Saturday, December 29, 2007

NOTICE BOARD お知らせ(Feb. 16, Revd)

If you wish to contact us about events, publications and other general matters, please do so through the COMMENTS key below this Board. We will reply to you also through the key.
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******HAILSTONE PUBLICATIONS******
HAILSTONES (2001) a haiku chapbook ¥700 (sold out)
LOST HEIAN (2003) a Japan-in-Asia haiku gathering ¥800 (discount price for last copies)
ENHAIKLOPEDIA (2005) a haiku topic anthology, incl. haibun ¥1,000 (discount price)
The MOON and INSECTS (2007) a haiku chapbook ¥500 (edited by JW)
SEASONS OF THE GODS 神々の四季 (2007) ¥1,000 almanac (incl. haibun and illust., just released!)
******HAILSTONE EVENTS******
(RECENT PAST: for event reports, see archive postings)
Sep 13, 2007 Urban Ginko in Tenroku, N. Osaka (KG/HM)
Nov 17/18, 2007 Hailstone Autumn Haike in the Tango Peninsular, Kyoto Pref. (RD)
Nov 25, 2007 Mt. Ogura Is Shedding Tears pt. 10. (Ritsumeikan Univ. Volunteer Centre)
Dec 1, 2007 Takaragaike Ginko & Renku Study Meet (JD)
Dec 20, 2007 Seasons of the Gods Book Launch, by Nomi Jinja, Takatsuki, Osaka (AM)
Jan 13 , 2008 Hatsu Ginko-Rodokukai in Gion, Kyoto (PM)
(FORTHCOMING: for further details, please see separate postings; enquiries through the COMMENTS key, please.)
Haiku sketch walk: Friday, March 7th; 11:00-3pm (in the event of rain, bring rain gear) 
1st rendezvous spot-Eiden Demachiniyagi train station at 10:30am (connected to Keihan Demachiniyagi station in northeast Kyoto)
2nd rendezvous spot-Eiden Ichijoji train station 10:50am (northeast Kyoto)
(If you'd like to join us at any point during the haiku sketch walk let us know.)
Let's tap into our inner senses with a 'haiku sketch walk'. Don't worry, you need not be an artist, or be able to draw well. Just come out for a short walk, allow nature to help you reflect a bit, and sketch whatever impresses you.
We will visit two temple gardens. Forty-five minutes to one hour will be spent at each temple to walk around, reflect, and sketch whatever impresses you. Afterwards, we will have a late lunch around 1:30pm at a nearby soba restaurant. At the restaurant we will share our sketches and try to add complimentary haiku (yours or somebody else's). Bring a small sketch pad or book and a few pencils or your favorite ink pens. Bring temple entance fees: ¥500 for each temple (total:¥1,000) & Bring money for soba if you'd like to eat at the restaurant.
rare snow dayー
old-style haberdashery
on the snowmen //gerald/ (enquiries: Gerald Staggers)

English Haiku Workshops - Hibikiai Forum Spring semester at Friend Peace House just north of Nashinoki Shrine E. of the Gosho in C.Kyoto (2nd Thurs. Apr.-Jun. 18:15) and Senri Yomiuri Culture Center’s Eigo de Haiku in N.Osaka (4th Thurs. Jan.-Dec. 18:00, enquiries: Nitta 06-6833-5031). Lecturer: Stephen Gill.
******Miscellaneous******
Correction- in the anthology, “SEASONS OF THE GODS”, Poem 1/p. 6; the translated Japanese should be written and read as 新年のうるはしき夜明けの使者なるや/天馬空駆く蹄の音す(shin-nen no/uruwashiki yoake no/shisha naru ya/tenba kuu kaku/hizume no oto su).
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