This coming Friday, March 22nd, The Warren is releasing its fourth issue. We’re celebrating with a spectacular line-up of bands: Freedom Pony, Raleigh and Hawk and Steel will grace us with their music as we dance away the night. You’ll be able to pick up a copy of the new magazine — of course, for free — with your ticket.

The event will be taking place at the Victoria Event Centre. Doors at 7:30. There will be a full bar. Tickets go on sale at Munchie Bar on Wednesday all day for $10. Last year, we sold out. So make sure to get your ticket early.

You can RSVP to the Facebook event by clicking here.
You can retrieve a poster for the event by clicking here.

Our very best,

The Warren Team.

Submissions for the 2013 Spring issue of The Warren Undergraduate Review are now officially open! Make sure to submit your work online here by February 15.

We’ve all been told that everyone has a novel inside of themselves. But we know for a fact that you have a poem buried in your notebook, a manuscript of plays or vignettes, an essay written in the margins of your favourite book,  a manifesto tucked in your breast pocket that you’ve been slaving away on for so many candlelit nights. We want to see them and drag them from their sleep. If you don’t think what you have fits the ‘model’ of The Warren, submit anyway!

Sincerely,

Editorial Staff of The Warren

The Warren Undergraduate Review is throwing its annual launch event on the 23rd of November at The Souvenir Gallery. There will be music, there will be prose, there will be wine. Grab your galoshes and party hats. You’ll want to be there, rain or shine.

It’s the start of another exciting year for The Warren, and we find ourselves both looking ahead to what the future holds and reflecting on the many paths that have led us here.

We begin by saying ‘farewell’ to the journal’s core founding members—Amelia Nezil, Liam Sarsfield, Morag St. Clair, as well as founding Fiction Editor Megan Welsh. In 2009, these beautiful people came together to establish a journal that aimed to transcend both the confines of solitary study and the divisiveness of specialization. As a result, The Warren would become more than just a journal: it leapt out into the great outdoors and animated an entire community of artists, thinkers, and writers across all disciplines. We cherish the legacy they have left behind and today we ask you to join us in carrying it forward.

Last year, in addition to publishing our third annual issue, we held two wildly successful events with fabulous readings and live music. We also initiated our very own student lecture series, which provides a space for students to talk, rant, and yawp in public. With our fourth issue on the horizon, we’re thrilled to announce the many volunteer positions available at The Warren.

We are currently seeking two executive editors, seven genre editors, and a director of submissions. We’re looking for undergraduate students with verve and self-initiative who share our passion for showcasing the brilliance of fellow students and establishing an open and vibrant creative community. For those who are curators, facilitators, and rabble-rousers at heart, there’s a place for you at The Warren. Introduce yourself; we want to meet you. Head on over to our Volunteer page to learn about the many ways you can get involved.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Executive Team

This coming Friday, March 23rd, The Warren is releasing its third issue. Instead of readings, we’ve settled on a line-up of incredible local bands: Himalayan Bear, Leisure Suit and Freak Heat Waves will be singing us through the evening. You’ll be able to pick up a copy of the new magazine — of course, for free — with your ticket.

This is The Warren’s largest show yet. For many of the founding staff, including Amelia Nezil, Liam Sarsfield, Morag St. Clair and Megan Welsh, this will be their last event before handing the magazine over to a new generation. Many alumni will be in attendance and we hope to see a band of friendly professors and graduate students.

The event will be taking place at the Victoria Event Centre. Doors at 8 o’clock. There will be a full bar. Tickets go on sale at Munchie Bar and Ditch Records on Monday at lunch for $10. 150 people have already RSVP’ed on Facebook, so we encourage you to pick up a ticket as soon as possible.

You can RSVP to the Facebook event by clicking here.
You can retrieve a poster for the event by clicking here.

Kind Regards,

The Warren Team.

RSVP on Facebook.

The Vancouver Poetry Conference of 1963 is one of the most memorable moments in British Columbia’s literary history. Organized by Warren Tallman (curator of the Tish movement and professor at UBC) and Robert Creeley, the conference brought together such canonical names as Denise Levertov, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Margaret Avison and Philip Whalen.

This Fall (October 19th to 22nd), Vancouver’s poet laureate, Brad Cran, will resurrect the conference’s name and a huge roster of Canada’s poetry icons will descend on the city for The Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference. You’ll be able to see Christian Bök, Don McKay, Steven Price, Jeramy Dodds, Chris Hutchinson, Ken Babstock, Suzanne Buffam, Evelyn Lau and a hell of a lot of other phenomenal poets.

Because we love poetry, we want you to go. We contacted Cran and managed to secure a special deal for friends of The Warren. As a subscriber, you’ll be able to grab a delegate pass for $79 — even cheaper than the low income and student rate of $99. Sign up for our newsletter and you’ll be automatically forwarded the information you need to get your pass.

You can find more information about the conference over on their website at http://v125pc.com/.

Just about everyone we know who is fanatical about poetry is going to be there. We hope you are too.

Mosaic Collective was kind enough to do an interview with us. It reads great:

The earliest I remember hearing rumor of The Warren Undergraduate Review was in the winter of 2008. It was over drinks at a christmas party so the details are hazy, but the idea of an open concept intruiged me. Foolishly I didn’t pry any further.

Three years, two issues, five books, and copious boozy boozy dance parties down the road, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the Warren went supernova, but since then, they’ve certainly become Victoria’s literary tour de force.

I caught up with founder and editor-in-chief Liam Sarsfield, as he heads into his third and final year with the journal, to talk about his experience so far. Expect a lot from this little publication. And if anyone has a copy of issue one, please let me know. Continue Reading.

Hey everyone.

We’re ready to start hiring for this year’s Warren. The deadline for job applications is going to be Monday, October 3rd. We’re looking for three Executive Editors (responsible for quality control, curation, running events, making friends) and five genre Editors (Poetry, Nonfiction, Visual Arts, Criticism, Philosophy). There’s also quite a line-up of general volunteers.

You can find more information on all of our positions over on our volunteer page. While you’re at it, you should probably join our Facebook group too.

As always, we don’t want to see your resume, or want to read a formal cover letter; we’d prefer you send us an email introducing yourself and pitching us on what you could bring to the journal.

We’re looking forward to meeting you!