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Dave Jeffery

Telling The Right Story at the Right Time: A Surprise Hit Becomes a Series, Then an Omnibus

With the omnibus version of his critically-acclaimed hit dystopian series A Quiet Apocalypse

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Fantasycon 2024: Interview with Guest of Honour Priya Sharma

In the lead-up to Fantasycon in Chester – happening next month! – and to celebrate the summoning of

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Fantasycon 2024: Interview with Guest of Honour Bella Pagan

It’s exactly one month until we gather for Fantasycon in Chester, and to celebrate the summoning of

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SJ Vivant

Using Tech Headlines To Inspire Fiction: What Will Be The True Impact of Life Extension?

With their debut novel, To Live or Let Live, hitting shelves in just a few weeks, SJ Vivant (who

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Meet J J Vason

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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Eric Huang

What’s Behind the Rise in East & South-East Asian Speculative Fiction?

Ahead of Imaginarium: A Celebration of ESEA Speculative Fiction—happening virtually on 22

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BFS Reviews

Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg

Yoke of Stars by R.B. Lemberg is a novella in the Birdsong universe, but it reads as a standalone.

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Hera by Jennifer Saint

The Titans have fallen, and battle is in the past. The Olympians rule and the earth heals. Hera,

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The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

The Bishop-Clairmont family have fallen into a perfect routine of bliss, spreading their time

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RETURN OF THE DWARVES By Markus Heitz

As the title for this excellent and engaging dwarvish tale would suggest, German author Markus

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Delicious in Dungeon

Deep in the depths of a deadly dungeon, a brave adventuring party faces off against a massive red

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Toxxic by Jane Hennigan

If you read and enjoyed Moths, you’ll want to read Toxxic. There, review done. Okay, you want a

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