Asparagus Magazine Receives International Award Nomination

One June 21, 2023 Asparagus Magazine, along with it's Climate Disaster Project partners: APTN Investigates, Fraser Valley Current, and Megaphone, was named as a finalist in the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards’ Engagement category. Asparagus…

ZenSeekers, Your Source for Travel Across Western Canada

Summer is a time for exploring: discovering new paths to hike, dipping toes in clean waters, and appreciating the beauty that surrounds us in its verdant prime. To help uncover those not-to-be-missed treasures, ZenSeekers online magazine promises…
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MagsBC Seeking Member Magazines for Local Theatrical Venues

With traditional newsstand spaces shrinking or disappearing altogether, MagsBC is launching a trial to display and sell member magazines in non-traditional spaces. For this pilot project they are exploring partnerships with theatres and other…
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2023 Creative Industries Week Wrap-Up + World Creativity and Innovation Day

The United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise the awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development.  The creative economy builds on the interplay between human…

Ḵaats’ii Hla | Ḵaats’a Hláa | This Is Haida Gwaii

Kaats’ii Hla | Ḵaats’a Hláa | This Is Haida Gwaii is a tour-planning magazine offering visitors a welcoming message to Haida Gwaii. In partnership with BC Parks, Gwaii Haanas, the Council of the Haida Nation, both language offices…
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Creative Industries Week 2023: Celebrating BC Book Day

Monday, April 17, 2023 BC Book Day kicks off this year's Creative Industries Week that brings industry associations, key stakeholders, and creators together with government for a showcase event. BC Book Day invites all British Columbians…

Four Magazine Launches and a Booksale

The cherry blossoms are out in Vancouver and so are new issues and volumes from your favourite B.C. magazines. Enjoy the sunshine on your way to meet other magazine aficionados at the following 2023 Spring magazine events: What: To celebrate…

An interview with Jessie Johnston: founder and editor of Asparagus Magazine.

Over the last two decades, Jessie Johnston has worked in both the US and Canadian magazine industry and founded her own publication, Asparagus, in 2018. Asparagus combines Jessie’s passion for sustainability and storytelling, and won the award…

An interview with Brittany Tiplady and Kristi Alexandra, Co-editors of Loose Lips Magazine

Brittany Tiplady and Kristi Alexandra (co-editors) met while studying journalism at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, becoming partners in an entrepreneurial journalism project. Over the last seven years, that project lives on as Loose Lips Magazine…

An interview with TeLeni Koochin, Publisher, BAZOOF! Magazine

We all know that kids are the future – but how is the magazine industry playing its part? Led by publisher TeLeni Koochin and winner of Parents’ Choice Awards®, BAZOOF! magazine encourages reading, learning and creativity in children, even…