Author Interview Series – Christine Miscione – Q&A + Giveaway winner!

I caught death last week and was unable to do anything but sleep.  I'm much better now and so I give you Christine Miscione's belated Q&A and giveaway winner! Lori Hayes asked Do you plan on keep writing short stories or is their a novel in the making also? For now my heart is with short fiction, but who knows what the future has in store. Congratulations Lori!  You win a signed copy of Auxiliary Skins!  Please contact me at stephanie.noel.writer(at)gmail.com to claim your prize!...

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Review Wednesday – In Falling Snow

Iris is peacefully living the end of her days in Paddington Australia with her daughter and grand-children when she receives a letter from the past.  Her friend Violet, to whom she hasn't spoken in decades, is inviting her to Royaumont, France, to commemorate the old abbeye they turned into a hospital during WWI.  From this moment, we take an erratic trip to the past, voyagaging through Iris's failing memory. In Falling Snow is the first international publication of Australian best-seller Mary Rose MacColl and what a novel it...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Yestreen

Last week, we added the word xanthic to your inner hipster chromatic vocabulary.  Today, we learn an underground word to talk about yesterday. YESTREEN n. - the night before Jill, I told you yestreen!  I will not go to the organic festival if Max is going. Your turn!  Leave your sentence in the comment section. Source: Luciferous logolepsy...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Xanthic

I see you got some pills prescribed for that witzelsucht of yours.  Good!  This week a very useful word to discuss hipster fashion.  XANTHIC adj. - yellow in color Camille's new xanthic scarve is soooo good for her complexion! Your turn!  Leave your sentence in the comment section.  Source: Luciferous logole...

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Author Interview Series – Christine Miscione

Today ATUA is proud to host Canadian author Chrisine Miscione.  Her first book, a collection of short stories titled Auxiliary Skins, was realeased in August 2013 and has been extremely well received.  I met Christine at a book launch for Norm Sibum's The Traymore Rooms and immediately connected with her.  On top of being an accomplished writer, she's one of the sweetest persons I've ever met.  A real inspiration! Information about the giveaway will follow the interview. Your first book, Auxiliary Skins, just came out...

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Review Wednesday – Breaking the Mold: Confessions of a Hippie ex-Pastor

Meet Charles McGarry, an ex-pastor with very interesting world views (hence the "ex"!),  In his short essay – a mere 50 pages or so – he shares with the reader everything he's come to discover is wrong about the Church (not to be confused with Faith!) and offers viable alternatives to make this world a better place.  The best part in all this is that The Confessions of a Hipie ex-Pastor is accessible to everyone, believer or not. I have to say that when I saw the title of the book, I was a bit put off.  I am weary of non-fiction...

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ATUA 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Are you ready for the results of the giveaway? And the winners are... *drum roll* a Rafflecopter giveaway CONGRATULATIONS! Teodora you win the red prize and RJ Blain you win the blue prize! Please contact me by email before Friday November 15 to claim your prize and give me your shipping information. Thanks to everyone who participated!  ...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Witzelsucht

Have you brought your vade mecum with you today?  This week ATUA brings you another hipster health condition.  It's so obscure, you've probably never heard of it. WITZELSUCHT n. - emotional state characterized by futile attempts at humor. I don't know what's Mandy's problem.  Her jokes are so inappropriate that you'd believe she suffers from  witselsucht! Your turn! Leave your sentences in the comment section. Source: Luciferous Logole...

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Review Wednesday – Auxiliary Skins

Auxiliary Skins, A Collection of Stories, is Canadian author Christine Miscione' first book.  However, her work has been publish in numerous literary magazines and her story "Skin, Just" – which happens to be the first story of this book –  has won the first place in the Vanderbilt/Exile Short Fiction competition in 2012. Through her stories, Miscione explores the human body from every angle.  Proper and improper bodily functions are examined and exposed without discrimination for once every judgment and social consensus is...

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ATUA's 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY!

A Truth Universally Acknowledged is 1 year old!  Hooray!  I would never been able to make it without you, my loyal readers.  And so, to show you how much I care, I am hosting a giveaway! GIVEAWAY Enter and you could win one of two prizes!  The Red Prize is Camilla Gibb's Sweetness in the Belly and a fancy pink notebook.  The Blue Prize is Veronica Roth's Divergent and a classy blue notebook.  Leave a comment to tell me which one you want and earn an extra entry!   a Rafflecopter giveaway Will...

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Hipster Word of the Week – Vade mecum

Is your inner hipster uxorious?  Well, it doesn't matter because this week we're teaching him an awesome word.  I think this one is my favourite so far. VADE MECUM n. - a favorite book carried everywhere My vade mecum?  Oh it's Steve Job's biography, of course. Your turn!  Leave your sentences in the comment section!  Source: Luciferous Logole...

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Spooky readings at Drawn & Quarterly – Launching Not your ordinary wolf girl

Mile End's Drawn in Quarterly bookstore was all prepped for Halloween last Wednesday with an impressive roster of guests ready to make the crowd shiver and tremble.  Each scarier than the previous, they prepared the avid listener for the piece de resistance of the evening, Emily Pohl-Weary's new teen novel. From left to rigth: Mike Spry, Marianne Ackerman, Adam Leith Gollner and Mary Soderstom Mike Spry opened the event with a short story called Small Crosses. Although it was cleverly peppered with humor, it also had a darker, scarier...

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