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Get Into The Minds of Our Competition Judges…

To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by

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Meet Geoff Holder

Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, seen through clouds. In the middle is an old book with the pages open and a river spilling out. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Susan Maxwell (top left); Reitha Pattison (top right); Stephen Oram (middle left); Amal Singh (middle right); Elizabeth Broadbent (bottom left); M V Melcer (bottom right).

BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Readings

We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror –

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, seen through clouds. In the middle is an old book with the pages open and a river spilling out. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Sarah Rees Brennan (left); David Green (right).

BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Interview with Sarah Rees Brennan

BFS Secretary David Green interviews Sarah Rees

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Allen Ashley

Afternoon into Evelyn

Allen Ashley reviews “Painted Dreams; The Art of Evelyn De Morgan”, an in-person

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a mountainous landscape, seen through clouds. In the middle is an old book with the pages open and a river spilling out. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Yvonne Battle-Felton (top left); Justin Lee Anderson (top right); Tiffany Morris (bottom left); Lauren McMenemy (bottom right).

BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Politics & Social Conventions

Anywhere you have people you have politics and society, so what system to choose? Monarchy or

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BFS Reviews

The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

Paige Mahoney has always dreamed of escaping Scion and returning to the free world beyond, where

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At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca

As my first longer piece of Eric LaRocca fiction, having only read 4 short stories of his

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The Original’s Rage by David Watkins

For ten years, Captain Peter Knowles has been in the middle of a war between humans and werewolves,

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The Black Hunger by Nicholas Pullen

Lord John Dalwood is a scholar studying ancient civilisations and is fascinated with Buddhism. When

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A Pirate’s Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne

This book is a sequel to Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, although a note in the cover

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Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian

The National Museum of Scotland is still missing some of its rare artefacts, yet the authorities

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