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BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Heroes and Villains
Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Supporting Cast
You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Animals & Environments as Characters
How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they don’t even…
BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Readings
We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to…
The BFS Book Club is Reading: The Silverblood Promise
Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction…
Celebrating George MacDonald for BFS Journal #25
New editor of the BFS Journal Dr Kevan Manwaring reflects on his first issue, and his plans…
Announcing the BFS Book Club!
Yet another perk of joining the BFS: get to know some of the best new speculative fiction…
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The 2025 BFS Writing Retreat
We are delighted to announce the 2025 BFS Writing Retreat will be taking place at Gladstones Library…
BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Writing Grief, Sex & Violence
Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As…
BFS Online: Writing and Mental Health – Interview with Dave Jeffery
BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews bestselling author and mental health champion Dave Jeffery.