Voting is now open for the British Fantasy Awards. Voting period runs from 16 April to 3 May; members and Fantasycon ticket holders can vote. Full details in our blog.

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Voting is now open for the British Fantasy Awards. Voting period runs from 16 April to 3 May; members and Fantasycon ticket holders can vote. Full details in our blog.

Reflecting on the release of her third Alyssia novel, Storm Tree, Michigan author E.D.E. Bell
Tags: mental health, Writing life
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Tags: Dystopia, horror, Members, mental health, profile

Matt Cavanagh– better known to most as Womble from Run Along the Shelves – tells us
Tags: book marketing, Book Review, reviewer

New editor of the BFS Journal Dr Kevan Manwaring reflects on his first issue, and his plans for a
Tags: academia, BFS Journal, Fantasy, non-fiction

A trip to Australia and an ominous street name sent Dominic Miles’s imagination aflutter. His
Tags: Colonialism, horror, Supernatural

With the 50th anniversary of D&D upon us, Matthew Palmer contemplates the impact that 35 years of
Tags: D&D, Dungeons and dragons, RPG
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