Writers in Kyoto

Book Review: Proxima’s Gift, by Marc Peter Keane

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Three hundred years after an apocalyptic event, a future society finds a new connection to nature.

Happy Faces

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Writers in Kyoto New Year’s party, Jan. 26, 2025

Book Review: River of Dolls and Other Stories, by Suzanne Kamata

  • By Tina deBellegarde
A vivid collection of stories about mothers and daughters, girls and women, wives and ex-wives.

Book Review: Autumn Embers: A Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery in Kyoto, by Tina deBellegarde

  • By Rebecca Otowa
The third mystery of a series — this one in Kyoto!

Roots and clouds — an encounter with yamabushi

  • By Robert Weis
Tracing the steps of the spiritual seekers of Japan's mountains.

Tuttle’s Eric Oey Chats with WiK

  • By Mike Freiling
A report on a Writers in Kyoto talk with the CEO of Tuttle Publishing.

Visual Art and Poetry by Pamela Asai

  • By Pamela Asai
Haiku-inspired verse and visual works by an Australian in Arashiyama.

An Autumn Get Together in Kyoto

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Launch of Tina deBellegarde’s new book, Autumn Embers

An Unfamiliar Landscape

  • By Amanda Huggins
A short story from Amanda Huggins’ collection, Each of Us a Petal.

Kyoto Through the Ages: Celebrating 1,230 Years of the Ancient Capital

  • By Ken Rodgers & Rebecca Otowa
A lecture event held on the occasion of Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri, October 22, 2024

Nathan Mader Launches Poetry Collection, “The Endless Animal”

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Report on an event held in Kyoto

Book Review: Tropes Twined With Truth: A Sandy Fantasy That Sticks

  • By Felicity Tillack
A review of Cinnamon Beach, a book by Suzanne Kamata

Pandemic Blues

  • By Cody Poulton
Cody Poulton visits Kai Fusayoshi’s legendary Kyoto bar, Hachimonjiya
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WIK Anthologies

The Nature of Kyoto: Writers in Kyoto Anthology 5

Structures of Kyoto: Writers in Kyoto Anthology 4

Encounters with Kyoto: WiK Anthology 3

Echoes: Writers in Kyoto Anthology 2017

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