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Meet Steve Morgan

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 blue mountains over a calm lake with a low sun shining. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. At the bottom left and right is a silhouette of a person with balled up pieces of paper rising up from the head. Photos: PS Livingstone (top left); Gretchen Felker-Martin (top right); Virginia McClain (bottom left); Scott J. Moses (bottom right).

BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Writing Grief, Sex & Violence

Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As a writer, how

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of blue mountains over a calm lake with a low sun shining. Surrounding the names in the middle is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. At the bottom left and right is a silhouette of a person with balled up pieces of paper rising up from the head. Photos: Shona Kinsella (left); Dave Jeffery (right).

BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Interview with Dave Jeffery

BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews bestselling author and mental health champion Dave

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Katie Bruce

Fantasycon is Education, Entertainment – and Trinkets from the Dealers

We’re entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we

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Liam Hogan

Shrewsbury Gets Nerdy for SFF

Liam Hogan attended the first Fantasy & Sci-Fi Spotlight at Shrewsbury’s Nerdy Cafe and lived to

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Elaine Chiew

Imaginarium: Celebrating British and International ESEA Speculative Fiction

Elaine Chiew, founder of Lian Connect and Imaginarium – the debut festival, supported by the BFS,

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BFS Reviews

 THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron Johnston

The Last Shield is one of those rare books that is utterly satisfying and, when finished, leaves a

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The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey

Humans have been on Anjiin for so long that they have forgotten how they arrived there. They live a

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Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

Once a sitcom darling, Willow is now a fallen star, the latest victim of internet cancel culture;

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Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto

In the Dominion, when someone dies, that is not the end. Thanks to the magic leaking from the

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Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Hotels are intriguing places, even when they don’t have anything to do with sci-fi. The

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The Horror Collection: Topaz Edition ed by Ann Keeran and Kevin Kennedy

In the latest collection from KJK Publishing: The Topaz Collection, KJK Publishing has gathered

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