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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

Summer Reads Recommendations From Our Community

Given the sun’s been out, our minds have been turning to summer reads. So we asked the BFS members

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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: Escape Into Night (1972)

In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Escape Into

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Meet Catherine Cavendish

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 Cheryl 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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Meet Paul Dalton

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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Lauren McMenemy & The BFS Discord Community

The Long And Winding Querying Road: Tips From Our Community

It’s the bit of creative work we all dread: the judgement, the waiting, the rejections, the lows

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Seaborn by Michael Livingston

When she was young, Bela became Belakané, Hero of the Harbour. The windborn had come with flying

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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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