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Cover reveal: Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella
Get your first peek at the next novel from Shona Kinsella, coming from Flame Tree in
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Meet Karina Andrusiak
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they
Tags: angels, Fantasy, Members, profile, Ukrainian writers
Summer Reads Recommendations From Our Community
Given the sun’s been out, our minds have been turning to summer reads. So we asked the BFS members
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The TV That Made Us: Escape Into Night (1972)
In his semi-regular column on the TV that made us SFFH fans, Gary Couzens revisits Escape Into
Meet Catherine Cavendish
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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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss
A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill someone,
Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack
‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he is yet
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
With the TV series of the Wheel of Time completing its third season, I thought now would be a good
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
Luce Léon is the daughter of an eighteenth-century Breton ship-owner who one day rescues a
A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames
A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s