Atlantic Mags strut their stuff

Editor Gwen Smith will be the keynote speaker at the Celebration of Atlantic Canada Magazines to be held May 5 in Halifax. Smith is the former Editor-in-Chief of the late Elm Street and has now launched a new national magazine called Allergic Living. The event recognizes 75 magazines in the region, with a distribution of 7 million issues a year. Among the people telling their success stories will be Sheila-Blair Reid of Metro Guide, which produces 15 separate editions, Grant Young, publisher of the Downhomer magazine from St. John's, whose 40,000 paid circulation reaches Newfoundlanders around the world and Jim Gourlay of Dartmouth, the Co-Publisher of Saltscapes. To register for the magazine celebration call 902 425-4777 or email office@atlanticmagazines.ca