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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: The Changes (1975)

In this first of a semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits The

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Russell A Smith

BFS Retreat: It’s Not All About Chasing Word Counts!

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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Dan Hanly

BFS Retreat 2025: Creativity in Companionship Gets the Job Done

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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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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BFS Reviews

Les Vacances by Phil Sloman

Elizabeth and Frank have a familiar life. They have lived in the same house for their whole married

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Those Beyond The Wall by Micaiah Johnson

The blurb on the back cover of Those Beyond The Wall doesn’t do it justice. Reading it might

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The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher

When an author produces a series of books featuring a popular set of characters that enchants the

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Hail the New Age by Mike Chinn

Given the popularity of the murder mystery genre, it is always nice to see a new spin on it; one of

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Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings ed by Elizabeth Dearnley

Dolls are a childhood staple, something most children will have, whether it is a realistic

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Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

The main protagonist in this book is Fox D’Mora – Death’s godson. Yes, godson

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