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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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.
We have eight readings from a range of authors – fantasy, science fiction and horror – to help you…
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Imagined worlds are often inspired by real-world locations, people and circumstances. Fantasy writers draw from experience to create new…
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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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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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