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The hard work is done, now all thats left is the voting.
And that voting could win you one of two $250 London Drug gift cards just for selecting one of the top 10 entries as your Viewers Choice favourite in the Couriers Vancouver Minute video contest.
All of the videos are surprisingly well done, entertaining to watch, only one-minute long and show our gorgeous city to great effect. A pretty enjoyable 10 minutes could win you that $250 gift card.
We had a viewing party in the Couriers editorial department last week and voted for the top 10. Choosing that select group was not easy.
So now its up to you, Courier readers. You can vote for one, several or all videos, as many times as you like but only once per session on the voting website. So come back often to ensure your favourite filmmaker wins the Vancouver Minute Viewers Choice award. Spread the word on Twitter and Facebook, using the hashtag #VancouverMinute.
The video project is an offshoot of the Courier's ongoing Vancouver Special series, a bi-weekly profile launched in January featuring 26 of the city's diverse neighbourhoods. This past Friday, July 19, we featured the West End. To complement the entire project entertainment editor Michael Kissinger has been creating short videos, including the recently completed, extremely popular Fresh Prince of Donair, to accompany each feature.
To check out the videos and to vote, visit contest.vancourier.com. Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 2.
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Beginning this week some coffee bars in Gastown and on Commercial Drive, Main Street and Broadway will be taking part in the first Polish book crossing event in Canada.
Polish books, translated into English, will be placed at coffee shops and cafes in those neighbourhoods. A book crossing is best described as the world's library, combined with a social networking site that celebrates literature and a place where books get new life. Book crossing is the act of giving a book a unique identity so, as the book is passed from reader to reader, it can be tracked to connect its participants.
The event was planned to give Vancouverites an opportunity to discover Polish literature, and, by extension, what that countrys intellectual culture has to offer. The list of books includes works created by popular Polish writers of different genres, starting with fantasy stories by Stanislaw Lem and finishing with reportages by Ryszard Kapuscinski. Every book released will be marked with a special BookCrossing label, which will include special identifying features to help track its travels by readers at bookcrossing.com.
For more information about Book Polishing visit Facebook.com/BookPolishing.
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