing: Adapting Old Tales for New Audiences," with "Beauty and the Beast" Storytellers, Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss. This (...)
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"Simultaneous Manuscript and Illustration Exchanges" Special Event
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presents "Simultaneous Manuscript and Illustration Exchanges: A Manuscript Exchange for Writers of Middle-grade and YA Fiction and A Picture Book (...)
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"Writing and Illustrating English Education Materials" Workshop + Talk Event
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presents "Writing and Illustrating English Education Materials: with Junko Kurata, Director, AEON Institute of Language Education, Inc." This (...)
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"SCBWI Tokyo Author and Illustrator Showcase" Talk Event
SCBWI Tokyo Author and Illustrator Showcase featuring Suzanne Kamata, Naomi Kojima, Yuko Ito, Midori Mori, Takashi Oda, Kiyo Tanaka, Holly Thompson and Kazumi Wilds. SCBWI Tokyo member authors and illustrators (...)
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Professional School Video Festival
Video works including drama, documentary, animation, and CG are on view. Contact: Tokyo-to Senshu-kakushu Gakkou Kyokai (Saito, Kodama) Tel: 03-3378-9601
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"Made in Japan: What Makes Manga Japanese - And Why Western Kids Love It" Talk Event
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presents Made in Japan: What Makes Manga Japanese -- And Why Western Kids Love It with Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica, and Masakazu Kubo, Executive (...)
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"A Manuscript and Illustration Exchange" Talk Event
Writers and illustrators! Bring a picture book dummy, copies of a children's or young-adult manuscript, or illustrations to share for constructive feedback. Open to published and unpublished writers and (...)
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16th Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is an annual event started in 1992. Outstanding films dealing with sexuality and gender issues are on screen. "Love!" as a theme of this year's festival, (...)
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"Nature Illustration" Lecture
[Part 1: 13:00-14:00] "Nature Illustration" Lecture by an illustrator Bob Marstall (with Japanese interpretation) Bob Marstall lives in Massachusetts, U.S., working as the illustrator for a picture (...)
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”Children's Illustration in Europe" Talk Event
This event will be in English. •13:30-14:30 Described by the Guardian as "a unique course with an international reputation for turning out successful illustrators," the children's illustration course (...)
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Writing Workshops with Donna Jo Napoli
SCBWI Tokyo presents 3 writing workshops with author Donna Jo Napoli. She will discuss elements that are fundamental to capturing the reader's attention including how to develop a character, how to create (...)
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Illustration Workshop: Storyboarding with Yangsook Choi
SCBWI Tokyo presents an Illustration Workshop: "Storyboarding with Yangsook Choi". Following an introduction to children's book illustration spanning initial conceptualization through sketching to final (...)
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A Kamishibai Performance and Illustration Workshop with Satoshi Kitamura
London-based illustrator Satoshi Kitamura is Japan's most successful export to children's publishing in Europe. His debut picture book Angry Arthur (written by Hiawyn Oram) won the 1982 Mother Goose Award, (...)
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"The Bologna Illustrators" Exhibition
This is a talk session with Kiyoko Matsuoka, curator of Itabashi Art Museum, and illustrator Ayano Imai. The annual Bologna Book Fair in Italy is the most important trade event for children’s books in (...)
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Alan Say Artist Talk
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say will share tales from his accidental career as an author and illustrator of children's books and discuss the development of his illustrations over the years and current directions. (...)
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Saturday Morning Publisher Talk with John Moore
John Moore, longtime resident of Japan with over 17 years in trade and educational publishing, will discuss publishing in Asia for both the domestic and international market. A frequenter of major book (...)
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The Magic of Kamishibai
SCBWI Tokyo presents "The Magic of Kamishibai" with Kyoko Sakai and Etsuko Nozaka of the International Kamishibai Association of Japan. Kamishibai (literally paper theater) is a Japanese story form dating (...)
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Of Modern Fairies and Enchantment: with author Gail Carson Levine
Reading, Q & A, and Book Signing with author Gail Carson Levine (in English and Japanese). Order your copies of Fairy Dust and other Gail Carson Levine titles from your favorite bookshop or online (...)
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Discussion with Illustrator Gregory Myers
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Tokyo presents a Discussion and Demonstration by Illustrator Gregory Myers. Born in Sydney, Australia, Gregory Myers studied at the Canberra (...)





