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Justin Lee Anderson

Art As Escapism – And A Metaphor for Modern Society

Justin Lee Anderson’s new book, The Damned King, is out this week. It’s being released into a world

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Meet Jon Cronshaw

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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Alex Davis

The Value of Events

UK SFFH event stalwart Alex Davis is gearing up for his latest edition of Edge-Lit, coming up in

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Meet Jan Edwards

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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Gary Couzens

A Dream Within a Dream: Fifty Years of Picnic at Hanging Rock

As we celebrate half a century since the premiere of one of Australia’s finest cinema

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From Pen to Print: Jay McGuiness on Poison Tides

Actor, singer, and writer Jay McGuiness tells us about his journey to get Poison Tide onto

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Greenteeth By Molly O’Neill

This was a pleasant surprise. Written from the perspective of Jenny Greenteeth, an ancient fae who

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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss

A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill someone,

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Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack

‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at

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Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he is yet

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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

With the TV series of the Wheel of Time completing its third season, I thought now would be a good

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Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

Luce Léon is the daughter of an eighteenth-century Breton ship-owner who one day rescues a

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