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Lauren McMenemy

Helping to shape and support future speculative fiction: Why you should apply to be a BFS mentor

Thinking about putting your hand up to be a BFS mentor, but just not sure what it’s all about? We

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Alexandra Beaumont

Live Action Role Play and writing believable fantasy characters, conflict and combat scenes

How can fantasy writers get first-hand experience of worlds and periods either long gone—or

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Meet Andy Hodges

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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Tiffani Angus

Subgenre deep dive: Evil Children

In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for

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Katie Bruce

The Bog of Eternal Stench, The Pit of Despair & The Nothing: How Man & Witch helped heal the lack of queer representation in my childhood

For this last day of Pride month 2024, Katie Bruce reflects on how a recent cinema experience

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Meet Rebecca Kaur 

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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