OUR SUMMER 2009 ISSUE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE VERY SHORTLY
CONTRIBUTORS
MITCHELL MURRAY
MATT PEAKE
JOSEPH GOOSEY
CATHARINE OWEN
JOSH STEWART
BRENT COTTLE
GREG MACLEAN
JOSHUA WADE
LESLIE CHU
SIMONE SEVERINI
& YAQOOB GHAZNAVI
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
better late than never
At long last the new issue of the FVQ has finally arrived. We think it's great and will hopefully be worth the wait. We're once again back at work for the upcoming spring issue and, amazingly, already have more submissions than we can keep up with.
Thank you all for your interest & patience.
If you're a contributor and are expecting a copy in the mail, it should arrive soon. You'll also probably receive a free copy of the last issue as our way of saying we're sorry for being so behind schedule.
And one last thing about this issue. There's a small something in one of the stories that was once just part of the editing process, which then became what some would call a typographical error, and is now - we along with the author have decided - an additional part of the text. Yes, we made a mistake; No, we're not just too lazy to fix it. There's something interesting about seeing editorial notes on a piece of published writing. You're welcome to disagree, but we like what it does to the work as a whole - or maybe just how it keeps it from ever seeming whole? Either way, it's something different.
Here's this too. Just because we like it:
Thank you all for your interest & patience.
If you're a contributor and are expecting a copy in the mail, it should arrive soon. You'll also probably receive a free copy of the last issue as our way of saying we're sorry for being so behind schedule.
And one last thing about this issue. There's a small something in one of the stories that was once just part of the editing process, which then became what some would call a typographical error, and is now - we along with the author have decided - an additional part of the text. Yes, we made a mistake; No, we're not just too lazy to fix it. There's something interesting about seeing editorial notes on a piece of published writing. You're welcome to disagree, but we like what it does to the work as a whole - or maybe just how it keeps it from ever seeming whole? Either way, it's something different.
Here's this too. Just because we like it:
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Why? Because it's November.
Things have been crazier than they've needed to be lately, so we apologize for this majorly delayed update. The new issue should be out very, very soon. And I think 'soon' means approximately in the next two weeks. Absolutely 100% before the 17th of December.
As a small preview, the upcoming "FALL 2008" issue will feature the work of the following individuals:
SPENCER GORDON
RYAN MCGOVERN
JAMES SANDHAM
AARON CARMIN
ANNA KARAVYLS
J.J. STEINFELD
JORDAN ABEL
CARMEN KING
AND MORE..
It will also have some great Polaroids from the GTA; a cover photograph by J.J Ina Steeves; and possibly an editorial from one of our editors.
Thank you, also, for the tons and tons of great submissions we've been receiving lately. Our reponse-time gets longer as we get more attention and this, we think, is really unfortunate. But we're hoping that the holiday season will afford us some serious editing time, and thus if you've submitted anything in the last few months, expect a response by New Years. We're sorry.
CHEERS,
the FVQ
As a small preview, the upcoming "FALL 2008" issue will feature the work of the following individuals:
SPENCER GORDON
RYAN MCGOVERN
JAMES SANDHAM
AARON CARMIN
ANNA KARAVYLS
J.J. STEINFELD
JORDAN ABEL
CARMEN KING
AND MORE..
It will also have some great Polaroids from the GTA; a cover photograph by J.J Ina Steeves; and possibly an editorial from one of our editors.
Thank you, also, for the tons and tons of great submissions we've been receiving lately. Our reponse-time gets longer as we get more attention and this, we think, is really unfortunate. But we're hoping that the holiday season will afford us some serious editing time, and thus if you've submitted anything in the last few months, expect a response by New Years. We're sorry.
CHEERS,
the FVQ
Saturday, September 27, 2008
LATE SEPTEMBER FVQ UPDATES
1. If you've been patiently awaiting the summer issue to arrive at your doorstep, it is now (finally!) in the mail. Expect it in the next few weeks.
2. Our tentative fall issue cover is beautiful and once again features the photography of J.J Ina Steeves (see above)
3. There is an article on the magazine in this week's issue of The Xaverian Weekly (StFX Campus Newspaper). Check it out. It's really flattering, maybe too much so, but we think that they're incredibly kind for writing about us for the second time now.
http://www.xaverianweekly.ca/ may have it available online.
4. Summer copies now have a new front cover/inside cover post-us finding out about David Foster Wallace. The reprint is what is being mailed out/is currently on sale at the Tall & Small. It pays tribute, and, we think, looks better too.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
David Foster Wallace.
We have absolutely no idea how to interpret and/or write about this, but, in short, we're deeply, deeply saddened to find out tonight (via phone call from Ontario) of David Foster Wallace's recent suicide. This is a serious loss.
For those of you who don't already know, the title "Frequent & Vigorous Quarterly" comes directly from Wallace's first novel, The Broom of the System. His influence on our magazine, our work, our minds is just indescribably huge. If you've been putting off reading his work, now's the time to do it.
What the fuck.
edit: We found this a few hours ago. It's worth taking a look at. Possibly every day.
http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html
For those of you who don't already know, the title "Frequent & Vigorous Quarterly" comes directly from Wallace's first novel, The Broom of the System. His influence on our magazine, our work, our minds is just indescribably huge. If you've been putting off reading his work, now's the time to do it.
What the fuck.
edit: We found this a few hours ago. It's worth taking a look at. Possibly every day.
http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Volume I Issue IV
So, the new issue should (should) be available in approximately one - worst case scenario, two - weeks.
To give you a small preview of what things will look like, we've included (below) a page from the magazine that provides a bit of background about the upcoming featured writers. Some of it is biographical; some if it is simply us singing their praises/giving our reasons for selecting the piece.
September's always a good month. After a summer spent in various North American cities, we're now back in Antigonish and looking forward to the usual good stuff.
NEWS
Anyone interested will be able to visit The FVQ online very, very soon at the following address:
www.thefvq.com
We're putting the finishing touches on the site i.e spending an unreasonable amount of time adjusting fonts and it is ALMOST ready to go public. Please check for it in about a week or so and tell us how much you love it.
.......................................................................................................................................................
WHO YOU WILL FIND IN THE SUMMER 2008 ISSUE OF THE FREQUENT & VIGOROUS QUARTERLY:
MITCHELL JOHNSTON is always worth reading. He’s been featured in each and every one of our issues so far and this is most certainly not by default. His short story “Reflections in the Bathroom of an Inner City Apartment” is all at once hilarious, intelligent and refreshing. Considering the question of where fiction begins and ends is always a great place to start when approaching Johnston’s work.
J.J STEINFELD has published a novel, Our Hero in the Cradle of Confederation (Pottersfield Press, 1987), as well as nine short story collections - most recently, Would You Hide Me? (Gaspereau Press, 2003). We're so, so happy to include his smart, sensitive work in the magazine. As our featured marquee author for the upcoming year, his writing is something, we think, for everyone to aspire to.
J.J INA STEEVES is new to our magazine as a writer and photographer. Her photographs are expressive and somewhat eerie. And we like this about them. “I Will Never be a Mother Again” is one of the best short poem’s we’ve received. We find it deceptively simple. Her word-play, like her photographs, is both stylized and unnerving. Most of all, the poem has a certain strength that compels the reader to listen.
JONATHON SVEC is definitely one of our hardest working contributors. His beautifully crafted short piece, “Coloured Leaves Fall” is included in this issue and explores a complicated relationship.
DANIEL O’NEILL wrote the short piece “An Admission” and we liked it immediately. It’s almost begging for expansion, but we’re still kind of drawn to the sparse quality of his few sentences. And, to be honest, we like pretty much anything that references Radiohead and does it well.
JANET THORNING is another new contributor to the FVQ. We’ve published “Rebirth”, a brief, dreamy poem rich in language and mixed metaphor. Look for more from Thorning in issues to come.
MAXX HARTT spent a lot of time in airports over the past year. His work of non-fiction, “An Insomniatic Adventure” is riffing on the common experience of mass air travel and comes to us in a timely fashion given our travel-themed summer issue. We always enjoy Maxx’s humour and his uncanny optimism.
JIM JOHNSTONE is a two-time winner of the E.J Pratt medal and prize in poetry. His first book of poetry, The Velocity of Escape is forthcoming from Guernica Editors. Johnstone also edits a literary magazine out of Toronto, Ontario (which is close to home for both of us) called Misunderstandings Magazine (www.misunderstandingsmagazine.com) His poems are wonderful - intelligent and thoughtful; we're genuinely flattered in receiving his submission.
MCKINLEY M. HELLENES wrote a story for this issue that left us both uncharacteristically speechless. So as not to spoil the fun, we'll simply say: she's a serious talent. Reading "Slow Children at Play" made one of our editors really want to re-visit her first love of writing for film. You can really see this story. Based in Mission, British Columbia, McKinley's stories & poems have appeared in Broken Pencil, Kiss Machine, Memewar, The Liar, and an assortment of other literary anthologies/magazines with names just as cool as ours.
. He is a two time winner of the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry
To give you a small preview of what things will look like, we've included (below) a page from the magazine that provides a bit of background about the upcoming featured writers. Some of it is biographical; some if it is simply us singing their praises/giving our reasons for selecting the piece.
September's always a good month. After a summer spent in various North American cities, we're now back in Antigonish and looking forward to the usual good stuff.
NEWS
Anyone interested will be able to visit The FVQ online very, very soon at the following address:
www.thefvq.com
We're putting the finishing touches on the site i.e spending an unreasonable amount of time adjusting fonts and it is ALMOST ready to go public. Please check for it in about a week or so and tell us how much you love it.
.......................................................................................................................................................
WHO YOU WILL FIND IN THE SUMMER 2008 ISSUE OF THE FREQUENT & VIGOROUS QUARTERLY:
MITCHELL JOHNSTON is always worth reading. He’s been featured in each and every one of our issues so far and this is most certainly not by default. His short story “Reflections in the Bathroom of an Inner City Apartment” is all at once hilarious, intelligent and refreshing. Considering the question of where fiction begins and ends is always a great place to start when approaching Johnston’s work.
J.J STEINFELD has published a novel, Our Hero in the Cradle of Confederation (Pottersfield Press, 1987), as well as nine short story collections - most recently, Would You Hide Me? (Gaspereau Press, 2003). We're so, so happy to include his smart, sensitive work in the magazine. As our featured marquee author for the upcoming year, his writing is something, we think, for everyone to aspire to.
J.J INA STEEVES is new to our magazine as a writer and photographer. Her photographs are expressive and somewhat eerie. And we like this about them. “I Will Never be a Mother Again” is one of the best short poem’s we’ve received. We find it deceptively simple. Her word-play, like her photographs, is both stylized and unnerving. Most of all, the poem has a certain strength that compels the reader to listen.
JONATHON SVEC is definitely one of our hardest working contributors. His beautifully crafted short piece, “Coloured Leaves Fall” is included in this issue and explores a complicated relationship.
DANIEL O’NEILL wrote the short piece “An Admission” and we liked it immediately. It’s almost begging for expansion, but we’re still kind of drawn to the sparse quality of his few sentences. And, to be honest, we like pretty much anything that references Radiohead and does it well.
JANET THORNING is another new contributor to the FVQ. We’ve published “Rebirth”, a brief, dreamy poem rich in language and mixed metaphor. Look for more from Thorning in issues to come.
MAXX HARTT spent a lot of time in airports over the past year. His work of non-fiction, “An Insomniatic Adventure” is riffing on the common experience of mass air travel and comes to us in a timely fashion given our travel-themed summer issue. We always enjoy Maxx’s humour and his uncanny optimism.
JIM JOHNSTONE is a two-time winner of the E.J Pratt medal and prize in poetry. His first book of poetry, The Velocity of Escape is forthcoming from Guernica Editors. Johnstone also edits a literary magazine out of Toronto, Ontario (which is close to home for both of us) called Misunderstandings Magazine (www.misunderstandingsmagazine.com) His poems are wonderful - intelligent and thoughtful; we're genuinely flattered in receiving his submission.
MCKINLEY M. HELLENES wrote a story for this issue that left us both uncharacteristically speechless. So as not to spoil the fun, we'll simply say: she's a serious talent. Reading "Slow Children at Play" made one of our editors really want to re-visit her first love of writing for film. You can really see this story. Based in Mission, British Columbia, McKinley's stories & poems have appeared in Broken Pencil, Kiss Machine, Memewar, The Liar, and an assortment of other literary anthologies/magazines with names just as cool as ours.
. He is a two time winner of the E. J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry
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