New Provincial Funding Announced for Books and Magazines
On April 17, 2023 at BC Book Day in Victoria, Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport announced $400,000 in new funding 2024-2026 for BC books and magazines.
On April 17, 2023 at BC Book Day in Victoria, Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport announced $400,000 in new funding 2024-2026 for BC books and magazines.
In Vancouver and Victoria, May 23 and 24. Workshops feature Cicely Blain, Chelene Knight, Melanie Samuels and Jónina Kirton. Sessions include respectful work environment (employer’s obligations, HR best practices), unpacking diversity (cultural appropriation, indigenization, etc.), the front lines (role plays on how to deal with discrimination and harassment), and supporting change.
Magazine professionals, publishers, freelancers and students are welcome to attend but must RSVP.
Publishing Unbound is a public reading and reception on inclusivity and accountability in Canadian magazine and book publishing.
The Association of Book Publishers of BC recently held an information session June 22 at The Post at 750 to discuss the creation of a Vancouver Literary Arts Centre.
We acknowledge that the Magazine Association of BC carries out its work on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
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