Vod a way to go: Exploring Moscow’s Pancake Week
SX Magazine cover story, 2003. By Katya Holloway Pancake Week Festival is Russia’s latest attempt to attract tourists to Moscow, but will it ever become the next Mardi Gras? Katya Holloway investigates. The rusty sound of a poorly recorded Russian folk song blasted from a pair of loudspeakers as a squad of five female dancers […]
No rest for the wicked at Edinburgh’s Black Mausoleum
SX Magazine – London, U.K. Katya Holloway waited until the dark hours to step into the tomb of one of the best-documented poltergeists in history. It was an experience she will never forget. It was 11 p.m. on a moonless evening and a single torch was the only source of light guiding our small group […]
Battle of the Books: Interview with Margaret Atwood
SX Magazine cover story, London, U.K., April 2003. By Katya Holloway The Prolific Margaret Atwood spoke to fans in London to coincide with the launch of her new opera based on her novel The Handmaid’s Tale. She will soon be releasing her latest masterpiece, Oryx and Crake. Katya Holloway took notes. Ask Margaret Atwood […]
Strategic Writing and Clients
Previous international clients and projects have included the following. Clients Project 529 and the Vancouver Police Department, World’s largest bike registration company. Public relations, with international media coverage spanning Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand. Work began in 2019 when the service hit one million registered bikes. Organized major media events on two occasions at […]
Hollywood North is Back
BC Business cover story, October 2, 2006. By Katya Holloway Having recovered from its 2004 slump, Hollywood North is back, raking in over $1 billion last year. I’m standing over an operating table, looking down at a badly decomposed body. Its withered frame is sunken and appears to be melting into a pool of liquefied […]
Gifted: A profile of Frank Giustra
BC Business cover story, September 2007. By Katya Holloway Last June, Frank Giustra made an astonishing public announcement: he was donating $100 million and half of his future mining earnings to a radical global initiative to battle poverty. The event ushered in a new era of giving in B.C., one that thrives on publicity and […]