In honour of the festival kicking off today and one of my favorite film festival goers and gin lover, Richard Gustin, I am raising a rather delectable glass of Sapphire Barcelona. A very lavish and luxurious tasting gin drink, made for kicking off film festivals in exotic locals, like Yorkton, Saskatchewan. So that you too can toast the launch of the film festival, here is Merlin Griffiths and Vancouver darling, Lorraine Murphy, concocting this delectable bevie:

Photo by Robert Shaer

Lorraine Murphy, or as her fans know her, raincoaster.

Sorry about being a few days late on posting our Reading is Sexy 2010 Calendar Contest. Exhausting week. At any rate, here it is!!

Photo by Robert Shaer

So here are the deets, I am giving away a 2010 Reading is Sexy Calendar to the first person that answers all the salacious shoot questions below correctly, or in lieu of that, to the person that gets the most correct answers.  AND I am giving a second calendar away to the person whose answers make me laugh the hardest – causing laughing is sexy too. And don’t worry a donation on both of these calendars will still be going to The International Dyslexia Association, as our friends at Ahimsa Media are chipping in all the donations on the contest and promotional calendars.

The contest is open until our Launch Party and Literary Celebration on Thursday December 3rd.

To enter, just submit a comment below with your guesses.

Now what you’ve all being waiting for, the Salacious Shoot Questions:

1. Who bore it all for the camera?
2. In whose home did we discover a penis piggy (that’s a piggy bank – get your minds out of the gutter)?
3. Who took their pants off, in secret, during shooting, and laughed as the rest of us were oblivious?
4. Who asked ‘where they should put their FILTHY hands’?
5. Who wormed their way into my shot?
6. Who did I crawl into bed with (on a shoot)?
7. Whose bed did I crawl into on the aforementioned shoot?
8. On whose shoot, did we have joggers hooting and hollering at us?
9. Whose shoot went all through the night?
10. Who flashed me on their doorstep in broad daylight?
11. Whose phrase of ‘God Bless their cotton socks’ still has Rob and I smirking?
12. What was polished off whilst shooting Mr. May in the Playboy Mansion?
13. What tied up Ms October on a shoot?
14. Who else wore a frilly apron, whilst shooting, aside from yours truly?
15. Who became a voyeuristic attraction for tourists on their shoot?

Oh and I little hint, most of the answers to the aforementioned questions can be found in our various social media feeds tagged with #ReadingisSexy.  I also fully encourage the harassment of the various models, using twitter, for answers – @somisguided, @iheartgudrun, @hummingbird604, @IanAMartin, @raincoaster, @greenpieces and @monicahamburg.

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

So to read between the lines, we are promoting literacy and raising funds for The International Dyslexia Association, and hosting a little party to celebrate that and the launch of 2010 Reading is Sexy Calendar.

Party Details

Cost: Free

Local: Gudrun Wine & Cheese Bistro (150-3500 Moncton Street, Steveston, BC)

Date: Thursday December 3, 2009

Time: 7 pm until late

Festivities:

• general revelry and enjoying of Gudrun Goodies (I will buy a few plates for the room, but bring some money with you to enjoy more Gudrun Goodies and some of the yummy wines and beers)
• readings from a few of our authors (Ian Ferguson, Mark Leiren-Young, Richard Yearwood, Lorraine Murphy, Rayne … to name a few … I may even read something from my yet to be finished novel)
• calendar signings by the ‘models’ on hand (really, just because I think this would be bloody hilarious…. I’m thinking of signing in lipstick)
• auctioning of some of Robert Shaer’s photos from the shoot for charity
• …and I plan on dancing ….even if nobody else joins me

Why Gudrun? Because Patrick is in the calendar, I adore him and it’s my secret writing hideaway.

One Added Perk: If you so choose (although certainly not required), you can do a bit of your Holiday Shopping at the event as we will have the 2010 Reading is Sexy Calenders (with $4 of sales from each calendar sold at the event going to The International Association of Dyslexia) and books and CDs of some of our authors on hand.

Hope to see you there!

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

PS So I can give Patrick an idea of numbers, can you please RSVP on facebook or in the comments below. Thank you, all you sexy things!

A Behind the Scenes iShot with Mark Leiren-Young

I’ve been a little nervous to talk too much about it until I knew everything was happily at the printers and we’d seen the proofs. Well, we did see them a couple of days ago and they look great and the finished calendars will be in Van City on November 30th. So we’ve just opened up pre-sale discounts for those of you that wish to buy a calendar or 2 or 3 or 5 before November 30th. Just check out our new store, Tantalizing Treats, for orders or submit them in person(with payment) with me or one of our salacious models.

Rayne Being Goofy Behind the Scenes

So for more details on this sizzling little calendar. It is a wall calendar – 12” by 12”, 2 fold of course, and the gorgeous artwork between it’s pages have been brought to live by two terribly talented photographers, Robert Shaer (@robertshaer) and Tris Hussey (@trishussey). The cover is colour, but inside we’ve gone with classic, black and white shots. Stay tuned in the next few days for a few of their promo shots from the shoot. For now you’ll have to suffice with teases that I took during the shoots on my iphone.

Behind the Scenes of Lori Hamming it up for the Camera

Now what you’ve all been waiting for …. the models in this year’s calendar ….

• Monique Trottier – @somisguided
• Richard Yearwood
• Patrick Tubajon – @iheartgudrun
• Raul Pacheco-Vega – @hummingbird604
• Ian A Martin – @atomicfez
• Rayne
• Lorraine Murphy – @raincoaster
• Mark Leiren-Young – @greenpieces
• Monica Hamburg – @monicahamburg
• Ian Ferguson
• and me – @EmmeRogers

As for their actually poses?  Well, I could tell you, but then I wouldn’t be that much of a tease, then would I!?!

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

Haven’t heard of Crime Pays?  Well it is THE event to be at in Van City on Monday evening, March 16th.  Here are the details:

Photo by Paul

Who: The Shebeen Club and the Federation of BC Writers

What: a wicked good fundraiser for the Fed

When: Monday, March 16th, 6-9pm

Where: The Vancouver Police Museum, 240 East Cordova Street, Vancouver

Why: it would be criminal to miss this party!

Wanted: YOU!

Come help the Fed celebrate 32 years of getting away with murder. Whether infiltrating schools, divvying up swag, or distributing subversive publications, the Federation of BC Writers has been operating unchecked in our province for decades.

Do you enjoy the vicarious thrill of rubbing shoulder pads with the Lost Literati of the Wild West surrounded by all manner of murder and mayhem in the cozy confines of the police museum? Do you have what it takes to make your bones as a Fed member? There’s only one way to find out! Come out to the party and make us an offer we can’t refuse.

Admission: $20 donation includes a drink and appetizers. Click here to register. If you won’t be attending, but would like to support the Fed with a donation, click here to donate via the raincoaster media Paypal.

It’s shaping up to be quite the night with a dress code that includes trench coats and fedoras, deerstalkers and capes, jail house stripes, uniforms, Bond Villain suits or femme fatal slink wear. Am rather sad that I’m out of town and missing the night, but expecting you cats to have a grand old time without me.  I am just begging you all to please, please bid on me.  Desperately hoping to go for more than $10.

Oh and a huge thank you to Lorraine Murphy for organizing this fabulous night!

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

PS A few other sexy beasts that I also know are up for auction (so get your cheque book out and warm up your waving arm):

• Raul Pacheco, hummingbird604
• Chris Matheison of the Vancouver Police Museum
• the JuiceBox Gals, Caroline MacGillivray & Julia Saunders
• Kris Krug of Raincity & Static Photography
• April Smith of AHA Media & Fearless City
• Irwin Oostindie of W2 & Fearless City
• Jules Morgan (don’t know this person, so am trying to ascertain whether or not they come with a ‘hot’ English accent)
• Terra aka Zoeyjane