Art has long been a key feature of speculative fiction, whether it’s gorgeous maps in your epic fantasy book, illustrations of fantastical creatures, or book covers to drool over, we love it all. So this year, we are very excited to launch the BFS Art Competition. Running alongside the Short… Read More »Introducing the BFS Art Competition
A little later than anticipated, but more than worth the wait, the BFS is honoured to announce our third and final Fantasycon 2024 Guest of Honour. Joining us in Chester, we are delighted to welcome Bella Pagan! Photograph copyright Alicia Clarke. Bella Pagan helps manage Tor UK, Pan Macmillan’s imprint… Read More »Fantasycon Guest of Honour
The BFS were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Christopher Priest, known to many of our members both for his work, and for his regular attendance at conventions. We thank Gary for sharing these words with us. Yves Tennevin, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Christopher Priest… Read More »In Memoriam: Christopher Priest
Are you excited about Fantasycon? Here at BFS, we cannot wait to see you all there, and to spend the weekend with our lovely Guests of Honour. This week, we’re delighted to share with you that our second Guest of Honour is Priya Sharma! Priya Sharma’s fiction has appeared in… Read More »Fantasycon Guest of Honour
The British Fantasy Society is thrilled to announce the first Guest of Honour for Fantasycon 2024, award winning fantasy novelist, Stephen Aryan. Stephen Aryan was born in Iran in 1977 and raised in Whitley Bay, on the north east coast of the UK. He has been reading fantasy since a… Read More »Fantasycon 2024 Guest of Honour
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between horror and dark fantasy? Is there one? What separates Horror the genre from horrific elements in other genres? Join Tim Mendees and CC Adams as we talk about this and more! Tim Mendees is a rather odd chap. He’s a horror… Read More »BFS Online: Blending Genres. Fantasy and Horror
Whether you’re a dragon or a troll, elf or vampire, all you need is love! Romantasy is one of the hottest genres right now and growing ever more popular. But what is it that keeps readers coming back for more? Join the British Fantasy Society and our panel at 1:45pm… Read More »BFS Online: Blending Genres. Romance in Fantasy
Do Science Fiction and Fantasy mix or are there hard and fast lines between them? What about Science Fantasy? What is it and where does it fit in? Discussing this and more, join our panel of talented and lovely authors on Saturday 18th November at 3pm GMT, via zoom. Tickets… Read More »BFS Online: Blending Genres Science Fantasy
The BFS is very pleased to announce that Fantasycon 2024 will take place from 11th-13th October at The Queen at Chester Hotel, City Road, Chester. The event will be run by the BFS team, with Shona Kinsella as Chair. Tickets are available for sale here at early bird prices. Prices… Read More »Fantasycon 2024
In March this year, we ran the first BFS writing retreat at Gladstones Library in Wales and we had the most wonderful time. As a way to celebrate the retreat, we decided to put together a themed anthology of short stories from retreat attendees, Portraits of Patriarchs. A digital copy… Read More »BFS Anthology and 2024 Retreat