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Helping to shape and support future speculative fiction: Why you should apply to be a BFS mentor
Thinking about putting your hand up to be a BFS mentor, but just not sure what it’s all about? We![Alexandra Beaumont](https://britishfantasysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kb7vvm953562h3bcdkl34ff9o5._SY450_CR00450450_.jpg)
Live Action Role Play and writing believable fantasy characters, conflict and combat scenes
How can fantasy writers get first-hand experience of worlds and periods either long gone—or![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85ec03c8676686a16f889df3cb5a0f2a?s=80&d=https%3A%2F%2Fbritishfantasysociety.org%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fjellydigio%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Froundel.png&r=g)
Meet Andy Hodges
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they![Tiffani Angus](https://britishfantasysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tiffani-Angus_headshot.jpg)
Subgenre deep dive: Evil Children
In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies![Katie Bruce](https://britishfantasysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untitled-design-2.png)
The Bog of Eternal Stench, The Pit of Despair & The Nothing: How Man & Witch helped heal the lack of queer representation in my childhood
For this last day of Pride month 2024, Katie Bruce reflects on how a recent cinema experienceTags: Film, LGBTQIA+, Pride, queer, Representation
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Meet Rebecca Kaur
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they![Laura Bennett](https://britishfantasysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Laura_Bennett_Pic.jpg)
Ask an Agent: June 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questionsTags: agent, ask an agent, column
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The BFS Community Celebrates Queer Spec-Fic for Pride Month
To celebrate Pride this June, we asked the BFS community for their favourites: all of the queer![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85ec03c8676686a16f889df3cb5a0f2a?s=80&d=https%3A%2F%2Fbritishfantasysociety.org%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fjellydigio%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Froundel.png&r=g)