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BFS Blog and Reviews

News and Articles

Meet Rafe McGregor

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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Meet the BFS committee: Lauren McMenemy, PR & Marketing Officer

We love to shine a light on the volunteers who help keep the British Fantasy Society running—this

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Lauren McMenemy

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

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Alexandra Beaumont

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

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Meet Andy Hodges

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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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Evil Children

In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies

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BFS Reviews

THE TRAITOR by Anthony Ryan

Alwyn Scribe remains at Evadine’s side, his feelings for her burning brightly even as he battles

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Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

Writing a novel with a distinctly unlikeable main protagonist can be a bit of a tightrope: make

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WARRIOR OF THE WIND by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

For too many years, the idea of fantasy was to follow the Tolkeinesk route. While there might be

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X-Men ‘97

It seems hard to imagine that back in 1992, ‘The X-Men’ were a pretty obscure property. If you

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The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

Harry is a lifelong horror film fan, so when she gets a job cleaning for renowned horror director

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The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan

The Waking of Angantyr has everything going for it: Vikings, berserkers, blood magic, Norse gods,

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