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Meet Jason Whittle

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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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 our

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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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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

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The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

Binsa, who was just an ordinary girl before the testing, now sits the Scarlet Throne as Rakhti, and

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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

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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

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The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield

Since the slow-burn success of The Song of Achilles, publications of queer and feminist mythical

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Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Water Moon is an unusual, beautiful and imaginative book. It’s filled with extraordinary imagery

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