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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Latest news on our blog
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Exhibition Review: “Fairy Tales” at The British Library
Allen Ashley heads to St Pancras again to review the in-person exhibition “Fairy Tales” at The British Library. All photos included were taken by Allen on-site.
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From Pen to Print: Emma Burnett on Ex Partum
Emma Burnett’s “short story gone awry” is now a novella that’s out through Atthis Arts. She’s channelled the energy of parenting young kids, the dystopian now, predatory capitalism, food scarcity, and more to create something for, she says, “humans”.
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Meet Nicolette M Ward
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Here we meet Mancunian Nicolette M Ward, who’s drawn to dark character-driven stories that explore transformation, identity and power, primarily those that…
Latest reviews
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REALMS OF THE ROUND TABLE compiled by John Matthews: illustrated by John Howe
The concept of the coffee-table book is a conceit aimed at promoting conversation. Today, the term often refers to a beautifully produced book that invites the observer to leaf through the pages and admire the contents. This volume is a coffee-table book. Realms of…
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The Forest of Lost Souls by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz is an always reliable author, weaving tales with a mystical theme – often exploring spirituality, and many times with a protagonist who is a loner, an outsider who transcends their petty, human life. I first discovered his work over 30 years ago, and…
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Entwined by H.M. Long
Miss Ottilie Fleet knows him to be a smuggler, but she also recognises him to be a mage, from the silver tattoos that adorn his throat, visible in the moonlight. He is dressed in old clothes though, and shows no sign of a Guild ring.…