An interview with Natalie Zina Walschots #Augurcon2022

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On November 17, 2022

On November 26 & 27 we’re hosting our second-ever AugurCon, our virtual celebration of speculative literatures! We’re joined by over 45 amazing guests, including authors, poets, editors, and publishing professionals, to explore the intersections of the world we know—and the ones we dare to imagine. We connected with Natalie Zina Walschots, author of Hench, who is […]

An interview with Manahil Bandukwala #AugurCon2022

Posted by Augur Blog
On November 16, 2022

On November 26 & 27 we’re hosting our second-ever AugurCon, our virtual celebration of speculative literatures! We’re joined by over 45 amazing guests, including authors, poets, editors, and publishing professionals, to explore the intersections of the world we know—and the ones we dare to imagine. We connected with Manahil Bandukwala, writer of the poetry collection MONUMENT, […]

Challenges and Curiosity: Adventures in Editing SFF

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On August 15, 2022

In case you missed it, Uncanny Magazine is hosting its Year 9 Kickstarter: To Fifty … and Beyond! Friends and editors Chimedum Ohaegbu and Monte Lin dropped by for a guest post. Together, they discuss what’s it’s like to edit one of the leading magazines in the SFF community. And, of course, our favourite question: […]

What Happens to Your Augur Magazine Submission?

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On June 25, 2022

So you log on to Moksha. You (hopefully) do all the things that fulfill the guidelines we’ve laid out. You hit that little button, and receive your Augur Magazine submission confirmation email (check for it!). But what happens next? Those of us on staff who submit work know how frustrating a mysterious submissions cycle can […]

Augur Workshops

Posted by Augur Blog
On October 13, 2021

This fall, our team is thrilled to launch Augur Workshops! Coming off the success of 2020’s AugurCon, we entered 2021 with the desire to create more valuable opportunities for the spec community. Join us on Sundays throughout Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 to learn more about: Speculative Poetry Submitting Speculative Fiction Editing Speculative Fiction Worldbuilding […]

Palestine Solidarity Statement

Posted by Augur Blog
On June 15, 2021

The Augur Magazine Literary Society stands in solidarity with Palestinians in their ongoing struggle for self-determination and freedom against systemic oppression. We support their right to justice and liberation as they fight occupation and apartheid, and we reject harmful, false “both-sides” rhetoric. As individuals living in the land colonially known as Canada, we stand against […]

Reading In a Post-Pandemic World

Posted by Augur Blog
On August 19, 2020

Hello, Augurians! We’re back with an exciting guest post from our friends at the Hugo Award–winning Uncanny Magazine. Read on for Managing Editor Chimedum Ohaegbu’s thoughts on reading about and during a pandemic. And when you’re done, check out Uncanny’s Year 7 Kickstarter. They have a great lineup of solicited contributors, such as Aliette de […]

Evoking Colour: The Importance of Writing for Racialized Women

Posted by Augur Blog
On January 29, 2020

By Maryam Gowralli As a writer motivated by how the creative process fuels poetry, and as I complete my creative-thesis application for graduate school, I recognize that once again I am that ethnic woman pursuing higher education in creative writing. Is it weird to feel displaced in one’s own body? Despite its problematic premise in […]

Transmitting the Strange: A Conversation with Lydia Kwa

Posted by Augur Blog
On January 22, 2020

Interview by Yilin Wang I first heard Lydia read at the panel “Linking Past and Present: Writing about Language and Place” at Growing Room 2017. Since then, we have shared interesting conversations over tea or online, discussing a range of topics such as writing, martial arts, and folklore. After reading her novels Oracle Bone and […]

Rereading The Summer Tree: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Posted by Augur Blog
On January 20, 2020

By Marcie McCauley It was the year we would see how right George Orwell had been: 1984. Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer” were playing on cassette. Swing Shift and Supergirl played in single-screen movie theatres. And Guy Gavriel Kay’s debut novel, The Summer Tree, beckoned readers to Fionavar. Feminists on the […]

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