Hipster Word of the Week – Querimony

I see some of you are newfound pageists... Good for you!  This week I give your inner hispter an obscure way to talk about something very common. QUERIMONY n. - a complaint I won't listen to any more of Roscoe's querimonies about Arcade Fire.  I've had enough! Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logole...

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Dreamers Interview Series – Guillaume Couture

This weeks I have the pleasure of hosting Guillaume Couture, nutritionist and owner of Equipe Nutrition/Team Nutrition.  I had the pleasure of meeting Guillaume before he launched his own company and I must say that his methods really helped me!  Information about the giveaway will follow the interview  Tell us a bit more about what you do? After working as a nutritionist for other companies for 4 years, I decided to start my own nutrition consultation business called EquipeNutrition.ca (TeamNutrition.ca.) We offer conferences...

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Review Wednesday – The Infernal Devices – Clockwork Princess

Clockwork Princess is the last volume of the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare.  If you haven't read Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince you might not want to read my review as it contains spoilers. The book opens a few months after the last events of Clockwork Prince.  We find Tessa and Jem engaged,  Will, his curse lifted, madly in love with Tessa and Gideon Lightwood living at the Institute.  The peace is immediately disturbed by Gabriel Lightwood's call for help; Benedict Lightwood, now a gigantic demonic...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Pageism

You should really go see a doctor for that ozostomia... What? Oh, no, no, nevermind.  More importantly,this week's word should please the ladies' inner hipsters. PAGEISM  n. - masochism fantasy of a man imagining himself as servant to a beautiful woman I was into pageism before it was cool.  It's not cool?  Oh. Well, I'm even more into it now. Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logolepsy...

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Review Wednesday – Second Coming

Set in New York's undergound world, Second Coming follows the tribulations of Jesus Hollywood, Cowbow Rodeo, Carolina Skye and Lola Plum.  The bigger than life characters tackle fundamental problems that have the power to change their life and who they are, forever. Shannon Noelle Long's first full-lenght is a fast paced-staccato of events that the reader can't help see as a movie in their heads.  The stories in themselves are mundane, but their treatement by the author is far from ordinary.  Through the unsual setting and...

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ATUA's Very Own

Want to join a book club but can't decide which one? ATUA has the solution for you: join them all!   Welcome to Each month, the members ATUA's book club Crashers (ABCC) will read a book selected by one of the many book clubs available online.  This is a no-obligation club, which means that you are free to skip a month or read the featured book only for pleasure without participating in the discussion.  Meetings will be held online once a month but the conversation can begin (or continue) in the ATUA facebook forum. ...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Ozostomia

Found any weird looking naevus on your body?  At ATUA we like to teach your inner hipster how to be rude to people without them knowing; this week's word is a real treat. OZOSTOMIA  n. - foul-smelling breath. Someone should tell Pearl about her ozostomia; she's almost killed my geranium. Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logolepsy ...

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Author Interview Series – Marc-André Charron + Giveaway!

Photo credit Marjorie Guindon Today I have the great pleasure of hosting a great friend of mine, Marc-André Charron.  We know each other pretty much from birth and our parents knew each other even before that.  Well for as long as I can remember, Marc-André has always written.  Well, maybe not always, but before he could write, he was the best at making up stories for our games! The giveaway information will follow the interview *** Tell us a bit more about you and about what you do. I’m a freelance actor/writer/director,...

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Review Wednesday – Caleb's Crossing

Caleb's crossing by Geraldine Brooke is the story of Caleb, the first Native American graduate of Harvard College.  Through the eyes of Bethia, daughter of the minister of Great Harbour (Martha's Vineyard,) we follow the lives of these two young souls as they struggle to reconcile diametrically opposed faiths. The tale is loosely inspired on historic events. Although Bethia is the one who initiates Caleb's crossing to the christian faith, somehow, the title doesn't match the content.  Their stories do overlaps, but the book mostly...

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Nisei Blue – An evening with Mieko Ouchi

Thanks to Ms Ouchi for her bookshelfie On September 3rd, the Playwright Workshop Montreal Studio hosted half-Japanese, half-Irish, but 100% Canadian actress, playwright and director Mieko Ouchi for an intimate reading of her award-winning play, Nisei Blue. Those who hadn't already been won over by her warm smile and friendly demeanor, were indubitably enthralled by the perfectly timed punch lines and lovable characters of her compelling story. Set in both the 1930s and the mid-eighties, Nisei Blue tells the story of two partners in the police...

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Hispster Word of the Week – Naevus

Were you able to use macilent last week?  Today we're learning a word that will allow your inner hipster to look erudite even without clothes on. NAEVUS n. - small mark on skin; birthmark; tumour of small blood vessel It's true, I've seen it; Dashiell has an apple shape naevus on his bum. Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logole...

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AIS – Announcing Marc-André Charron

Photo credit Marjorie Guindon Next week ATUA will be hosting playwright, director and actor Marc-André Charron.  You can learn more about him and his company (and prepare killer questions for the giveaway!) by checking his website www.satellitetheatre.ca.   See you next week! Previous guests Erin Grace – fiction author Jim Burke – playwrigh...

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Review Wednesday – Fragile Things

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman is a short story collection, most of which had previously been published in different literary magazines and anthologies. Judging from the small summaries of each tale in the introduction, the stories don't seem to have much in common. However, as each of them unfolds, a sense of wholeness emerges. All the characters share, to some extent, some fantastic/supernatural elements, whether in a traditional or a psychological way. They are all monsters, one way or another, trying to achieve a goal. At times,...

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Hispter Word of the Week – Macilent

So, has your inner hipster encounter many bunnies last week?  This week, an essential word for it describes one of the most important attribute of hipsters. MACILENT adj. - lean; thin Clementine is so macilent!  Do you know what diet she's following? Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section! Source: Luciferous Logole...

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