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An Open Letter to the Gentleman in the
Red Dodge Caravan Who Nearly Killed Me
and, in Doing So, Posed an Important Question
By Ian Bullock
Birthday Vistas
Dorothy Woodend considers BC at 150
Some of US
By Shannon Stewart
Megafauna
By Jay Brown
Reveries of Riverview
Grant Buday balances on the raft of sanity
The SIntixt and the Caribou
Ghosts of the Forest by Chad Hershler
Digger of Roots by Gudrun Will
Two Solitudes
Brian Fawcett raises a glass to Gaston’s lonely feasters
Short reviews:
Greer's Wife; Galloway’s Cellist; Gammel’s Anne
Audition
Kristina Campbell imagines a legendary rivalry
Girl in Clearing By James Whitman
A WInning Smile Isn’t Always Enough
By Christopher Kukura
Crushed Strawberries By Mike Grill
VR is now available at Capers and Choices Markets.
Our Centrefold Editions are now available for viewing and purchase on Web Exclusives.
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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