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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
Meet Otto Redman
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 has us diving into the weird world of Otto Redman: a horror and occult writer who’s partial to Morris Dancing.
Why I Love Buffy – Even Though She’s Not Black!
Connection. Disconnection. Reconnection. These are themes that run through all of us. Yes, representation matters – but it’s not the only thing that matters, writes Sarah Elliott.
Planning a Series: Notes from a Fantasycon Panel
Andrew Knighton was furiously scribbling notes during Fantasycon sessions; here, he shares insights from the Planning a Series panel.
Latest reviews
Thunder City by Philip Reeve
I’m delighted that Philip Reeve has produced another MORTAL ENGINES novel. This one is perhaps even better than the four preceding it. It introduces us to a new set of characters. While it’s multiply plotted, the central teen is Tamzin Pook. She is black and…
Seaborn by Michael Livingston
When she was young, Bela became Belakané, Hero of the Harbour. The windborn had come with flying ships and fire, and it was Bela who saved three of their own ships. From that, her legacy was born. Four years later, Bela is still unsalted, though…
Les Vacances by Phil Sloman
Elizabeth and Frank have a familiar life. They have lived in the same house for their whole married life, gone to the same place on holiday every year, eat the same food, and see the same people. Their repetitive life is a curse as much…