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The British Fantasy Society
A Community for those who love Magical Creatures, Monsters and the Fantastic!
What do we do here?
Community
We connect fantasy readers, writers, industry professionals. We offer many opportunities to gather, both in-person and online to share the love of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction writing!
Celebrate
Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Awards help our community enjoy, connect, network and get recognition. Join us for our annual events, or find out about past awards.
Support
Helping writers, publishers, agents, and fans (and anyone else interested in SFFH). Advice, moral support, ways to increase their reach and knowledge.
Promotion
We offer members fantastic opportunities and save on marketing campaigns. We also offer a publisher membership!
Publication
BFS Horizons magazine and BFS Journal are just two of the ways our members and others can find opportunities to get their writing out there!
Inform
Members receive exclusive news via our newsletter and Discord, and non-members get access to our blogs and social media too.
Find out more by using our main menu’s About or Get in Touch options, or see it all at a glance with our sitemap
Latest news on our blog
“Every Writer, a Writer”
Reflecting on the release of her third Alyssia novel, Storm Tree, Michigan author E.D.E. Bell shares eir thoughts about writing at its core.
Meet Dave Jeffery
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, we celebrate the man who celebrates others: Dave Jeffery, a former mental health nurse turned king of dystopia, who’ll be…
Reviews: All About The Book-Tempting?
Matt Cavanagh– better known to most as Womble from Run Along the Shelves – tells us about the other side of the book fence: what’s it like being a reviewer? Lauren has asked me if I could talk about how I approach reviewing and that…
Latest reviews
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
The main protagonist in this book is Fox D’Mora – Death’s godson. Yes, godson to Death – chap with a big sickle, white horse, hangs around with dead people. Also, apparently has a bit of a penchant for a game that he runs for the…
Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
Sorcery and Small Magics is a wonderfully fun book. It is the first in a trilogy set in the fictional world of Miendor, where wizardry exists, as do monsters. The world is governed by ‘The Coterie’, a group of specialised wizards, whose aim is to…
The House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron
Deliciously dark, bold, and vivid, The House of Frost and Feathers is an imaginative tale of hope, fear, obsession, and found family; filled with stunning imagery and beautiful prose. Marisha seeks to escape a life of misery and find her independence. But the infamous and…