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Episode 3 in the Works

Get Up At Once fans, rejoice:

First of all, episode 2.5, “Sounds Like Caldera Festival” will be hitting the waves any minute now.
Here’s a taste:
Lucky Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you Ross Sutherland:

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(Download here so you can play it at my funeral.)

And just as importantly,
The inimitable Ed Dowie has set the itinerary for the recording and production of episode 3 of our award-winning radio show. Have a look by downloading HERE.
And join us, won’t you? There’s always room for one more AT SEA AT SEA AT SEA.
Thank you, Ed, for your service.

One for the Good Guys

2008 Atlantis Books alum Carina Uraiqat, now a prosecuting attorney for the fighting third district of the state of Alaska, got her first guilty verdict:

A book thief.

Go get ‘em, Carina.

Announcing Paravion’s Christmas Edition

In celebration of the 2011 winter holiday season, Paravion Press presents James Joyce’s Christmas story with specially commissioned illustrations by William Bock. This limited edition of 500 copies features a hand-set letterpress broadside and tailored wrapping paper so the book can be shared, perhaps by mail.

There is a pre-order price of $22 U.S. if you order by November 24th, in which case dispatch and confirmation are guaranteed by December 3rd.

Festival Photos

Here are a few on our facebook page. More to come.

Festival Success part 1

We are tired. We are a bit hungover. We are full. We are happy. Watch this space in the coming days and weeks for photos and audios and other festival related items.

Big thank yous to our guests: Vefa, Craig, Tzeli, Joe, Ross, Dimitris, Alexis, and Thanassis. They made it a truly wonderful weekend.

Caldera Arts & Literature Festival

If you happen to be in the neighborhood this weekend of November 4-6, stop by Atlantis Books for our grandest celebration of fine things.

The schedule of events, all of which take place at Atlantis Books, Nomikos Street, Oia:

Sunset (17:30) Friday, November 4: A Culinary exhibition and tasting by celebrity Greek chef Vefa Alexiadou
Vefa will be preparing
Fish Roe Dip
Spicy Feta Cheese Dip (Tirokafteri)
Pickled Anchovies (Gavrakia sto Xidi)
Fried Cheese Pies (Giouzlemedes)
Dried Bean Salad (Fasolia Salata)
King Prawns Saganaki (Garidew Saganaki)
Drunken Pork (Bekri Meze)
Tomato Fritters from Santorini (Domatokeftedes Santorinis)

Meet Vefa

Evening Friday (November 4): Festival Detours and Aunt Iris’ Memoirs Productions presents a Super 8 Cinema Showcase
with local Greek musicians accompanying the silent films.

Saturday 12:00, high noon (November 5): Chef Vefa prepares us brunch.

Saturday 14:00: A photography field trip around the island led by
Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, who made our bookstore’s favorite photo book: 39 Coffee Houses and a Barbershop
and our beloved Nikos Rigopoulos.
Meets at the bookshop and goes who-knows-where from there.

Sunset Saturday (17:30) Wine, Tzatziki and Readings
Food by Lotza Restaurant
Wine by Domaine Sigalas
Readings by Ross Sutherland, Joe Dunthorne, Dimitris Sotakis, Alexis Stamatis, and Thanassis Heimonas
and Local Greeks playing ambient music

Post-Sunset
Launch party for Issue 21 of Penguin UK’s Five Dials Literary Magazine
Featuring more live music, food, video, firebowls and revelry;
a Postcards from Atlantis creation by Harriet Lye of Her Royal Majesty and Rosa Rankin-Gee of A Tale of Three Cities;
displays by Books Ex Machina of Nicosia, Cyprus;
projections by photographers Tzeli and Nikos,
and more revelry still.

Sunday 12:00, high noon:
Tea and Readings with our five authors above and more special guests.

Throughout the weekend: Photographs and Paintings on Display by Zalina Khestanova Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, Thodoris Tzalavras and Nikos Rigopoulos

Join us!

Special thanks to:
Fanari Villas
Museum Hotel
Domaine Sigalas
Municipality of Thera
and of course,
Memoirs Productions, a company that produces video biographies and ethical wills for individuals, corporations and Family Foundations to bring people closer together with shared heritage through preserving their stories. www.MemoirsProductions.com

Καλντέρα

Φεστιβάλ Τεχνών και Λογοτεχνίας

4-6 Νοεμβρίου 2011

Οία, Σαντορίνη, Ελλάδα

Τρεις μέρες γραμμάτων, μαγειρικής, ταινιών, φωτογραφίας, ζωγραφικής, μουσικής και κρασιού στο ηφαιστιογενές τοπίο της Σαντορίνης

Διοργάνωση: Βιβλιοπωλείο Αντλαντίδα

Παρουσίαση του καινούργιου τεύχους του περιοδικού FiveDials της Penguin

Αναγνώσεις από Έλληνες συγγραφείς και συγγραφείς της Penguin 

Σπέσιαλ προβολή σούπερ-8 κινηματογράφου www.festivaldetours.org

Μαγειρική έκθεση στην ταράτσα/ βεράντα του βιβλιοπωλείου

Φωτογραφικές περιηγήσεις με την φωτογράφο Τζέλη Χατζιδημητρίου

Ελληνική και ξένη ζωντανή μουσική


Get Up At Once, Episode 2: What Took Us So Long?

The long-awaited, given-up-on, and now resurrected second episode of the bookshop radio show is ready for streaming and download. 90 minutes of great music, shop news and updates, some stories about bookshop personalities, and ancillary ruminations.

Listen here…

A bit of press from the HuffPost

A look at successful indiegogo campaigns over on the Huffington Post. Video interview with our very own CW to come soon.

September is almost October

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(music by the Album Leaf, vocals by Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, assembled by DJ C Harris)


Back To School

Congratulations on your first week of school to all you teachers (and students) at Skyline High and all around the country.

May your grading be swift and your weekends restful.

 

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