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  • SCBWI Japan – Tokyo Writers’ Night – Feb. 18

    February 14, 2012 by

    If you happen to be in Tokyo on Saturday night (Feb. 18), feel free to come stop by the Tokyo Women’s Plaza to hear Claire Dawn-Marie Gittens […]

  • Pecha Kucha Presentation – On Writing Fiction

    December 5, 2011 by

    I recently gave a talk on writing fiction at my school, Yokohama International School, to an audience of students, colleagues, parents and others.  The presentations that night […]

  • Breakaway – My Third Soccer Novel is now in Stores (and on Amazon)!

    November 3, 2011 by

    I am excited to announce that my third novel, Breakaway, was published in mid-September. This novel is particularly special to me because the main character, Adam, comes […]

  • Reflections on Learning 2.011

    September 18, 2011 by

    Reflections on Learning 2.011 I must admit that I began this conference feeling quite skeptical about the over-emphasis on technology in classrooms. It also felt like a […]

  • What’s the Point of a Writers’ Conference? – My Thoughts After Attending the 40th Annual Summer Conference of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in Los Angeles

    August 8, 2011 by

    I was extremely fortunate to attend the 40th annual SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Summer Conference in Los Angeles over the past three days […]

  • Asian Festival of Children’s Content – Singapore 2011

    June 15, 2011 by

    From the 26th to the 29th of May, I visited the 2011 Asian Festival of Children’s Content held at the Arts House in Singapore.  It was my […]

  • 大震災の三つの本当のことが言たいです／Three Conclusions About Natural Disasters

    June 10, 2011 by

    For English, click here. １）映画や写真や記事からは、震災の全部のことを知ることはできません。 例 えば、家を一つ見た ら、人や家族を一人の悲しい話がちょっと分かれるけど、全部の本当のことが分かることができません。に対して、宇宙から撮った写真のスケールは日常の生活 と違うから、分からないと思います。石巻の道で住んでる人と喋れたり、自転車を乗ったり、歩いたから、人のレベルの津波経験の理解はちょっと上達するかも しれません。 One person’s damaged house in Ishinomaki Satellite photo of post-tsunami Ishinomaki ２）大震災の後で、ニュースは壊れていない所をあまり見せません。 石巻町の 運河の北からは普通の日本の小さいな町みたいです。モスバーガーもコンビニも酒屋もあるし、電気もあるし、お湯もあります。ラブホテルもあるから、びっく りしました！ でも、運河を渉って、１５分歩いたら、景色は壊れた近状から広島原爆みたいな震災所になります。一番悪い夢をみたと思います。 ３） […]

  • Three Conclusions About Natural Disasters/大震災の三つの本当のことが言たいです…

    June 10, 2011 by

    ここ日本語で読めます。 1) No single photograph, video or article can adequately convey the scale of this disaster A photograph, for example, of a single destroyed house focuses on […]

  • Trevor Kew – Singing the Japanese National Anthem (Kimi ga yo)…or trying to…at the 2010 World Cup

    May 17, 2011 by

    Continuing from the last post’s theme of embarrassing myself in foreign languages, I thought I’d include a flashback to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.  Below […]

  • Getting Interviewed (on Japanese TV)…

    May 5, 2011 by

    Getting interviewed is always a strange experience, even more so when in another language!  And when the topic is wrapping paper, obviously an area of expertise for […]

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