A different view of publishing was provided at an engaging session hosted by WiK member Bernie MacMugen at Cafe Maaru (Dec 11, 2016). In place of the usual author’s perspective, Bernie pronounced himself an unashamed bibliophile with a fondness for hardbacks and no particular interest in writing. Instead he aspires to start his own ‘micro-publishing’ …Read More
Category: Featured Writings (Page 11 of 14)
Featured writing
(The following is extracted from a New York Times article by Paul Elie on Nov 21, 2016. Click here to read the full article.) A man was on a train in Japan, reading a novel set in Japan. The train slid past the mountains, bound for Kyoto, where the man, bearded, bright-eyed, was headed. The …Read More
Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital by Matthew Stavros (University of Hawaii Press, 2015) Book review by Paul Carty, WiK member. This first appeared in the Kyoto Journal. ************** Kyoto is one of the great centers of culture in the world. We can find many traces of its long history as we explore …Read More
One of the senior members of Writers in Kyoto announced last year that they would no longer be buying or reading self-published books on the grounds that the lack of quality control meant that it wasn’t worth the investment in terms of time. There were too many typos, too much self-indulgence, and too much quantity …Read More
All it took was three days in Kyoto. A short holiday in the city was enough to convince writer Janice Tay to give up a settled life in Singapore and move to the heart of old Japan. A decade later, she is still here. From 2007 to 2013, she contributed a fortnightly column on Japanese …Read More
The Writers in Kyoto commemoration of WW1 was timed to coincide with the centenary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. The event proved hugely entertaining and a worthy way to remember the nightmare undergone 100 years ago. There were recitals, family reminiscences, articles and letters from the …Read More
(From Ken Rodgers, KJ Managing Editor) KJ 86, a Work in Progress… Back when Kyoto Journal was a print publication, I used to describe it as the only quarterly that came out three times a year — and in these days of virtually instant digital publishing we still prioritize content over deadlines, and allow time …Read More
Three more Basho linked verses about Kyoto Translations and commentary by Jeff Robbin Assisted by Sakata Shoko Recently I posted an article, Living in Kyoto vs. Returning Home, containing four Basho linked verses. John Dougill kindly says, “These are no doubt the first time for the subject (Basho’s relationship with Kyoto) to be treated in …Read More
WiK Essay for March 2016 (Richard Steiner) I am hanging up the laundry on our veranda. It conveniently faces south. I see the large forest of the local shrine; others’ laundry waving to mine; new leaves beginning to open on the trees in our garden below; a fat wild cat sunning itself on a neighbor’s …Read More
Peter Mallett is a university professor and writer based in Kobe, Japan. Originally from the UK, he has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. Former Arts editor of Kansai Time Out and publisher/editor of Artspace, he has written for The Asahi Evening News, Gramophone Japan, Opera News, The New Internationalist etc. His …Read More
Kyoto Writing Competition
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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