Tag: Metro Vancouver

Upcoming Magazine Submission Periods and Deadlines as of March 25, 2019

Includes contests and awards.

MagsBC Transit Shelter Ads Now Up!

Our Read BC Magazines campaign runs from March 4 to April 7, 2019.

MagsWest 2019 Report

Although the 2019 MagsWest conference had lower attendance than last year, with about eighty delegates registered over the three days, attendees rated most of the 17 sessions and 21 speakers very highly.

CANCELLED: Tracey McKinley’s session on Defining and Distinguishing Your Brand Feb. 2/19

Upcoming Magazine Submission Periods and Deadlines as of January 10, 2019

Upcoming Events and ProDev as of January 9, 2019

Including Subscription Sales and Branding workshops with Tracey McKinley.

Found! A Beginner’s Approach to SEO for Magazine Publishers

How to use a better understanding of SEO to increase the online discoverability of your magazine’s website.

Don’t miss Tracey McKinley’s Session on Defining and Distinguishing Your Brand, Saturday Feb. 2, 2019!

Increase your understanding of essential brand marketing principles and take away tips on how to improve and enhance your magazine's brand at this 3-hour session in Vancouver.

Subscription Sales: How to Maximize Your Magazine’s Impact – Workshop, January 31, 2019

Tracey McKinley presents the best ways to sell subscriptions for maximum returns and the offers and messages that help to ramp up your results. at this 3-hour workshop in Vancouver. Register now to save!

Creative BC Launches Magazine Publishers Travel Support Program

MagsBC and Magazines Canada member magazine publishers may apply for a 50% reimbursement of eligible costs to attend conferences between April 1/18 to March 31/19. These may include travel costs, design and printing of promotional materials, administration and overhead.

Making the Digital Leap Forward Research Paper

Information on features, costs, and user experience of Issuu, Zinio, Magzter, Mag+ and 3D Issue digital content delivery systems as of January 2018.

Publishing Unbound: an evening on the future of publishing, Feb. 9/18

Publishing Unbound is a public reading and reception on inclusivity and accountability in Canadian magazine and book publishing.

New Member – K: Magazine

New member K: Magazine is an extension of the Knowledge Network and is focused on delivering program listings and exclusive interviews and articles to Knowledge Network subscribers.

New Member Magazine: Vancouver Magazine

Vancouver Magazine is the iconic, long-standing voice of Canada’s most incredible city.

New Member Magazine: Western Living

Be inspired by new MagsBC member, Western Living! Featured in each issue are the people, places, homes, gardens, food and adventure from Winnipeg to Victoria, and everywhere in-between.

Ijeoma Oluo of The Establishment Talks About Cultural Appropriation on October 26/17

VSO School of Music, 843 Seymour St., Vancouver BC

Magazines West Conference Returns October 26-27, 2017

Resisting “CanLit”: West Coast Indigenous Writers, Sept. 24 11:55 a.m. Vancouver

Joanne Arnott, Gunargie O'Sullivan, and Larry Nicholson will share their experiences and insights at this panel, organized by MagsBC for WORD Vancouver.

Video: Transforming Your Magazine Into a Powerhouse Online Presence

A talk on defining and pursuing your publishing goals using the Web and email by Hal Niedzviecki, author, speaker, publisher of Broken Pencil

Video: Gold-Star HR Management for Small Magazines

Human resources principles and practices for staff, interns, students and volunteers which can be applied at any size of magazine or not-for-profit organization.

Jennifer Landels, Managing Editor of Pulp Literature Magazine

"Turning pixels on the screen to something beautiful you can touch, feel, and read in the bathtub never gets old."

John Barton, Editor of The Malahat Review, 2004-2017

"I believe that our authors are the best authorities on their own work and I want them to be happy with the published results because how it reads will remain important to them long after I have moved on."

Daniel Zomparelli, editor, Poetry is Dead

"I genuinely love reading, and magazines provide the opportunities for new work to be out before they turn into books or movies. It's like the front lines of knowledge and literature."

Stuart Harries, Editor-in-Chief of alive Magazine

"Ultimately, I don’t think print magazines are going anywhere. I think they will continue to fragment into niches and become more specific as they explore the opportunity to become carefully targeted."