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Edges (magazine)
Edges Literary Magazine was a creative writing journal of poetry and short fiction published in Edmonton, Canada in the 1980s. Edges Literary Magazine was published by the Ledges Publishing Society. History Edges was founded in 1986 by Edmontonian poet Steve Edwards and by Andrew Thompson, who had been working as the librarian of the Fort Saskatchewan Prison outside Edmonton. Unlike university-sponsored Canadian literary journals such as The Malahat Review and The New Quarterly, Edges held no institutional affiliation and was recognized for its openminded editorial policy for "the literate and semi-literate." In some instances, Canadian writers who went on to have lengthy publishing careers were first published in Edges; for example Gail Sidonie Sobat's first publication "Today She Was in Curlers," was published in Edges Literary Magazine in 1986. In 1987, The Gateway reported that Edges' editorial team had a preference for free verse as opposed to pieces employing poetic r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hogg (poet)
Robert Hogg (March 26, 1942 - November 13, 2022) was a Canadian poet, critic, professor, and organic farmer. Biography Born in Edmonton, Alberta on March 26, 1942, Robert Hogg studied English and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia where he co-edited important Canadian little magazine ''TISH''. He studied at SUNY Buffalo (under Charles Olson) and taught at Carleton University. He completed a Ph.D. on the works of Charles Olson. He died at age 80 on November 13, 2022, in Ottawa. Writing His poetry is collected in ''New Wave Canada'' (1966), edited by Raymond Souster and published by Contact Press, and the Oxford University Press anthology, ''Modern Canadian Verse'' (1967), edited by A.J.M. Smith. He published books of poetry and poetics with Oyez Press, Coach House Press, Black Moss Press, ECW Press, Talonbooks, and chapbooks with above/ground press, battleaxe press, and hawkweed press. In 1987, Hogg's poem "Classic Lines" was published in Edges Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazines Established In 1986
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. Definition In the technical sense a ''journal'' has continuous pagination throughout a volume. Thus ''Business Week'', which starts each issue anew with page one, is a magazine, but the '' Journal of Business Communication'', which continues the same sequence of pagination throughout the coterminous year, is a journal. Some professional or trade publications are also peer-reviewed, for example the '' Journal of Accountancy''. Non-peer-reviewed academic or professional publications are generally ''professional magazines''. That a publication calls itself a ''journal'' does not make it a journal in the technical sense; ''The Wall Street Journal'' is actually a newspaper. Etymology The word "magazine" derives from Arabic , th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triannual Magazines Published In Canada
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1986 Establishments In Alberta
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free- cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1971 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton International Fringe Festival
The Edmonton International Fringe Festival is an annual arts festival held every August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Produced by the Fringe Theatre Adventures (FTA), it is the oldest and largest fringe theatre festival in North America (based on ticket sales). The Edmonton Fringe is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals. In 2014, 118,280 tickets were sold, up from 117,000 in 2013. The 2014 event had over 210 shows and 1,600 performances, with an estimated outdoor site attendance of 665,750. In 2016, the attendance rate reached a record-breaking high of 850,000+ attendees. In 2017 there was a record-breaking 130,000 tickets sold and $1.2 million in box office sales during the festival, which held performances from over 1,500 artists in 220 shows. History In 1982, Chinook Theatre's artistic director Brian Paisley received $50,000 from Edmonton's Summerfest to put together "A Fringe Theatre Event" in Edmonton's Old Strathcona District. Inspired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whyte Avenue
Whyte (82) Avenue is an arterial road in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It became the main street of the City of Strathcona, Alberta, Strathcona as it formed, and now runs through Old Strathcona. It was named in 1891 after William Whyte (railway manager), Sir William Whyte, who was superintendent of the CPR's western division from 1886 to 1897 and was knighted by George V, King George V in 1911.Monto, Tom. Old Strathcona - Edmonton's Southside Roots (Edmonton: Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books, 2011). Whyte (82) Avenue is part of a continuous roadway that runs through Sherwood Park, Edmonton, and St. Albert, Alberta, St. Albert that includes Wye Road, Sherwood Park Freeway, portions of University Avenue (Edmonton), University Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive, Groat Road, and St. Albert Trail. The roadway was originally the core of the former city of Strathcona, Alberta, Strathcona and was the division between the north and south Address (geography)#Quadran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weier
John Weier is a Canadian poet born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1949. Formerly the president of the League of Canadian Poets, he has published five collections of poetry as well as a number of works of fiction and non-fiction. Weier grew up in a Mennonite family in southern Manitoba, and lived in Niagara on the Lake before returning to Winnipeg. He has been the writer-in-residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, owns his own chapbook company, and also works as a professional luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o .... In 2004 his book ''Stand the Sacred Tree: Journeys in Place and Memory'' was shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. References External links Official Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Weier, John 1949 births 20th-century Canadian poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stevenson (poet)
Richard Stevenson (4 March 1952 – 18 October 2023) was a Canadian teacher and poet. Stevenson taught English at Lethbridge College in Lethbridge, Alberta, and also taught for a couple of years in Nigeria. Stevenson held degrees in English and creative writing from the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia. He was also a musician with the young adult group Sasquatch and the jazz/poetry ensemble Naked Ear. Stevenson was an accomplished writer, publishing more than 40 works of poetry, haiku, and fiction, with five titles forthcoming posthumously. A former editor-in-chief of PRISM international ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ..., he served in various editorial, jury, and writing and arts group executive capacities over the years. Stevenson's revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Reid
Monty Reid (born 1952 in Spalding, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet. Life He graduated from the University of Alberta, with an M.A. He lived in Drumheller, Alberta, and worked at the Royal Tyrrell Museum and later at the Canadian Museum of Nature starting in 1999 (since retired). He has won Alberta’s Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry three times, the Archibald Lampman Award, National Magazine Awards, and is a three-time nominee for the Governor General’s Award. He was editor and publisher of a number of literary magazines, including ''The Camrose Review'' (later ''The Dinosaur Review''), ''The NeWest ReView'', and ''Arc Poetry Magazine,'' as well as of the chapbook press Sidereal Press. As a musician, he plays guitar and mandolin in the band Call Me Katie. He is the current Festival Director at VerseFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival Works Books * ''Karst Means Stone''. Edmonton, Alberta: NeWest Press, 1979. * * ''The Dream of Snowy Owls''. Edmonton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Marty
Sid Marty (born 1944) is a Canadian writer. Marty has written five non-fiction books and five poetry books, and also is a singer. Many of his books reflect the time he spent as a park warden for Parks Canada between 1966 and 1978 in Yoho, Jasper, Prince Albert and Banff national parks. Marty grew up in Medicine Hat and Calgary, and now lives in Pincher Creek. He received an undergraduate degree from Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. History In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Sainte-Hélène .... His three poetry collections are ''Headwaters,'' ''Nobody Danced with Miss Rodeo'' and ''Sky Humour''; ''The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek'' won the Grand Prize of the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2008. Works * 1973: ''Headwaters'' (poetry), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. * 1978: ''Men for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Israel
Inge Israel (July 16, 1927 - August 5, 2019) was a Canadian poet and playwright who wrote in French and English. Early life Inge Israel (née Margulies) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1927. The rise of the Nazism in Germany led to her parents escaping with her to France. She has also lived in Ireland and Denmark. She met her husband, physicist Werner Israel in Dublin, Ireland, and in 1958 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. They later moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1996. Awards The recipient of several poetry prizes, Inge Israel was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998. Her play, ''Pensées Inédites'' was broadcast on Radio Canada and several stories and poetry cycles were broadcast on the CBC and the BBC. In addition to readings of her poetry in Canada, Europe and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
