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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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Chat with James Logan, Kit Whitfield & Peter McLean in Covent Garden
The BFS is proud to present an evening with authors from the Arcadia stable – James Logan,…
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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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Meet Rafe McGregor
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at…
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Meet the BFS committee: Lauren McMenemy, PR & Marketing Officer
We love to shine a light on the volunteers who help keep the British Fantasy Society running—this…
Helping to shape and support future speculative fiction: Why you should apply to be a BFS mentor
Thinking about putting your hand up to be a BFS mentor, but just not sure what it’s…
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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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Meet Andy Hodges
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at…
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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…
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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