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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Why Study Fantasy? A Character Creator
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The Power of Speculative Fiction
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Ask an Expert: March 2026
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Were Those Old Favourites Actually Good Or Was I Just Deeply Nineteen?
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Ghosts, Workshops & Writing Inspiration: The UK Ghost Story Festival
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A New Meet-Cute For Indie Authors & Reviewers
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The TV That Made Us: The Stranger (1964-65)
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Is It Really Possible to Define Folk Horror?
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The Things We Do To Escape Writing…
Horror writer Benjamin Langley turned a lockdown hobby into something that attracts attention to his table at…
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5 Tips For Kickstarting a Fantasy Book
From one of the team behind the much-lauded I Want That Twink Obliterated comes another Kickstarter campaign…