Re-reading The Farseer Trilogy: An Introduction

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On January 9, 2019

By Mado Christie Just over one and a half years ago, the final book in Robin Hobb’s epic Realm of the Elderlings series was released. I had been waiting for Assassin’s Fate to arrive for years, and I devoured it in a matter of days. I remember reading the final few hundred pages one evening […]

Best Books We Read in 2018

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On December 21, 2018

When the Augur team is not reading submissions, we read books and here is a roundup of our favourites from 2018. Get your TBR ready. Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black, the debut book by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, is one of the best contemporary short fiction collections I’ve read in a very long time. […]

5 Most Anticipated Books of 2019

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On December 19, 2018

With 2019 fast approaching, Augur scoured the internet for the most anticipated speculative fiction releases. Behold! A list of five we are excited to read in the new year. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James FICTIONRiverhead BooksFebruary 5, 2019 Ever wonder what a high fantasy book written by Jamaican Man Booker winner would look […]

Speculative Fiction On the Edge of History: An Interview with Terri Favro

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On December 12, 2018

Nuclear war, time travel and rewriting reality—Augur interviewed Terri Favro, whose debut novel, Sputnik’s Children, is as fascinating as it is engrossing. Sputnik’s Children is set in the Niagara region, wedged between the present, Cold War era, and an eerily familiar alternate version of history. Debbie, a famous comic book artist, is tasked with writing her character’s […]

An Interview with Jen Neale

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On December 7, 2018

We’re continuing our week of celebrating great authors with an interview with one of our own, Jen Neale. Her short story, “You Can Go Anywhere” featuring a crumbling, post-quake Vancouver, appeared in Issue 1.1 of Augur Magazine. Jen’s short fiction has previously appeared in a variety of magazines across Canada and abroad, including Maisonneuve, and she […]

Embracing the Gonzo Moments: An Interview with Eden Robinson

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On December 5, 2018

In case you haven’t heard of Eden Robinson (but really, where have you been), she is an award-winning Haisla and Heiltsuk author of beloved books such as Monkey Beach, Traplines, and more recently, the Trickster series—a literary urban fantasy trilogy beginning with the Giller-shortlisted Son of a Trickster. The sequel, Trickster Drift, shortlisted for the 2018 Sunburst […]

Indelicate Lady Monsters: A Review of Wayward Sisters

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On December 3, 2018

By Amy Wang I recently had the incredible pleasure of devouring the Wayward Sisters short comic anthology—a devilish tasting menu of talent from around the globe. Published by TO Comix, in their own words: “Wayward Sisters celebrates lady and non-binary monsters who are indelicate, impolite, and irrepressible.” The anthology is a perfect mix of righteous […]

Writing the Unsaid and Forgotten: An Interview with David Demchuk

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On November 28, 2018

Playwright turned author David Demchuk hit it out of the park with his debut horror novel, The Bone Mother. Published in 2017, the novel garnered a lot of praise from readers and critics alike. It was the first horror novel to be nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. More recently, The Bone Mother won the 2018 Sunburst Award […]

Saving the Future By Stealing From the Past: Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

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On November 22, 2018

Reviewed by Rhonda Dynes If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know I just ate my first grapefruit the other day. As it happens,Toronto author Kelly Robson’s debut speculative fiction novella, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, is just as delectable. It’s 2267 and Minh is an 83-year-old “post-disaster” plague baby. Minh represents a dying […]

Graphic Fiction and Cultural Inheritance: Float by Janice Liu

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On November 19, 2018

Graphic fiction occupies that elusive, in-between space in the imagination where story meets art. Often, it becomes a perfect portal into the speculative. Realism can easily slip into the surreal, via art, panel by panel. This is certainly true in “Float” by Janice Liu, which appears in Augur‘s issue 1.3. In “Float,” Essie encounters a […]