Arts coverage published in more than a dozen media in North America

ByHeather Conn

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Over three decades, I have written about arts and culture topics for at least two dozen publications. These include magazines and newspapers from coast to coast in Canada, and several in the U.S.:

The Vancouver Sun
The Edmonton Journal
The Georgia Straight
BC BookWorld
BC Parent
Canadian Geographic
Common Ground (Vancouver)
Herizons
Quill & Quire
Reel West
PhotoMedia
The Sun (North Carolina)
Sunshine Coast Life magazine
Toronto Clarion
Vancouver Parent

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