BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6982@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20241121T000000Z DTEND:20241121T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<p style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\; "><span style="font-size:11pt\;font-family:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#00000 0\;background-color:transparent\;font-weight:400\;font-style:normal\;font- variant:normal\;text-decoration:none\;vertical-align:baseline\;white-space :pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">Japan Society is honored to welcome debut au thor Natalie Anna Jacobsen for a special talk and signing in celebration o f the release of her first book\, <span style="font-size:11pt\;font-family :Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color:transparent\;font-weig ht:400\;font-style:italic\;font-variant:normal\;text-decoration:none\;vert ical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">Ghost Train< span style="font-size:11pt\;font-family:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\; background-color:transparent\;font-weight:400\;font-style:normal\;font-var iant:normal\;text-decoration:none\;vertical-align:baseline\;white-space:pr e\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">\, a Young Adult historical fantasy set in 1877 Kyoto during the early years of the Meiji Restoration.\n<strong>\n</stron g>\n<p style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;font-family:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;back ground-color:transparent\;font-weight:400\;font-style:italic\;font-variant :normal\;text-decoration:none\;vertical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;w hite-space:pre-wrap\;">Ghost Train <span style="font-size:11pt\;font-famil y:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color:transparent\;font-wei ght:400\;font-style:normal\;font-variant:normal\;text-decoration:none\;ver tical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">tells the s tory of Maru Hosokawa\, a samurai daughter now thrust into a difficult new era. With the Meiji Restoration\, foreign inventions—trains\, electrici ty and telephones—are introduced\, but with them come plagues and demons . Maru’s father\, a retired samurai\, has laid down his sword and ventur es far from home to be a merchant\, leaving Maru alone to find work and he lp rebuild her family. \n<strong>\n</strong>\n<p style="line-height:1.38\ ;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;font-fa mily:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color:transparent\;font- weight:400\;font-style:normal\;font-variant:normal\;text-decoration:none\; vertical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">And then ghosts start to visit Maru.\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<p style="line-height:1 .38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;fon t-family:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color:transparent\;f ont-weight:400\;font-style:normal\;font-variant:normal\;text-decoration:no ne\;vertical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">They ask her for help to find their murderer: a demon on the loose. Although s he flees at first\, she can’t outrun her grief over missing her father\, the anxiety over her future\, nor her destiny. Against a backdrop of summ er festivals and rainstorms\, Maru must confront authority and her fears\, before she becomes the next ghost.\n<p style="line-height:1.38\;margin-to p:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;font-family:Arial \,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color:transparent\;font-weight:400 \;font-style:normal\;font-variant:normal\;text-decoration:none\;vertical-a lign:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:pre-wrap\;">Inspired by true h istorical events and based on yokai myths\, this story was built with guid ance by historians and subject matter experts both in Japan and the U.S. a nd looks to reflect on 19th-century life during the tumultuous\, society-a ltering leadership of Emperor Meiji… with just a few more ghosts.\n<p st yle="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"> \n\n<p style ="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span style="font -size:11pt\;font-family:Arial\,sans-serif\;color:#000000\;background-color :transparent\;font-weight:400\;font-style:normal\;font-variant:normal\;tex t-decoration:none\;vertical-align:baseline\;white-space:pre\;white-space:p re-wrap\;">\n<p style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom : 0pt\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\,sans-serif\; c olor: #000000\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-st yle: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-alig n: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Attendees of Japan Society’s Nata lie Anna Jacobsen<span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\,sans-s erif\; color: #000000\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; verti cal-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"> <span style="font-size: 11 pt\; font-family: Arial\,sans-serif\; color: #000000\; background-color: t ransparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\ ; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap \;">talk and signing will be able to purchase copies of <span style="font- size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\,sans-serif\; color: #000000\; background- color: transparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: italic\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Ghost Train <span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\ ,sans-serif\; color: #000000\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight : 400\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\ ; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">at the event or brin g books from home for a signing session following the author’s talk.\n<p style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"> \n\n <p style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><spa n style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\,sans-serif\; color: #000000 \; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 400\; font-style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; text-decoration: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Please find further information at: https://japa nsociety.org/events/author-talk-and-signing-natalie-anna-jacobsen-author-o f-yokai-fantasy-ghost-train/ \n\n DTSTAMP:20241212T125437Z SUMMARY:Debut Author Talk and Signing: Natalie Anna Jacobsen\, author of Yo ung Adult Yokai Fantasy Ghost Train URL:/en/events/2024/11/21/debut-author-talk-and-signing-natalie-anna-jacobs / END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR