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Downward Dow
Lalo Espejo and Patrick Pennefather present yoga
for the economic crisis
No Exit
Tony Correia takes a Sartrean spin on the seawall
If Lost, Follow Shoreline
By Elena E. Johnson
Velo-City
Portrait photography by Mark Mushet
The New Normal
by Ulrike Rodrigues
Taqunya
Terry Glavin witnesses the comeback of Kabul
Foodville: Part One
Timothy Taylor dishes on the Food Fashion Era
Super Absorbent
By Paul Carlucci
Tremors
By Sara O’Leary
Reflexive Polyphony
Norbert Ruebsaat walks around Stanley’s Vancouver
Short reviews:
Gould’s Murder ; Kirsch’s Creatures ; Bachinsky’s God
Beyond Schadenfreude
By Gudrun Will, Beate Wichmann and Gwen Will
Volumes
Bloom
Alterations
By Nicole Dextras
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VR is pleased to report remarkable results in the 2008 magazine-awards season.
From the National Magazine Awards, Terry Glavin took home a Silver Medal in the Essays category for his personal and historical inquiry into the first generation of BC’s Chinese immigrants, “Looking for Mr. Bing.” Charlotte Gill received an Honourable Mention in the same category for a heady and beautifully written account of her tree-planting odysseys, “Eating Dirt,” while Mark Mushet received an Honorable Mention in Portrait Photography for his red-alert shot of Vancouver musician Veda Hille.
The Western Magazine Awards were no less fruitful, with two winners and four no less deserving finalists. Charlotte Gill was named top dog in the human experience category for her aforementioned piece, and VR’s former designer Marian Bantes was crowned Illustration Feature queen for “My Dear, Can We Work Together?”, inspired by a common strain of florid spam. (You can view and purchase Marian’s award winning work on our Web Exclusives page—Gallery 1, Image 2). Our four finalists included Annabel Lyon in the Fiction Category for “Summit,” her imagined free-trade fiasco on the UBC campus; Bonnie Bowman for “Silence of the Pigs,” a reflection on the brutal realities behind BC’s missing-women murder case, and Terry Glavin for the aforementioned article, both in the Gold Award for Best Article—BC/Yukon category; and finally, Mark Mushet in the portrait category for the aforementioned shot.
Congratulations all, you make us proud!
April 26, 2008
VR was featured in the Globe & Mail this weekend, as the lead item in James Adams’ weekly “Best Magazine Reads on the Racks” column, taking special notice of Matt Hern's cover feature “No Recipe for Funk.” Congratulations Matt!
Click HERE to read the clipping.
2007 Western Magazine Awards.
John Moore took first place in the Travel and Leisure category for “Sporting Life,” his philosophical and funny essay about the regional popularity of adventure sports. Our finalists included first-time VR contributor Michael Harris for “No-Name City” in the Arts, Culture and Entertainment category, a piece that went looking for the city’s soul on local theatre stages. We also boasted two finalists in the Gold Award Best Article—BC/Yukon category: Moore’s aforementioned article and Terry Glavin’s “Lost Cities,” a layered investigation (with a personal twist) into the archaeology of Burnaby’s Metrotown.
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