Ask an Expert: November 2025
In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative
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Meet Valeriya Salt
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
From Pen to Print: Dan Howarth on Lionhearts
With his latest novel unleashed tomorrow, 21 November, on his own Northern Republic Press, Dan
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Launching Wiz Duos 3: A Writer’s Perspective
With his name on one half of the latest Wizard’s Tower Books duo, Andrew Knighton talks about his
Recognising Audio Excellence with The Speakies
We chat with Juno Dawson and Steve Lyons, authors of two of the books nominated for Best Audiobook:
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Meet Beverley Lee
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Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
This is the second book in the series, following up to the successful Assistant to The Villain.
The Sorrow of the Sea by Stephen Aryan
Temujin has usurped his father as Khan of the Ilkhanate, but his work is not done. He is still at
The Dagon Collection ed by Nate Pedersen
There is always a place for experimental writing or new approaches to literature, and genre fiction
Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil is a character-driven sapphic vampire epic spanning from the
Requiem by John Palisano
Eden is a moon-sized cemetery in space where Earth sends its dead. It is more than just a place to
Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2 Edited by Roz Clarke & Joanne Hall
Funny things, anthologies. Were they ever as popular as they are right now? Arguably, the form has