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Video: Stephen Marche interview
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | Comment
Here’s a video of managing editor Jared Bland’s recent interview with Stephen Marche, for the first Walrus Reads event at McNally Robinson‘s new Toronto bookstore.
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Toronto: Walrus Q&A with Stephen Marche, July 9
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | Comment
This Thursday, in celebration of our new Summer Reading issue, The Walrus and McNally Robinson are proud to present managing editor Jared Bland in conversation with writer Stephen Marche.
Stephen Marche is the author of Shining at the Bottom of the Sea (2007) and Raymond and Hannah (2005). He currently writes “A Thousand Words About Our Culture,” a monthly column for Esquire magazine, and “Close Reading,” a weekly column for The National Post, in addition to opinion pieces for The New Republic, Salon, the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. He received a doctorate in Early Modern Drama in 2005 from the University of Toronto.
The event will take place on Thursday, July 9 at 7pm, at the McNally Robinson bookstore at Don Mills Road & Lawrence Avenue East. Full map here. Call the store at 416-384-0084 for more info.
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The Walrus wins at the NMAs
Posted on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | 1 Comment
At last night’s Canadian National Magazine Awards, The Walrus won one silver and five gold medals for its writing and illustration – the most gold awards given to any of the 79 magazines in competition.
Gold awards were presented for:
Humour: “A Liar’s Life,” by Bruce McCall.
Society: “Not So Down,” by Peter Valing.
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Part One: A Legend is Born,” by Antonio De Luca, Bree Seeley and Miles Collyer.
Illustration: “The Lynching of Louie Sam,” by Jillian Tamaki.
Words & Pictures: “Our Faces, Our Selves,” by Matthew McKinnon, Daniel Baird, Bree Seeley, Antonio De Luca, Giles Revell and Matt Willey.
And the silver award was presented for:
Essays: “Geared Up,” by Bill Reynolds.
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Free Event: The Walrus at Luminato
Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | 2 Comments
NEXT WEEK, JUNE 10: THE WALRUS AT LUMINATO!
To mark the release of The Walrus summer reading issue, managing editor Jared Bland hosts a discussion about genre fiction: westerns, sci fi, fantasy, romances, and ghost stories. Walrus contributors Stephen Marche and Guy Gavriel Kay will share their thoughts.
As part of Luminato‘s lunchtime Illuminations series, admission to this event is FREE!
Date: 10 June, 1230-130pm
Location Third Floor, Roots flagship store, 100 Bloor Street West, Toronto.
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Enter The Walrus Writing Contest!
Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | 6 Comments
Joost Swarte’s Summer Reading issue cover for The Walrus.
Click the picture to see a larger image.
To celebrate The Walrus‘s annual summer reading issue—featuring thrilling science fiction, adventure, romance & mystery stories from an all-star line-up including Lee Henderson, Rivka Galchen, Stephen Marche & 2008 Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden—we are pleased to announce The Walrus Guilty Pleasures Writing Contest!
To enter, write the first paragraph of a novel in one of the following genres: Science Fiction, Romance, Western, Ghost Story/Gothic.
Your challenge? To make that paragraph the most gripping, titilating, and action-packed read of the summer! Send your submissions to guiltypleasures@walrusmagazine.com by July 31, and you could win a prize package from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts or a Walrus prize package, and have your work published at walrusmagazine.com!
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The Walrus wins at the Utne Press Awards
Posted on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | Comment
The Walrus has won the 2009 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Writing.
The awards, presented by the Utne Reader, were given out last night at the Independent Magazine Conference in Boulder, Colorado. ”The goal is to honor independently minded publications that don’t shy away from tough stories and innovative ideas,” the magazine explained.
The editors said:
“It is, once again, the year of The Walrus. Since launching in 2003, the Canadian general-interest magazine “with an international outlook” has nabbed three Utne Independent Press Award nominations, taking the prize in 2004 for best new publication. Five years later and counting, it’s been consistently delightful to read—and last year the magazine outdid itself, its sparkling articles and fluid essays orbiting high above the rest of us earthbound publications. (more…)
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The Walrus on CBC
Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 by Paul Isaacs | 1 Comment
Listen to Walrus editor John Macfarlane talk about the magazine, on this excerpt from Here and Now on CBC Radio One from May 14, 2009.
Overcoming Obstacles
Vladimir | Don’t worry man true spirit of this art will never die! there are a lot of us that don’t give a shit about money, commercial, and selling out YEARS and years and years of training ! we all invest tremendous amount of time to...
Dan Iaboni | Hey man… Someone who scans google (i guess) linked me to this article. If you are still in the Toronto area, come over to the MonkeyVault sometime and play, its on me!
Traverse Davies | Nice article. The group is still out training three times a week here in Halifax, and we are still not commercial. I think that if the commercial interests win, groups like Halifax Parkour will just stop calling what we do...
Return to No Fun City
Rob | The main problem with Vancouverites is that most of them have never left to experience life outside of Vancouver. This combined with the constant bombardment of how Vancouver is one of the top cities to live in the world leads to the...
Holly | Everyone’s experience in a place is particular. Particular to one’s income, life stage, proximity to family, tastes, personality, interests, and chance encounters that build or don’t build into friendships. These things...
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Family Ties
Janet Wilson | I have not seen the film, but did hear the CBC interview with the filmaker with Jian Gomeshi on Q. There are two things I have to offer to the discussion, one on the “family” side, one not. First, in the nature vs....