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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

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

High Mage Saralene is struggling with nightmares in which her predecessor, whose body she has taken

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Withered Hill by David Barnett

Sophie is a young woman living in London who parties hard and whose friends are moving away from

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The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz

“Benny is nice – too nice – so much so that they feel compelled to destroy him.

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THE TRIALS OF EMPIRE by Richard Swan

Helena Sedanka continues to learn under Justice Sir Konrad Vonvalt’s tutelage, although he

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EVOCATION by S.T. Gibson

One of the problems with having a proof copy of a book to review is that it is difficult to

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A TIDE OF BLACK STEEL by Anthony Ryan

In the Outer Isles, in the village of Buht Hardta, Ruhlin the Quiet sees a ship approaching. He

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