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Winnipeg, Canada is known for a lot of things. A hand full of stereotypes. Many of them false. But, even a local news reporter admitted that the man-eating mosquitoes and harsh winters that make polar bears want to stay inside are real. Hey, if it's on the news it must be real right? Like seriously, who reports fake news? Oh...Where were we?  AURi discovered another reality of Winnipeg: young adult fantasy writer, C.E Dimond .  Thanks to her short bio and the FAQ on her website  we know that she's been writing since Grade 6 and that she's obsessed with revising everything that she writes. We also know that she's of Irish decent, but even without alcohol she admits that she often suffers from constipation of the brain and diarrhea of the mouth. (She's not alone.) This should be so much f un: AR: Our translator is not in the office today so please bear with us. (just kidding) But, since you're Canadian, explain what the following phrases mean to you: boo...

Some of the most respected artists of every genre of art are the ones that seem to break down boundaries and blur the lines of what is " normal ". Christina Barker is one of those artists. The Canadian writer dabbles in  poetry, short fiction, plays and screenplays and cites her works as being " shaped by spoken word and slam poetry, feminist texts, political satire and some good old Irish Catholic guilt . " She's releasing her first chapbook of poetry in Fall 2017 entitled Receipt Paper Poetry , but it's what she does outside of the literary world that impresses AURi : AR: The title of your blog, " Ink &Scratches ", is unique. What does it mean to you? CB: It has multiple meanings for me. “Ink” of course relates to writing, to language and being an instrument of the written word. “Scratches” comes from what I find myself doing often when writing. We scratch out what we don’t like, what doesn’t come out on paper how we feel it in...