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Buy tickets for our Fifth Anniversary Gala in January

THE WALRUS FOUNDATION FIFTH ANNIVERSARY GALA

DATE: January 22, 2009
TIME: Cocktails at 6:30, Dinner at 7:30

PLACE: The Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District. (See Map.)

Hosted by Seamus O'Regan and Shelagh Rogers with co-publishers Shelley Ambrose and John Macfarlane, and jazz by Molly Johnson.

The night will include a unique silent auction of Secret Messages in a Bottle ? including messages from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson, Margaret Atwood, Romeo Dallaire, Douglas Coupland, Ian Rankin, Stephen King, Christopher Plummer and more.

There will also be a raffle to win a trip with Adventure Canada down the coast of Labrador with artists and writers including Alistair MacLeod, Donna Morrissey and Shelagh Rogers.

To order tickets, contact Fiona Wilson, 416-071-5004 ext. 221, or email fiona.wilson@walrusmagazine.com. Tickets are $500; and $5,000 for a table of ten (you will receive a tax receipt for maximum allowable).

The event is sponsored by Bennett Jones LLP, Barrick, Vale Inco and the TD Bank Financial Group.

For more Walrus events, see our Upcoming Events page.




December 15, 2008 13:43 EST

The Walrus wins at the Advertising
and Design Club awards

The Walrus Magazine was awarded four silver awards and thirteen merits at the Advertising and Design Club Directions awards on November 12. The silver awards were for:

• Art direction for a single spread: The Counterpart, Summer 2007


• Magazine cover: Lightness of Being (The Queen) by Chris Levine, December 07


• Illustration: Parallel Universe by Graham Roumieu, July/Aug 2007


• Illustration: Tunneling Through Time, Illustation by Chris Lee, Text by Jeremy Keehn, September 2007

For more information, see, the Advertising and Design Club website.

November 13, 2008 11:41 EST

The Walrus’s fifth anniversary party in Calgary

The Walrus had its fifth anniversary party at the Theatre Calgary, Epcor Centre, on October 27. Here are some photos from the event:

Above: poet Christian Bok, writer Aritha van Herk, and Michael Green

Above: Aritha van Herk

Above: Christian Bok with Aritha Van Herk

For more, read these articles from the Calgary Herald:

"Brain food on the menu at night out with Walrus"
"Bladerunner"
October 31, 2008 11:27 EST

The Walrus is in Calgary on Oct 27!
Last chance to book tickets now!

The Walrus is Coming to Calgary

Calgary, October 27, 2008, 7:00pm

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

This year is the fifth anniversary of The Walrus, and we're celebrating by taking the magazine off the page and putting it on the stage at Theatre Calgary, in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts.

A fundraiser for the Walrus Foundation, the evening will offer a unique blend of conversation, readings and music. Hosted by author and former Calgary Herald columnist Catherine Ford, it will feature performances by six-time JUNO Award winner Colin James, as well as a provocative discussion between University of Calgary professor Aritha van Herk and Walrus writer Chris Wood about monetizing clean water and the global green shift, and readings by Jaspreet Singh and other Walrus authors.

Your ticket includes great food and drink at the pre- and post-event receptions, which will boast goodie bags and a very special silent auction.

Show your support for The Walrus by joining us for this unique event. Tickets are just $125, and tax receipts are available from the Walrus Foundation.

Buy your tickets today at Ticketmaster.ca or by phoning 403-777-0000.

Presented with the generous support of RBC, Enbridge, the Calgary Herald, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Pilsner Urquell, Pages Bookstore and Bullfrog Power.

(Please note, the ticket competition is now closed. Thanks to all entrants, and congratulations to the winners.)

September 08, 2008 91:43 EST

New Walrus Art Director

The Walrus Foundation board of directors, co-publisher/executive director Shelley Ambrose and co-publisher/editor John Macfarlane are pleased to announce today that Brian Morgan has joined The Walrus as Art Director.

Mr. Morgan is moving from Maclean's where he has worked since 2006, most recently as Deputy Art Director. He worked in the art department at The Walrus from 2004-2006.

Mr. Morgan has also been part of design teams at The Globe and Mail, CanWest Media and a score of design houses. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design.

"We are thrilled Brian is returning," says Macfarlane. "It's been my privilege over the years to work with some exceptionally talented art directors, and I think Brian is in their league. I'm confident he'll make The Walrus not just the most beautiful magazine in Canada but one of the most beautiful magazines in the world."

"I am looking forward to working with John Macfarlane and returning to The Walrus," says Brian Morgan. "From an art point-of-view [former Art Director] Antonio De Luca has shaped an amazing book and I hope that I can build on, and add to, the truly great work he and his colleagues have done."


August 13, 2008 13:11 EST

Arctic Expedition: September

Visit walrusmagazine.com/arctic for more.


July 23, 2008 14:57 EST