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February 2023

The front cover for A Day of Fallen Night. The front cover shows an ornate gold-gilt dragon curling around the page. There is red smoke around the dragon. Behind them is a snowy mountain range and a nights sky.

A Day of Fallen Night Review

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon from @BloomsburyBooks #BookReview #Fantasy #Dragons A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon Bloomsbury Publishing, Hardback, £18.99 Reviewed by Melody Bowles A Day of Fallen Night is a prequel to the highly popular The Priory of the Orange Tree, set in the… Read More »A Day of Fallen Night Review

The front cover of Forging a Nightmare by Patricia A. Jackman. There is a man in a grey suit and red tie with black hair in the middle of the page. Behind him is a black horse with a green flame mane that is curling around the man and whipping at his clothing.

Forging a Nightmare

FORGING A NIGHTMARE by Patricia A. Jackson from @angryrobotbooks #BookReview #Fantasy FORGING A NIGHTMARE by Patricia A. Jackson Angry Robot Books, s/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns Michael Childs is an FBI agent who has a penchant for jousting, chainmail armour, swordplay and Renaissance pageantry. A serial killer in Manhattan… Read More »Forging a Nightmare

Workshop – Writing Historical Fantasy: Research as a Catalyst with Tiffani Angus

We are delighted to be kicking off our new series of online workshops with Writing Historical Fantasy: Research as a Catalyst, presented by Tiffani Angus. Historical fantasy is such a wide subgenre that knowing where to start can be confusing. This workshop will explore the complicated relationship between history and… Read More »Workshop – Writing Historical Fantasy: Research as a Catalyst with Tiffani Angus

The front cover for The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. There is a large tree in the foreground which has artificial struts coming from it. There is a city in the background on the right hand side and a large lake and mountain range on the left hand side.

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

Terraformers by Annalee Newitz from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Sci-fi Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Orbit, pb, £9.99 Review by Nadya Mercik “Everything in balance,” says the Environmental Rescue Team Handbook. The question is – whose balance is it on? As Annalee Newitz writes in the Acknowledgements, this novel was created as a… Read More »The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

The front cover for Ramsay Campbell's Ancient Images. The cover is blue with some old-fashioned film reels in the bottom left hand corner and the faint image of a skull on the right.

Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell

Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell from @flametresspress #BookReview #Horror Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell Flame Tree Press, pb, £8.75 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming When a film historian dies after supposedly locating a copy of a mythical film starring Karloff and Lugosi, his friend, Sandy, sets about finding the film and… Read More »Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell

February Event – The Bestiary: Writing Fantastical Creatures

What would speculative fiction be without it’s fantastical creatures? From Dragons to imps, werewolves to Tatterskins, we love them all. Our final panel of Saturday’s Building Worlds event discusses fantastical creatures in all their glory. Why do we love them so much? What do they bring to our tales? How… Read More »February Event – The Bestiary: Writing Fantastical Creatures

February Event – Readings

We have a wonderful line-up of readers for you this Saturday! At 10:00am, the first event of the day, we have poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo Native New Yorker LindaAnn LoSchiavo, a Pushcart Prize, Rhysling Award, Best of the Net, and Dwarf Stars nominee, is a member of SFPA, The British Fantasy… Read More »February Event – Readings