Vancouver named mag of the year at Western Magazine Awards

Writer Chris Koentges has had quite a couple of weeks. He won a gold and a silver award at the National Magazine awards for a memoir of his mother Helen (those were two of the four medals he won that night); now, for the same article, he has won two awards at the Western Magazine Awards, which was published in Calgary's Swerve magazine (a supplement to the Calgary Herald)."What a gift for

Still time to take advantage of Magazines West

There's still time for those of you on or near the left coast to register for the seminars being offered at the 7th annual Magazines West in Vancouver June 18 and 19. (See earlier post for details).The seminars are a collaborative offering of the BC Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP) and the Western Magazine Awards Foundation (WMAF), which also presents its gala awards dinner starting at

Magazines West unveils a day chockful of professional development

Magazines West in Vancouver is a collaborative event, combining a day of professional development seminars on June 18 sponsored by the British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers and the Western Magazine Awards on June 19. Both events at the Renaissance Hotel Vancouver Harbourside.Details of the seminars have just been released:Keynote luncheon speaker is Bruce Grierson, a multiple

June is magazine conference month

This is shaping up to be a heckuva three weeks in Canadian magazines with a whole lotta learning, networking and schmoozing goin' on.Starting today (June 4) and through Wednesday, June 6, Masthead magazine and the Canadian Business Press are partnering for Magazines University at the Old Mill in the west end of Toronto (with other partners being the audit organizations CCAB/BPA Worldwide and the