The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Ask an Expert: November 2025
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Meet Valeriya Salt
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From Pen to Print: Dan Howarth on Lionhearts
With his latest novel unleashed tomorrow, 21 November, on his own Northern Republic Press, Dan
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Launching Wiz Duos 3: A Writer’s Perspective
With his name on one half of the latest Wizard’s Tower Books duo, Andrew Knighton talks about his
Recognising Audio Excellence with The Speakies
We chat with Juno Dawson and Steve Lyons, authors of two of the books nominated for Best Audiobook:
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Summoned to the Séance ed by Emily Vincent
Séances. A way of speaking with the dead through a medium and their spirit guide or an elaborate
Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekha A. Afzal
Advice often given to beginning authors is to write about what you know. For those wishing to
The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow
Binsa, who was just an ordinary girl before the testing, now sits the Scarlet Throne as Rakhti, and
At the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla Bruce
Clara Woods is a widow living in a house inherited from the wealthy elderly lady she cared for and
The Undying Monster by Jessie Douglas Kerruish
With so many new writers and books readily available, it is very easy to overlook good writing from
The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
Since the slow-burn success of The Song of Achilles, publications of queer and feminist mythical