The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Latest news on our blog
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How To Create Tension With Isolation In Space Settings
Prepping for his talk at this weekend’s Writing the Occult: Time & Place event, Rick Danforth processes his thoughts in public: what exactly does it add to your narrative when you isolate your characters in the one place no one can hear you scream for…
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Meet Berna Hudson
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’re in Madrid via London and Chile with fantasy author Berna Hudson (and her dog Echo). Berna’s grandmother was a…
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Ask an Expert: August 2026
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction and the wider ‘industry’. This month we pose your questions about the dreaded business of accounting for creative work to Chris Pitsillides, Director of AuthorTax.
Latest reviews
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The Harpy Knight by Sara Omer
Bataar Rhah, the Gryphon King, overthrew the emperor and married his daughter. He remains untouched by the vermilrot that has killed so many others and turned them to ghosts, thanks to Preeminence, perhaps. Now, Bataar seeks to add the berserkers of the north to his…
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What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
There are many authors who have reworked fairy and folk tales either to put a new spin on them or to bring them up to date. Kingfisher has used this idea successfully a number of times in books such as Hemlock and Silver, which reimagines…
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This is Where the Future Bleeds by Mike Brooks
On the high moors north of Mereport, Kitt Carver, the diviner, uses Moonstruck iron rods to track destinies, and the one she is after has a strong pull. This is high-risk work in a place where the future is dead, where Slydewaps are always near,…