Yodaka Some — Snack-Munching Tanka Gathering 2

This is an event (a tanka meeting) for beginners interested in tanka and uta-kai. Please compose one tanka on the theme "Books" in advance (it's OK if you don't explicitly mention "books" in the poem) and send it as a message to the X account @seihitsudou. Deadline: October 10.

This is the second installment of Henri Ohara and Ruko's love-of-reading talk. The two unabashed book obsessives will once again gush about their passion for reading — from the one book that hooked them, to favorite authors, when and where they read, their reading histories, and recent recommendations. Chances are you'll start looking at the unread stacks in your room with new fondness! A signing will be held after the talk.

Keigo Higashino, the celebrated mystery writer with ties to Aichi, who recently passed away to much regret. Let’s talk about your favorite works by Keigo Higashino. This time we will take the film-adapted and much-talked-about 'Swan and the Bat' as the assigned book. Keigo Higashino fans and mystery fans alike, please join us. The event is hosted by Mephisto Prize-winning author Kenji Kuroda, a devoted fan of Keigo Higashino.

We will hold a talk event to celebrate the publication of publishing journalist Kazufumi Iida's new book, 'The Myth of Declining Reading Comprehension Among Young People', published by Shueisha International.

This is a tanka gathering hosted by tanka poet Miyako Asai for beginners and those with only a short history of composing tanka. First-time participants are very welcome. If you would like to join, please compose one tanka (theme is free) and send it to: [email protected], Attn: Fujisaka. The deadline is December 15. Please feel free to participate. Profile of Miyako Asai: Born in Nagoya. Member of the tanka society Mahiruno. Winner of the Mahiruno Prize in 2017. She also teaches tanka classes at Tempaku Library in Nagoya. Her tanka collection "Tsubasa no Orime" is published by Hon'ami Shoten.