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Golden Jubilee Event – Politics in SFFH

10/11/2022

We are delighted to announce our final panel for the event on Saturday 12th November. SFFH is a wonderful ground to explore different political systems and how they interact [...]

Clutches of Mimi Bouchard by John Travis #BookReview #Fantasy #Detective

09/11/2022

The front cover for The Clutches of Mimi Bouchard by John Travis. The front cover shows a dog working behind the counter in a diner dressed in a white coat and hat. The other side of the car are three cats, one female, two males. The female has red hair and a pink dress, and the two males are wearing suits and hats with their ears sticking out of the hat band.

The Clutches of Mimi Bouchard by John Travis ebook, £0.99 Reviewed by martin willoughby Private detective Benji Spriteman is back. The third novel in this series shows, yet [...]

Golden Jubilee Event – Economics in SFFH

08/11/2022

Have you ever wondered how the brave hero in that fantasy trilogy is funding his adventures? Or where the money for the spaceships comes from? How would magic and capitalism [...]

DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Horror

07/11/2022

The front over for Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher. The front cover is white with the image of a blue rabbit in the middle. The rabbits paws are indistinct, blurring and becoming roots that go down and off the bottom of the page.

DEAD WATER by C.A. Fletcher. Orbit Books. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Sigrid freedives alone though she should really be accompanied by a team. Her actions are [...]

Golden Jubilee Event – Environmentalism in SFFH

07/11/2022

Are you looking forward to Saturday’s Golden Jubilee Event? I know I am! Our first panel of the day will be discussing Environmentalism in SFFH with Kevan Manwaring, PS [...]

The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift from @UnsungTweets #BookReview #Cli-Fi

04/11/2022

The cover for The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift. There is a a delicate many-frilled seahorse against a blue background that is so dark it is almost black.

The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift. Unsung Stories, £9.99 Review by Nadya Mercik “…we are not living for ourselves but borrowing from the future. Our borrowing has long [...]

FELLSTONES by Ramsey Campbell from @flametreepress #BookReview #Horror

02/11/2022

The front cover for Fellstones by Ramsey Campbell. There is the outline of 4 monolith stones against a a swirling dark red sky.

FELLSTONES by Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press, HB, £20.00 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Traditional British horror has a different feel to it than many other forms of the [...]

Third Golden Jubilee Event – Interview with L.E. Modesitt, Jr

02/11/2022

Only ten days to go until the next in our series of Golden Jubilee Events! We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming prolific fantasy and SF author, L.E. Modesitt, Jr for [...]

The Vampire’s Housekeeper Chronicles [novella series] by J Bennet #BookReview #Fantasy #Horror

31/10/2022

The front cover for the first book in The Vampire's Housekeeper novella series. A young woman is stood in front of an old rundown house at night. There is a barren tree behind the house.

The Vampire’s Housekeeper Chronicles [novella series] By J Bennet Reviewed by martin willoughby This is a six-novella series about a young woman called Deidre who takes [...]

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard from @gollancz #BookReview #Scifi #SpaceOpera

28/10/2022

The front cover for The Red Scholar's Wake. The cover shows two people holding hands in front of a window looking out into space.

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard Gollancz, HB, £18.99 Reviewed by Michael Dodd Pirates, politics, sentient ships and unlikely romance all collide in Aliette de [...]