Caroline Harvey attends a Poetry Conference Cabaret
Bare context The 125 Vancouver Poetry Conference, sponsored by the City of Vancouver as part of Celebrate Vancouver 125, saw more than 70 poets give readings around town from October 19 to 22. I attended the Poetry Cabaret on Evening 2, at the Revue Theatre on Granville Island. Cynical thoughts on poetry being declared as [...]
Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference
As 2011 begins its (thus far) gentle slide into autumn, you might not be aware that Vancouver 125 arts-related festivities and events continue apace. Here’s the latest project that may well appeal to readers of Vancouver Review: Close to 100 of North America’s finest poets will gather in Vancouver October 19 to 22 to exchange [...]
VR at the Western Magazine Awards
Well, for the second year in a row VR took an award with a Timothy Taylor piece. This year it was “Ports of Call” from our fall 2010 issue and won in the Arts, Culture & Entertainment category. Stay tuned for another TT piece in our upcoming fall double issue concerning public art. While we [...]
2010 Western Magazine Awards
We just discovered these pics from last October’s Western Magazine Awards dinner. Featured here are VR contributors Sonny Assu, Mette Bach, Lee Henderson and other luminaries from the city’s publishing community. With nine nominations in this year’s competition we hope to have another set to post later in the summer.