Voting is now open for the British Fantasy Awards. Voting period runs from 16 April to 3 May; members and Fantasycon ticket holders can vote. Full details in our blog.

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Voting is now open for the British Fantasy Awards. Voting period runs from 16 April to 3 May; members and Fantasycon ticket holders can vote. Full details in our blog.
Anywhere you have people you have politics and society, so what system to choose? Monarchy or feudal? Republic or…
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We see different types of magic in our fictional worlds, but which is best? Hard or soft? Should there…
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With an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide and a whole host of mythologies to choose from, how do we…
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To help us get the year started right, we’re highlighting some of the amazing work done by our BFS…
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Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally grey. How…
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You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create secondary characters…
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How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they don’t even have a…
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We have six readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to help you…
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E.D.E. Bell of Atthis Arts – a small independent publisher based out of Detroit, USA and new BFS member…
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Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As a writer,…
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