The Feb/Mar 2017 issue of Canada’s History is scheduled to hit newsstands on January 23rd, 2017.

Art Director James Gillespie delivered a stunning cover, featuring an iconic portrait of Sitting Bull, presented with a twist.

The warm gold backdrop provides a great contrast for the black and white photograph.  The vibrant turquoise color choice for the main sell line adds some pop to the bold type treatment.

Editor Mark Reid says:  “In this issue, we feature a story on one of the most famous — and most photographed — Indigenous leaders of the nine-teenth century: Sitting Bull.

The Lakota Sioux war chief famously defeated American Lieutenant-Colonel George Custer’s 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The conflict was a seminal moment in American history — but it was a crucial moment in Canadian history, too.

After the fight, Sitting Bull and his followers sought refuge in Canada, igniting an intense debate between Canada and the United States over border sovereignty and transborder Indigenous rights.

In selecting our cover image, as well as the interior feature photos, we needed to consider the troubling legacy of nineteenth century photography of Indigenous peoples. Since the photos were taken by non-Indigenous photographers, the images sometimes do not reflect the reality of the Indigenous experience during the late-nineteenth century.

For Canada’s History, these primary source materials offer valuable insights into the history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations. But they need to be treated with sensitivity, and presented in the context of the era in which they were taken.

Hopefully, this cover image, and this story, will encourage further dialogue about Indigenous rights and foster greater understanding among all Canadians.”
 

The Winter 2016/2017 issue of Atlantic Books Today is noteworthy. It has the fun and sophisticated feel of a New Yorker cover.

Here’s a blurb from the cover artist, Emma Fitzgerald, who is the author of Hand Drawn Halifax, a bestselling book and now a colouring book too: “I was inspired by a phrase my Dad says on a stormy day: ‘It is a day for a book in the bed.’ Taking it one step further and bringing it into the bath was not too far of a stretch. Encapsulating so many of the fantastic books being made in Atlantic Canada, in an image that also speaks to our experience of hibernating during winter, was a fun challenge. Those winters may very well be why we have so many great writers, and great readers.”

Editor Chris Benjamin says: ” From the editor’s end, the challenge was to blend Emma’s blissful image into a new brand that said we’re for people who really, really love Atlantic Canadian books, and take them seriously. With suggestions from our cover consultant, our designer, Joseph Meuse, did a fabulous job taking a whimsical, half-coloured illustration (which corresponded to the lead story of adult colouring books) and turning into an overall serious cover that shouted out our top stories in a simple, clear and very modern cover concept. We’re very pleased with the outcome and so far our readers seem to be too.”

The Jan/Feb 2017 issue of Canadian Real Estate Wealth is scheduled to hit newsstands on December 5th, 2016.

The FORECAST issue is a regularly scheduled cover feature, that is typically its best-selling issue every year. Art Director Ali Salvati has created another “hard-to-miss” cover, with a clean white background and a bold type treatment.

The 2016 Forecast issue sold extremely well, with sales up 28% from prior year! The magazine retails for $7.99.