Writers in Kyoto members include authors, translators, photographers, designers and others in Japan and around the world who share an affinity for Kyoto.
By seniority (updated Dec. 2024):
- Members
- John Dougill (Founder)Non-fiction about Japan
- David DuffSelf-published author
- Ted TaylorWriter, blogger, internationalizationer
- Karen Lee Tawarayama (Competition Organiser)Blogger, Translator/Interpreter
- Robert YellinColumnist, author and expert on ceramics
- Ken RodgersKyoto Journal managing editor
- James WoodhamTranslator, poet and photographer
- Eric BrayAcademic writer
- Marianne KimuraAcademic writer and novelist
- Allen S. WeissWriter, photographer, teacher, gourmand
- David JoinerLiterary novelist
- Paul Carty (Treasurer)Academic author
- Mayumi Kawaharada (Japanese Liaison)Poet and vegetarian blogger
- Jann Williams (Anthology Supervisor)Writer, blogger, ecologist
- Ian RichardsShort story writer and biographer
- Cody PoultonTheatre critic, translator, essayist
- Mark HovaneWriter on Japanese gardens
- Simon RoweAuthor and screenplay writer
- Alex Kerr (Honorary Member)Japanologist, art connoisseur and rural revivalist
- Christopher HerronWordsmith
- Kirsty KawanoFreelance journalist and translator
- Fernando Torres (Instagram)Fantasy and Historical Fiction
- Mike FreilingPoet, translator and short story writer
- Judith ClancyBooks about Kyoto and J. culture
- Nicholas TeeleAcademic writer and translator
- Rebecca Otowa (Reviews)Various genres incl. Japan non-fiction and illustration
- Mark WillisAcademic writer, personal essayist
- Reggie PawlePyschotherapy, intercultural studies and blogger
- Malcolm LedgerEssayist and occasional poet
- Julian HolmesTranslator
- Susan PavloskaWriter (various genres), editor
- Catherine PawasaratSpiritual adventure non-fiction
- Rona ContiCalligraphy expert and writer
- Robert WeisTravel and geopoetry
- Felicity TillackFilmmaker, blogger and poet
- Tina deBellegarde (Membership Secretary)Novelist, short fiction writer, book reviewer
- Stephen MansfieldNon-fiction writer, photographer
- Lisa Twaronite SoneJournalism, fiction, copyediting
- Edward LevinsonPhotographer, essayist, poet
- Yuki YamauchiTranslator and writer
- Andrew InnesShort story writer
- Hamish DownieWriter and producer
- Stephen BenfeyShort story writer
- Suzanne KamataAuthor and Editor
- Nathan MaderPoems and Drawings
- Rick ElizagaWeb Designer
- Eleanor YamaguchiAcademic Writer and Historian
- Sara Ackerman AoyamaJ-E Translator, Librarian and Writer
- Rebecca CopelandAcademic writer, translator, novelist
- Alejandra OliveraHistoric Japanese Fiction, Clinical psychologist, Artist, Musician
- Amber A. LoganSpeculative Fiction Novelist
- Jonah SalzAcademic Writer, Translator, Editor
- Elaine LiesJournalist, Fiction
- Richard ByfordWriter, diarist, Japanologist, countryside explorer.
- Lea MillayPoet
- Amanda HugginsAuthor, travel writer, poet
- Yasuo Nagaicross-industry exchange host
- David RycroftAcademic, Japan Studies
- Shuri Obayashiillustrator, writer, editor
- Abigail DeveneyStory-listener, storyteller
- Bruce Hamanachanoyu student and teacher, essayist
- Daniel SoferLandscape & Architecture Photographer, Blogger, Author
- Mayumi Yamamotoacademic writer and essayist, court interpreter
- Travis BelroseNovelist
- Bruce SmithNon-fiction writer
- Dave PregonerMulti-lingual poet-fictionist, editor
- Owen SmithShort Story Writer
- Sue HadjuWriter, Translator, Photographer
- Mary Louise P. NagataSocial Historian, Musician, Editor (CUP), Translator
- Natalie LeonNon-fiction Writer & Seasonality Specialist
- Laura McWaneIllustrator & Philologist
- Pamela Asaivisual artist & poet
- Charlie Fox
- Hugh McAtear
- Diane Hyat
- John Dougill (Founder)
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