NABC Manager's Diary — July 20, 2026 (Mon)

Today is a public holiday, so the shop is closed. I'm off on Mondays, so I'm off too. Even though it's a day off, since around last night I've been working with an instructor to exchange ideas and create flyers for new events. One is a talk event by Shinichi Ikeo, the author of the nonfiction 'Children on Provisional Release: Targets of "Japan First"' that I learned about on social media. Ikeo is a commentary writer for the Tokyo Shimbun, so he fits our shop's concept of 'connections to Nagoya', and although the theme is on the serious side, in my last year at the library I worked on initiatives using 'simple Japanese' (やさしい日本語) for people of foreign origin, so I connected with the author on social media, greeted him by message, and asked him to hold a talk event. Mr. Ikeo kindly agreed, so we immediately set the event date and started making the flyer. The other is that our regular customer Chiharu asked, 'Are you looking for someone to run a book club?' so I asked her to hold one right away. I had Chiharu decide the book club's theme, and she also provided a flyer design draft, so I made the flyer based on that draft. As for the two events, we'll publish them after confirming dates and details within the company. Please look forward to it.