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Worlds of Wonder: On Gaming, Fantasy and Music
He’s worked with some of the biggest names in comedy, film and music, and now Richard Sparks has
Tags: comedy, Fantasy, Swords and Sorcery
Meet Tristan Gray
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Here’s One For The Folkloric Fantasy Fans!
Attention folklore and fantasy lovers! There’s a wonderful Kickstarter campaign underway featuring
Tags: Fantasy, Folklore, fundraising
BFS Online: Writing Your Way – Plotter or Pantser?
A discussion on the preparation, or lack thereof, for writing a book. Do you have timelines,
Tags: bookplotting, events, Fantasy, horror, panel, publishing, Science Fiction
BFS Online: Writing Your Way – The Influence of Experience
A discussion on how lived experience impacts the words and way we write. Why do certain stories
Tags: events, Fantasy, fantasywriting, horror, panel, publishing, Science Fiction
The Research Rabbit Hole, or, Great Big Useful Cheating Devices
Kit Whitfield has some tips to stop you follow the white rabbit too far down that research
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THE GAUNTLET AND THE BROKEN CHAIN by Ian Green
The immortal mage, Tullen One-Eye, the one they call Deathless, is back. Lothal, the god-wolf, is
Medea by Rosie Hewlett
Medea is a prisoner in her father’s house, Aeetes, King of Colchis. Where once he reviled her
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
The striking and seductive Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada is the secretive heroine of this beautifully
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by Matt Ottley
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness follows a boy through a journey with mental illness.
The Dark Side of the Sky
THE DARK SIDE OF THE SKY by Francesco Dimitri. Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise
The Fireborne Blade
Once the King’s favourite, Maddileh is now a knight disgraced, searching for an opportunity to