MANILA – The Japan Foundation, Manila and the Japan Foundation Asia Center, with their partners the Filipinas Heritage Library, the Asia-Pacific Writers Conference, A Public Space, and the Nippon Foundation, have organized 2 events this October: a talk on new Japanese writing and a panel on manga as contemporary literature.
Monkey Business is a Tokyo- and Brooklyn-based annual literary magazine published in English and Japanese that showcases new voices from both sides of the Pacific. Contributors include Haruki Murakami, Meiko Kawakami, and Satoshi Kitamura, with contributions from Stuart Dybek, Eric McCormack, and Rebecca Brown. Author Roland Kelts, one of the magazine’s editors, and artist and contributor Satoshi Kitamura, will introduce the magazine and its sixth year of success in introducing cutting edge Japanese writing, art and culture to a rising global readership.
Talk: New Japanese Writing
Speakers: Roland Kelts & Satoshi Kitamura
Ayala Museum, Makati Ave.,Makati City | Wednesday, October 21st 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public, but please register at http://monkeysinmanila.eventbrite.com
Free coffee provided by Kalsada Coffee
Join writer and editor Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica, and artist/author Satoshi Kitamura for a presentation and discussion about MONKEY BUSINESS, the only annual English-language magazine introducing leading authors and artists from Japan. Kelts and Kitamura will introduce the origins of this uniquely successful six-year global project, revealing publishing strategies for reaching readers worldwide with combined Asian and Western content. They will present both visuals and text from the magazine via graphical displays and readings.
Contributors to Monkey Business include Haruki Murakami, Yoko Ogawa and Mieko Kawakami, and Western writers and artists Paul Auster, Charles Simic and Kelly Link. Each year the latest issue is introduced on tours that have included New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, Jakarta, Singapore and other literary hubs, old and new. Join us to learn about the Japanese magazine that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz calls “an astonishment, by turns playful and profound, that makes you wish it were a monthly.”
Panel: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Comics as Contemporary Literature
Speakers: Roland Kelts, Satoshi Kitamura, Budjette Tan, and Muhammad Reza
University of the Philippines, Diliman | Thursday, October 22nd 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Conference fee and registration required at http://apwriters.org/apwt-2015-manila
Graphic novels and related art-forms are respected and win literary prizes in the West. But Asian manga has yet to make that same leap – has the right time finally come? An up-to-the-moment discussion with Filipino Graphic Novelist Budjette Tan, author of the award-winning series Trese; Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica; artist/author Satoshi Kitamura and Indonesian comic writer and illustrator Muhammad Rez Mustar. The panel will be moderated by Emil Flores. (Eagle News Service/Japan Foundation Manila)
Contact
The Japan Foundation, Manila
Marc. J. Ocampo (Mr.)
Tel: 02-811-6155~58 Fax: 02-811-6153 E-mail: [email protected]
