Roland Kelts's Blog, page 38
August 21, 2014
Thank you Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York City
Summer gigs, 2014 -- thanks to Nobuyoki, Tsuyoshi, Marlan, Ian, Marc in LA; Peter, Nagame, Lars at Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo; Manabu and Lisa at Meiji University, Tokyo; John, Ted, Eunbi and Haruki at Kinokuniya, New York City.
Next up: Ottawa, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Berkeley.
Project Anime / Anime Expo @ Los Angeles
The Embassy of Sweden @ Tokyo
Meiji University @ Tokyo
Kinokuniya Books @ New York City
Next up: Ottawa, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Berkeley.
Project Anime / Anime Expo @ Los Angeles
The Embassy of Sweden @ Tokyo
Meiji University @ Tokyo
Kinokuniya Books @ New York City
August 19, 2014
August 7, 2014
On Haruki Murakami's latest -- Live in NYC, 8/12
Haruki Murakami's Pilgrimage @ Kinokuniya NYC, Wednesday, August 12, 6 p.m.
To celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami's latest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, join author Roland Kelts, who has known and interviewed Murakami for 15 years, Murakami translator Ted Goossen, and Murakami Music composer Eunbi Kim for an intimate encounter with the author's life, work and personal journey from Japan to the world.
To celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami's latest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, join author Roland Kelts, who has known and interviewed Murakami for 15 years, Murakami translator Ted Goossen, and Murakami Music composer Eunbi Kim for an intimate encounter with the author's life, work and personal journey from Japan to the world.
August 3, 2014
On NHK this week
The NHK documentary, "Tomorrow," focuses on post-tsunami relief efforts in northern Japan. I host this week's program on volunteerism. Broadcast specs on TV and online are here.
(It's a tad personal, since I attended kindergarten in Iwate, and my mother was raised there.)
(It's a tad personal, since I attended kindergarten in Iwate, and my mother was raised there.)
July 24, 2014
Thank you, Sweden!
Introducing
MONKEY BUSINESS: New Voices from Japan,
thanks to Peter MacMillan, Ambassador Lars Vargo and the embassy staff. With founding editor/translator and dear friend, Motoyuki Shibata.
July 8, 2014
JP "Tomorrow" on NHK BS-1, Wed. 7/9, 2 p.m.
The Japanese-language edition of "Tomorrow," the doc I host on volunteers in tsunami-damaged towns, is on NHK BS-1 in Japan today (Wed) at 2 p.m.
July 7, 2014
Hosting NHK's "Tomorrow", about post-tsunami recovery
At the following times, streaming here:
NHK WORLD TV Mon. 01:30, 07:30, 13:30, 19:30 (UTC)
NHK WORLD Premium Wed. of next week 17:00 (UTC)
NHK BS1
(Japanese language only) Wed. 14:00 (JST)
Sun. 04:00 (JST)
NHK WORLD TV Mon. 01:30, 07:30, 13:30, 19:30 (UTC)
NHK WORLD Premium Wed. of next week 17:00 (UTC)
NHK BS1
(Japanese language only) Wed. 14:00 (JST)
Sun. 04:00 (JST)
July 3, 2014
Talkin' Anime Expo 2014 for NPR, Los Angeles
My conversation with animation critic/author Charles Solomon on Anime Expo 2014 & Project Anime in Los Angeles, on NPR/KPCC.
June 26, 2014
Off to Los Angeles for Project Anime keynote @ Anime Expo
Roland Kelts to give Keynote Presentation at Project Anime: Los Angeles 2014
Project Anime is proud to announce Japanamerica author Roland Kelts as a Keynote Speaker for Project Anime: Los Angeles 2014.
Roland Kelts is a half-Japanese writer, editor, scholar and cultural expert. He is the author of the bestselling Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the U.S., and the forthcoming novel, Access. His writing on contemporary Japanese culture, art and literature is published in Japanese and English in publications such as The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek Japan, Adbusters, The Japan Times, the BBC, NPR and CNN.
In his Keynote Speech, “Re-Opening Japan,” Kelts assays the specific trans-cultural reasons behind the misunderstandings and sometimes unintended insults that occur when non-Japanese try to work, collaborate and make deals with Japanese creatives.
Project Anime is proud to announce Japanamerica author Roland Kelts as a Keynote Speaker for Project Anime: Los Angeles 2014.
Roland Kelts is a half-Japanese writer, editor, scholar and cultural expert. He is the author of the bestselling Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the U.S., and the forthcoming novel, Access. His writing on contemporary Japanese culture, art and literature is published in Japanese and English in publications such as The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek Japan, Adbusters, The Japan Times, the BBC, NPR and CNN.
In his Keynote Speech, “Re-Opening Japan,” Kelts assays the specific trans-cultural reasons behind the misunderstandings and sometimes unintended insults that occur when non-Japanese try to work, collaborate and make deals with Japanese creatives.
