About Us

The Australian Go Journal is a magazine and blog about the ancient oriental game of Go, and the people who play it in Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of Oceania. It was inspired by the Sydney Go Journal, but has a larger crew of volunteers (or at least we’re working on it).

Posted here we have news, events, and announcements about Australasian and international go, reports from tournaments, and interesting kifu and commentary. Currently, we have placed the compiling-print-issues process on hiatus due to scheduling issues; so it’s all blog, all the time.

Behind the Journal there is a core of editorial volunteers, some columnists, and some correspondents from the outlying cities. In no particular order, they are:

  • Amelia “the Subtle” Gray (first kyu, editor-in-chief)
  • Alexander “the Great” Hanysz (third dan, contributing editor and Adelaide correspondent)
  • Horatio “the Humble” Davis (fourth kyu, technical editor and Brisbane correspondent)
  • Shamim “the Killer” Khan (eighth kyu, Melbourne University correspondent)
  • Matthew “the Unexpected” Crossman (first dan, KGS Australia Room volunteer and Joseki Of The Week columnist)
  • Mile “the one with no cool nickname” Gu (third dan, token Auckland native and Strategy Spotlight columnist)
  • David “the Bold” Bofinger (third dan, Sydney correspondent)
  • Jason “the Terrible” Mackay (third dan)

If you are interested in either posting to the blog or contributing to the Journal, have ideas for same, got an article or a kifu or a piece of news you want to throw into the pot, or want to subscribe, please contact Amelia Gray at amelia@go.org.au. She can be found at the Brisbane Go Club most Tuesday evenings and on Facebook.

Some years we have enough free time to make up print issues. The Journal’s print issues have all of the above things (suitably edited for style and coolness) plus longer articles, details of clubs and events around Oceania. These are free, and will be initially published in PDF for clubs to reprint at will. As and when the AGA or NZGS has a significant base of individual members, due consideration will be given to distributing the Journal as a printed magazine to the membership.

(Oh, and if you want to comment on any of the posts, just register as a subscriber and heave away…)