• Announcement:

    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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Wren James

Creating ‘The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook’

Meet the writer and mission behind The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook, and consider this guest

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Meet Dan Satchwell

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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Fi Phillips

How a Change of Scenery Can Inspire You Out of a Writing Slump

Author of the futuristic fantasy series The Haven Chronicles, Fi Phillips shares her tips on

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Karin J. Robinson

How Shakespeare Invented Romantasy

When Karin J Robinson was researching her first novel, she noticed a few familiar things in a very

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British Fantasy Awards 2025: Shortlist Announced!

After a crowdsourced suggestion list for eligible works, and then a period of public voting, the

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Allen Ashley

Classic Genre Films: Them!

Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the

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BFS Reviews

The Bell Witches by Lindsey Kelk

The Bell Witches marks a turn to a new genre by Lindsey Kelk, who is well known for her

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Thunder City by Philip Reeve

I’m delighted that Philip Reeve has produced another MORTAL ENGINES novel. This one is

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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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