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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...

At first glace, you might mistaken Becky Wright  for the lovechild of John Astin and Caroyln Jones (actors from The Addams Family). AURi is here to dispel those rumors. However this Sudbury, England native is no stranger to creepy and uncanny.  “I was raised in a house of great imagination, being surrounded by books and storytelling. My mother was always reading, having a novel mid-chapter, with a library in our spare room; it’s now apparent she preferred fictional guests. My father was a great weaver of tales, giving life to characters from his youth and travels, whether true or not I savoured those stories, nurturing my imagination.”  - (excerpt from beckywrightauthor.com) As if lions, tigers, and bears are not interesting enough, the paranormal and the unexplained is what piqued Becky's interest. Perfecting her craft across many mediums of publication, the supernatural and historical fantasy writer eventually relaunched the first part of The Legacy Trilogy: Remem...

With a name like Ellen Read , you would say this author from Townsville, Queensland, Australia was destined to be a writer...either that or a bookworm. In either case, none of that would indicate that she would have a love for photography; let alone be AMAZING at it!  AURi noticed her by chance as part of a tight-knit community on Instagram that she calls her "Insta-family". She features fellow writers in her "Insta-family" on her blog because, " with nearly every one of them, I have been a guest on their blog. It’s a case of authors supporting authors...We’ve become friends. We chat every day. We share interests other than writing. So I know them very well." Ellen Read fits the AURi brand because we also strive to discover, read, support, connect, and promote fellow artists. Enough about us, here's more Ellen.    AR: Explain to us what "Author Hop" is and how it came about. ER: Anna B Madrise, one of my Insta-family, c...

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...

(images from juliablakeauthor.co.uk) A wise woman once asked at the conception of AURi ,  "What does the ' i ' stand for?" Well when it comes to Julia Blake , it stands for international . Bury St. Edmunds is best known for it gardens, breweries, and it's sacred religious/historic sites. But perhaps we added an author to the top 10.   In her own words, Julia Blake fell in love with writing " a s soon as I was old enough to pick up a pencil.  I have always written short stories, poems, essays, school plays, silly verses to go into friend's birthday cards, before maturing enough to attempt a novel. "   Blake cites a painful divorce as the catalyst responsible for the transformation from book lover to author. So, AURi caught up with the busy author in the midst of her upcoming release,  Becoming Lili,  to find out more about one of England's best kept secrets:  AR: We couldn't help but notice that you draw from real life exper...