The shortlisted works across all 13 categories of the British Fantasy Awards have been announced! Find out who’s in the mix over on our blog. Winners announced at Fantasycon in October.
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Ask an Agent: July 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questions…
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Siduri and the Allure of Sumerian Mythology
J.J. Vason tells us how he drew upon themes from ancient Sumerian mythology for his latest novel,…
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What Is “Fantasy”, Exactly? The BFS Community Has Some Thoughts…
What exactly do we mean by “fantasy”? No-one – not even the BFS membership – can agree!
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What Writers Can Learn From Short Stories
Developmental editor Dr Andrew Hodges dives into the world of short stories—and what those at the beginning…
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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 never-were? Alexandra Beaumont…
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Subgenre deep dive: Evil Children
In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies (including the…
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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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Ask an Agent: June 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agents to answer those questions…
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Don’t Let Genre Hold You Back: Why SFFH Writers Should Try Out Local Creative Writing Groups
Editor (and writer!) Claire Cronshaw has been exploring the world of local writing groups. She says SFFH…
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Meet the BFS committee: Dr Kevan Manwaring, Editor of the BFS Journal
We love to shine a light on the volunteers who help keep the British Fantasy Society running—this…