12/5-12/6 "MONKEY: New Writing from Japan" 2023/2024 launch event for The Japan Society of Boston

 

Kaori Drome

Of all the projects I've worked on over the years, this one is the dearest and most rewarding. So I'm thrilled to announce our first LIVE streaming event to launch the latest edition of MONKEY: New Writing from Japan, the world's only annual English-language literary magazine of Japanese stories, poetry, art and essays. I will be joining co-founding editor Motoyuki Shibata and author-artist Satoshi Kitamura to introduce our new issue for the Japan Society of Boston on Tuesday, December 5th at 6pm EST / Wednesday, December 6th 8am JST. Please join us to learn how Japanese stories have come to captivate a global audience. This event is free and you can now register here:
https://www.japansocietyboston.org/events/how-japanese-stories-hook-the-world

We first launched 12 years ago, spreading the word about several award-winning Japanese writers who are now internationally renowned bestsellers. We're back this 2023/2024 holiday season with Volume 4: MUSIC, out now across Japan, North America, Europe and Asia through our partners at Kinokuniya USA--and available for immediate delivery in print or digital versions online here: https://monkeymagazine.org/monkey-2023

In our pages you'll discover new work by the most innovative of Japan's finest authors and artists: Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Yoko Ogawa, Aoko Matsuda, Hideo Furukawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Tomoka Shibasaki, Kyohei Sakaguchi (a personal fave), Sachiko Kishimoto and more—plus poetry, personal essays, manga, graphic art and photography. 

 

Satoshi Kitamura / Jeff Krueger 

 

And, yes, this is just the beginning. Stay tuned for MONKEY's 2024 tour schedule with dates throughout North America.

*A little bit about MONKEY: MONKEY: New Writing from Japan debuted in 2011 as Monkey Business: New Voices from Japan. Twelve years later, in 2023, MONKEY remains the only annual English-language publication showcasing contemporary and classic Japanese fiction, poetry and art. Scholars, translators and editors Ted Goossen and Motoyuki Shibata founded the magazine to show English-language readers the diversity and richness of Japanese artists beyond the globally renowned Haruki Murakami--who has nevertheless been a staunch supporter of MONKEY from the beginning, and whose work appears in nearly every issue. Today, with the launch of Vol. 4 of the new iteration of MONKEY under the guidance of Managing Editor Meg Taylor, writers such as Mieko Kawakami, Yoko Ogawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa and Aoko Matsuda have won huge audiences and multiple awards worldwide, and readers now know that stories from Japan have expanded beyond Murakami, Hayao Miyazaki and manga. 

MONKEY helped make that happen.