BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly

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Call for Soundworks: Sound Pieces on the Theme of Air, Wildfire, Water

10-08-2026

This Soundworks call for submissions invites sound and text pieces that explore the conditions of air, wildfire and water in relation to the lands of so-called British Columbia.

Deadline: 15 October 2026 Read more about Call for Soundworks: Sound Pieces on the Theme of Air, Wildfire, Water

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No. 229 (2026): Spring

$Formline designs and painterly imagery using stencils and colourful spray paint. The otter is featured in this painting over and over from different viewpoints. You can see an otter head, a full otter body, eyes, and the skull, all fractured and then merged abstractly as if it were a street wall with multiple layers of graffiti$

Featuring cover artwork by Chantelle Trainor-Matties; ARTICLES by Adele Perry, Grant W. Grams, Frank Leonard, Chris Madsen, and Rheanne Krochinsky and John Richard Wagner; SOUNDWORKS by Julie Andreyev, Julian Evans, Hildegard Westerkamp, and Toni-Leah C. Yake.

The issue will be open access 2027-06-17

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ISSN 0005-2949 (Print)
ISSN 2819-5582 (Online)

Published: 30-06-2026

The Front

Artist Statement

Chantelle Trainor-Matties

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Soundworks

Listening in Relation Soundscapes from the Listening Room

Julie Andreyev, Hildegard Westerkamp, Julian Evans, Toni-Leah Yake

135-141
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Reviews, Bibliography of BC, and Contributors

Exhibition, Film, and New Media Reviews

143-145
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Book Reviews

147-155
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Bibliography of BC

159-165
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Contributors

167-168
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