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BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – Guest Spotlights
Suniti Namjoshi, Sarah Pinborough and Ramsey Campbell get chatty in these guest spotlights.
BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – 50 Years of Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Society
After its founding 1971, the BFS held its first Fantasycon in 1975. We take a look back…
BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – 21st Century Horror
A quarter way through this century and it’s time for a review! How has horror changed since…
BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – Readings
We have eight readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to…
BFS Online: World Fantasy Convention 2025 – Worlds of Fantasy
Imagined worlds are often inspired by real-world locations, people and circumstances. Fantasy writers draw from experience to…
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Readings
We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to…
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan
BFS Secretary David Green interviews Sarah Rees Brennan.
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Politics & Social Conventions
Anywhere you have people you have politics and society, so what system to choose? Monarchy or feudal?…
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Magic Systems
We see different types of magic in our fictional worlds, but which is best? Hard or soft?…
BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Faith & Religion
With an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide and a whole host of mythologies to choose from, how…