October 8, 2013 by augurybooks

PICS: Augury Books Parties with Phoenix Park

Last Thursday night, Augury board and friends kicked back over a few pints with the good people of Phoenix Park in New York.

Drink specials, a book sale (thank you all!), and hours of good conversation later, we were already speculating about turning this into a fine, lasting tradition.

Thanks to everyone (esp. David Joel Friedman, Viv for her Shriners fez and Phrenology bust, and Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography for the wonderful pics) for joining the party, lifting a beverage, and building your book collection. Won’t be long until we have two more to add to it ….

—Augury Books

February 28, 2013 by augurybooks

PHOTOS: Launch Party Loveliness

Thanks to all of you who made Augury Books’ launch party on Monday night a huge success. Here are a few highlights from the wonderful readings offered by Maureen Alsop, author of Mantic, and David Joel Friedman, author of Soldier Quick with Rain and the winner of our 2012 Editors Prize. Thanks also to Mark Connell and Botanica Bar, and our fabulous photographer, Dave Bledsoe of FreeVerse Photography. To order the new titles by Alsop and Friedman, click here.

: Maureen Alsop shares poems from ‘Mantic’

: David Joel Friedman reads from ‘Soldier Quick with Rain’

: Geoffrey Nutter greets pal David Friedman

: Our board and new authors (L-R): Matt Cunha, Kate Angus, Kimberly Steele, Maureen Alsop, David Joel Friedman

: Editors Kimberly Steele (L) and Kate Angus (R) with ‘Family of Many Enzos’ Author Paige Lipari (C)

February 2, 2013 by augurybooks

Save the Date: Feb 25th Launch Party for Books by David Joel Friedman and Maureen Alsop

We know how much you love poems, new books, and looking forward to stuff, so we wanted you to be the first to know about our upcoming launch party on Monday, February 25, 2013. We will be celebrating (and selling!) the brand-new, hot-off-the-presses Soldier Quick with Rain by David Joel Friedman, the winner of this year’s Editor Prize, and Mantic by Maureen Alsop.

We promise poetry readings, drink specials, friendly faces, handshakes, hugs and … did we mention NEW BOOKS? … all in the cozy back room of Botanica Bar on Houston Street in Manhattan at 6:30 p.m. You can RSVP to our Facebook invitation.

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We would also like to extend another mammoth and monolithic thank you to anyone and everyone who supported these books and other upcoming Augury endeavors during our Indiegogo campaign, be it with donations, word-of-mouth, moral support or good vibes. You are dazzling and darling individuals.

To pre-order Soldier Quick with Rain and Mantic, click here. RSVP to our book launch party on Facebook here.