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Gary Couzens

The TV That Made Us: The Changes (1975)

In this first of a semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits The

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Russell A Smith

BFS Retreat: It’s Not All About Chasing Word Counts!

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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Dan Hanly

BFS Retreat 2025: Creativity in Companionship Gets the Job Done

About a dozen brave souls gathered at Gladstone’s Library over the first weekend in March to bask

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Get Into The Minds of Our Competition Judges…

To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by

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Meet Geoff Holder

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 a mountainous landscape, seen through clouds. In the middle is an old book with the pages open and a river spilling out. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Susan Maxwell (top left); Reitha Pattison (top right); Stephen Oram (middle left); Amal Singh (middle right); Elizabeth Broadbent (bottom left); M V Melcer (bottom right).

BFS Online: Worldbuilding – Readings

We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror –

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BFS Reviews

Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives By Tim Major

The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is well known. Dr Henry Jekyll creates a potion that transforms

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Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

This lyrical novel by Vaishnavi Patel begins with a fall from grace.  The Goddess Ganga is

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The Origin of the Wolf by Danny Beeson

The Origin of the Wolf starts in solid fantasy territory: an injured man is washed ashore on a

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Conditions Are Different After Dark By Owen W. Knight

You won’t be far wrong if you take a look at the cover of Conditions Are Different After

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Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan

Until We Shatter is described as an ‘epic, addictive and romantic heist fantasy’. The

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Ghost of the Neon God by T.R. Napper 

T.R. Napper is the award-winning author of the debut novel 36 Streets (2022), a

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