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Louise Koren
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Linguist. Editor. Avid hobbyist.
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Managing editor @talesfeathers.bsky.social with @augursociety.bsky.social
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Louise Koren @loukoren.bsky.social · Feb 28
I am so honoured to have had the opportunity to be the lead editor of this issue, and am absolutely overjoyed to see it out in the world today! I am so thankful to all the incredible creators and editors and everyone who helped create this lovely piece of art we now get to share. Just, no words 💚🥰😭💕
talesfeathers.bsky.social Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · Feb 27
Hello wonderful readers

big news today

🌟✨TALES & FEATHERS VOLUME 3 IS RELEASED!✨🌟

Get ready for fish-gyals, hellhound puppies, food, family, friendship, & more. 💖

Subscribers will find the issue in their inboxes within 24 hours, and 2 pieces are free on our site RIGHT NOW. 😍

(scroll for more 👀)
Tales & Feathers Magazine - Volume 3
Join us to explore the idea of connection. The way we can be connected to the people around us and to the worlds we live in.
augursociety.org
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talesfeathers.bsky.social
And HUGE congrats to @ennuinox.bsky.social, whose story A Recipe for Immortality (Serves 2), published in our own Volume 3, is also on the Recommended Reading List!

So well deserved. Follow the link below if you haven't read the story (or just want to read it again; we certainly do!) ✨
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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ourmankoto.bsky.social
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
kotowych.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
✨ Announcing...our FIRST NOVELLA ✨

Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.

This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.

Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
An announcement card for Augur's first novella acquisition, CREST. A mountain peak is featured in the background, with a pink gradient below. Text reads: ANNOUNCING AUGUR SOCIETY'S FIRST NOVELLA CREST by A.D. Sui After more than a decade no-contact, two former friends keep their promise from undergrad and meet up to hike the Pacific Crest Trail together. But urban legends haunt the trails; secrets hang between them; and an eerie otherside pulls at them both, threatening to keep them from ever going home. CREST weaves a story about complex friendships, love, and regret, told as an atmospheric contemporary fantasy travelogue by the Nebula-winning author of The Dragonfly Gambit (Neon Hemlock). Coming Fall 2027 Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, Queer MC For lovers of [When Marnie Was There, Love Death and Robots, Wild] as images
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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thesuiway.bsky.social
are you in Toronto or the GTA? do you like soup?

then, come out to the launch of The Iron Garden Sutra on February 28, 3p.m. at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social!

the launch will also serve as the first-ever live recording of the murmurstations podcast!

*there will be soup, book signing, and treats!
A poster for the launch of The Iron Garden Sutra, to be held at Bakka Phoenix in Toronto on February 28th at 3 p.m. EST. The poster is a dark space background with a sprinkling of stars. A.D and Sonia are pictured in black and white with yellow and purple circles behind them, respectively. There is an orange sticker with a cartoon drawing of a bowl of soup on it and a tag line of "there will be soup!". The Iron Garden Sutra book is also pictured. It has a yellow cover with black orbits on it and a black spaceship with a skull.
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
loukoren.bsky.social
Genuinely one of the best compliments is when someone thinks your nails are acrylics and asks you where you got them done
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
loukoren.bsky.social
If anyone's been hearing me talk about "the astronaut story" & how much I want everyone to read it, here it is!!! I fell in love with this piece INSTANTLY in submissions & have been talking about it nonstop since. It was such a joy to work with Stefan on this piece and everyone should GO READ IT NOW
talesfeathers.bsky.social Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · Nov 24
We've got a new T&F story for you this Monday! 👀

"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫

Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.

P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!
An image with an orange plain background. There is a graphic of an open book at the bottom of the image. In the middle is a white square. Inside of the square reads: “Mission Control will go silent. Someone will drop a cup of coffee, but no one will clean it up, no one will turn away from the live feed coming from the lunar lander. But it will all begin to fall apart when one flight controller takes off his headset, turns to everybody else and says, “She took her helmet off. How is she still alive?” in black text. Beneath it reads: "Tales and Feathers Magazine — Volume 3" then there is a link symbol beside the link: https://augursociety.org/after-the-astronaut-and-the-north-star-kiss/
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜‍♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!

🔗 Link in bio!

More details below 👀⬇️
An illustration with a purple overlay of decaying purple and yellow tree branches that lead down to an opening. There are white birds flying around and on one of the yellow-purple branches are three people walking. In the top and bottom corners are purple branches and yellow leaves. At the top of the image reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Observer Effect by Morgan Cross. Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King. Flame Weeding by Colleen Coco Collins. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk. Bonds of the Forest by Ally R Colthoff . Blueberry by Jade Riordan. On Fields of Purple Grass by Ian Li. Tapetum Lucidum by U.M. Agoawike. The Great Divide by Meryem Yildiz. Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.” At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
loukoren.bsky.social
Yall ever read a book and just gone. Hm. If any single person who knows me well reads this they will instantly know who my favourite minor character is huh
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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vincentisvintage.bsky.social
✨PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
At long last, my Great Gatsby retelling - a psychological thriller/drama graphic novel filled with vintage glamour - is getting published! #GreatGatsbyIIE
Drawing of Daisy in a white peacock dress in the hands of Gatsby. Publishing synopsis reads “ In which Nick Carraway develops a parasocial codependency with Gatsby—an aspiring couturier with a fabricated identity— until control shifts within New York’s criminal underworld and a deadly, reignited obsession with a former starlet shakes Gatsby’s grip on reality, thus threatening Nick’s ideal American muse”
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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smallpressalmanac.bsky.social
this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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ottawasmallpress.bsky.social
less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:      the ottawa     small press     book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
loukoren.bsky.social
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FIRST SNOW FIRST SNOW FIRST SNOW FIRST SNOW FIRST SNOW
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November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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poojajoshi.bsky.social
So excited to share this story with the world! And @augursociety.bsky.social is a dream publication - I’m so honored to be among the amazing authors in this issue!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Oct 30
We've got TWO samples available right now!

✒️ “Four Elements of the Affair” by Britt Gillman, a betrayal told through the natural world
✒️ “Mother Tongue” by @poojajoshi.bsky.social, about two tongues across generations

READ NOW 👉 augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. In between the sparkles reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Four Elements of the Affair by Britt Gillman. Unrepeat: an incantation by Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal. What’s Mine by Lulu Kadhim. Mother Tree’s Idols by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga. Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers by A.J. Van Belle. For Godzilla by Qurat Dar. The Thunder Boy by Cathy Smith. Mother Tongue by Pooja Joshi. Detritivore by Binoy Zuzarte. Of Blood and Pomegranates by Saad Omar Khan. Red Cliff by Eva Haas. The Event Horizon of Honey by Braydon Beaulieu. At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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litgalz.bsky.social
It's my first time leading editing. The process was so eye-opening and amazing. I won't restate the editor's note but yall. Yall...I am so proud of each and every one of these stories and the authors who wrote them.

Come meet some new reads.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

🧵
An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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jscoble.bsky.social
It was great to meet or reconnect with @loukoren.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social @rebecca-b.bsky.social @angrykem.bsky.social Nathan Caro Fréchette @ayshaufarah.bsky.social KM Greyburn and @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social at CanCon 2025 last weekend.

Great to interact with such cool folks!
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social
Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now!

Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.
[Image description: The book cover of AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES is centered against a vibrant purple background with bees decorating the corners of the image. At the top, turquoise text reads “OUT NOW WITH HOUSE OF ANANSI.”]
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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bmwillows.bsky.social
#CanCon2025 photo dump!! What a wonderful experience full of long-awaited in-person meetings, new connections, entertaining/enlightening panels, and lots of laughs (also a fair bit of nerves being a first-time volunteer, but hey, I did the thing and it turned out alright 👌)
A photo of my hand holding my name tag, which has a purple volunteer ribbon and a multicolored "first time attendee" ribbon Me with Louise Koren!! Me with Erin Rockfort!! Me with Claudie Arsenault!!
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ourmankoto.bsky.social
RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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talesfeathers.bsky.social
New T&F story is NOW LIVE!

Check out “The Last Chance Locksmith” by @niallspain.bsky.social! ☕🔥

Settle in for a cozy fantasy story about an artificer, her coffee, and the unfortunate adventures that keep rocking her bunker!

Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.
An image with an orange plain background. There is a graphic of an open book at the bottom of the image. In the middle is a white square. Inside of the square reads: “A shockwave rippled through the bunker. Unfortunately, this knocked one of Heather’s romance novels off her shelf and onto the thick carpet below. Even worse, it woke her a whole thirty-seven minutes early. The rumbling faded fast—the clinking of glass beakers from her lab stilling soon after—but there was no chance she’d fall back asleep now.” in black text. Beneath it reads: "Tales and Feathers Magazine — Volume 3" then there is a link symbol beside the link: https://augursociety.org/the-last-chance-locksmith/
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
loukoren.bsky.social
Did I buy too many books at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend? Yes, of course, as always.

Did I also very kindly get lent a book to read? Also yes.

Did I get home and immediately start rereading a book I've already read several times? ...well, I shan't say
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
loukoren.bsky.social
I had a fantastic time at CanCon on my very first panel with @andregeleynse.com and @rebecca-b.bsky.social! Yall made it easy and I had an absolute blast! ✨️
andregeleynse.com André Geleynse @andregeleynse.com · Oct 20
Huge shout-outs to fellow panelists @loukoren.bsky.social and @rebecca-b.bsky.social for a great panel on (sustainably) running a magazine.

Also to @moniqueac.bsky.social and @ympang.bsky.social for such a fun talk about submitting short fiction. Could've talked with you all for hours!
Photo of three people at a table at Can*Con. From left to right: Louise Koren, Rebecca Bennett, and myself (André Geleynse) Photo of three people standing at a table at Can*Con. From left to right: Monique Cuillerier, Y.M. Pang, and myself (André Geleynse)
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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straith.ca
The Brookstreet Hotel May Have Been Constructed Over a Hellmouth: a post-#CanCon2025 event report

(1) frequently very nice, but sometimes also unsettling wall art in both the corridors and the rooms

my bathroom had art like a little praying guy being flushed down the toilet!
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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mariebilodeau.bsky.social
I don’t quite know how to capture my feelings about #CanCon2025. Gratitude, joy, relief, hope, fatigue, glitter(!), love, the magnitude of something freed from the past and sparkling brighter toward the future.

Thank you all for coming. For caring. For being kind. 💖💖💖

Now to sleep. 😴
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM