Dreamers Interview Series – Turlough Myers: Answers and Giveaway winner

Today I have the pleasure to announce the winner of dreamer Turlough Myers's giveaway.  If you missed the interview, you can read it here.  But first, let's see the answers to your questions! Mike asked Is dancing ability nature or nurture? Good question, It’s both. As well as dedication. Certainly it takes some natural talent to ever be really good at dancing, but talent without the proper instruction and mentorship can lead to two horrible things, the first is simply terrible dancing, people will teach themselves to move in ways...

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Review Wednesday – The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook. If you were to visit Elizabethan England, where would you sleep?  What would you eat?  Would you know how to be polite?  How would you communicate with the locals?  Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England answers all these questions and many more. I'm a big history geek.  I love learning about the past customs and practices of bygone times.  I find it fascinating to see that, despite the centuries separating us, people living...

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The ATUA Shelfie Project – Showing our love of books to the world

Take out your smart phones and cameras people, we are going on an adventure!   But before we do, tell me what these pictures all have in common. Aside from having gorgeous models (thank you to my wonderful volunteers, Michele, Erin, Turlough and Gen,) these are all selfies.  But not of the regular kind.  They are selfies taken in front of bookshelves.  They are... ~ ~ ~ BOOKSHELFIES ~ ~ ~ I wish I had coined this but apparently it's a very trendy thing on Tumblr right now.  You can see the blog...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Lagotic

So, has keranaucopia helped you with the lottery numbers?  This week I provide your inner hispter with a way to insult people. LAGOTIC adj. - having rabbitlike ears  Audrey?  Oh you mean the lagotic woman over there?  Yes, I know her. Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logolepsy...

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ATUA'S 100 LIKES GIVEAWAY WINNER

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway!  This has been the biggest one so far! So without further ado, here is the name of the winner!  a Rafflecopter giveaway Congratulation David!  Please send me an email (scbecauseican@gmail.com) to give me your address! Once again, thank you all! Pssst!  Look forward to the 1 year anniversary giveaway, it's going to be gre...

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Dreamers Interview Series – Turlough Myers

Meet Turlough Myers, a dance instructor at Cat's Corner.  Although I did attend some classes at the studio (where I met Christine, our previous guest in this series,) this isn't where he and I met.  We actually have Doctor Who to thank for our friendship as we met through this common interest. So, without further ado, Allons-y! The details of the giveaway will follow the interview. Tell us a bit more about what you do? ...is a question I occasionally ask myself. I teach Swing dancing at a studio called Cat’s Corner, specifically...

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Review Wednesday – The Marlowe Papers

On May 30th, 1593, Christopher Marlowe – celebrated young playwright, spy, fickle lover and declared atheist – was killed in a tavern brawl. Or was he? In this mesmerising novel, he reveals that in truth, he was smuggled across the Channel into lonely exile where he continued to write.  And the pseudonym he chose to hide behind was 'William Shakespeare'... The idea that Shakespeare was, in fact, a front for another (or a group of) author is not new;  the first manifestations of the concept dates back to the 19th century. ...

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Dreamers Interview Series – Announcing Turlough Myers

Running parallel to the Author Interview Series, the Dreamers Interview Series introduces people who have decided to follow their dreams and have created (or are still in the process of creating) a life out of their passion.  They are a source of inspiration and we can learn much from them, regardless of our craft. This week, I have the pleasure of hosting Turlough Myers, a swing dance instructor at Cat's corner, who left his little Ontario village to make his dream come true in Montreal.  Turlough will be offering great prizes...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Keraunoscopia

Is jugulate now part of your inner hipster's vocabulary?  This week I bring your hipster another way to hariolate!  KERAUNOSCOPIA   n. - fortune telling by thunderJuan says he can predict when the next apple product will be out by using keraunoscopia.Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section!     Source: Luciferous Logolep...

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100 FACEBOOK LIKES GIVEAWAY

Image source To show my appreciation to my loyal and my new facebook followers, and also to celebrate my 100th like on the ATUA facebook page, I have decided to throw a giveaway. Yay!!! The prize? A 20$ gift certificate from Amazon. To enter simply click the link below.  ATUA's 100 FACEBOOK LIKES GIVEAWAY You have until Friday August 23rd to enter. Good luck to everyone!&nbs...

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Author Interview Series – Jim Burke– Answer and Giveaway Winner!

Today (after much delay), I'm happy to announce the winner of the author Jim Burke's giveaway.  If you missed the interview, you can read it here.  Once again, I would like to thank Mr. Burke for taking the time to participate. David asked Mr. Burke, I was just wondering if you ever got the itch to direct one of your plays and/or would you, given the chance, consider adapting one of your plays for the big or small screens a la David Mamet? Thanks for your question. I've directed some of my plays in the past, usually down to necessity...

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Literary Paradise

@Jane Austen Center in Bath I am sadly finally back from the UK.  I had an amazing time and those 30 days went by way too fast.  I didn't lose any time and caught a cold as soon as I got home (because, you know, everyone has a cold right now and I don't want to be left out.)   Unlike what I thought, I wasn't able to keep up with the blog. That doesn't mean I will not get ATUA back on track now that I'm back. What you can expect in the months to come: More hipster words More interviews and giveaways More reviews More...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Jugulate

I'm bet you didn't know that there was a verb such as immerd.  I would like to use it in a conversation; explaning it could be funny.  This week's word is less juvenile and a bit darker. JUGULATE v. - to check or suppress by extreme measures; or to cut the throat of Did you hear how the government intends to jugulate the uprising? Ghastly! Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logolep...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Immerd

Did your inner hipster learn to hariolate?  Did he guess this week's word?  Here it is, just in case he didn't. IMMERD v. - to cover with excrement If you don't stop taunting me, I swear, I will literally immerd your flat! Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Image source Source: Luciferous Logolep...

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