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50 Years of Fantasy and Horror – Interview with Ramsey Campbell

22/06/2022

When looking back over the history of both the BFS and of the genre community in the UK, it would be impossible not to notice the contribution of Ramsey Campbell. With a [...]

IN A GARDEN BURNING GOLD by Rory Power from @TitanBooks #BookReview #Fantasy

20/06/2022

The front cover for In A Garden Burning Gold. The cover is blue and gold. The background is royal blue with a close up of a detailed gold circle. There are four gaps in the circle in each corner with a a bird in the top left, and stars in the bottom right. The other two have the author's name and details about the book. In the middle is a golden sun on a mosaic of blue titles. The book title is in the middle of the sun.

IN A GARDEN BURNING GOLD by Rory Power. Titan Books. h/b. £14.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Widowed once again, at the end of a season, Rhea returns to her father’s [...]

50 Years of Fantasy and Horror – Queer History in SFFH

20/06/2022

Are you ready to join us on Saturday for the second Golden Jubilee Event Day? If you haven’t booked yet, get your tickets here: Buy tickets / Join the guestlist – 50 [...]

The Sea Rises – The Form and Void Trilogy – Book Three, A.J.Smith from @HoZ_Books

17/06/2022

The front cover for The Sea Rises by A.J. Smith. The cover is white and navy. A sea monster is coming out of the sea to destroy a city which is detailed in black at the bottom of the cover.

The Sea Rises – The Form and Void Trilogy – Book Three, A.J.Smith, Head of Zeus, H/B, £20 Reviewed by Steve Dean. You can read my reviews of the first two books in the [...]

Fifty Years of Fantasy and Horror – Feminism in SFFH

16/06/2022

We are really excited to be running our second Golden Jubilee event on 25th June via Zoom and we can’t wait to see you there. As before, tickets are free for members [...]

Out Now ORDINARY MONSTERS by J.M. Miro from @BloomsburyBooks #BookReview #Fantasy#Althistory

15/06/2022

The front cover of Ordinary Monsters. The cover is black with an arched window in the middle. There is a flying bird in the arched window and the blackness around the window is speckled with pinprick lights

ORDINARY MONSTERS by J.M. Miro. Bloomsbury. h/b. £17.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Eliza Grey flees for her life, her master dead. Now a wanted woman, she has no choice [...]

Out Tomorrow Boys, Beasts and Men by @sentencebender from @TachyonPub #BookReview #ShortStories

13/06/2022

The cover for "Boys, Beasts, and Men" by Sam J Miller. The cover is red with a black monster coming from the right hand side. The monster has a snout like a wolf with a long snake-like tongue and lots of eyes covering its body.

Boys, Beasts and Men by Sam J Miller Tachyon, pb, £13.30 Reviewed by Melody Bowles Boys, Beasts & Men is a short story collection by multi-award-winning author Sam J [...]

HARLEY QUINN – RECKONING by Rachael Allen from Random House #BookReview #YoungAdult #DC

10/06/2022

The cover for Harley Quinn Reckoning. The cover is is of an orange 2 dimensional diamond with a young Harley Quinn standing in the middle. Her hair is in pigtails with pink and blue ends, and her top is grey with three red diamonds foreshadowing her future appearance.

HARLEY QUINN – RECKONING by Rachael Allen Random House, hardback, £11.75 Reviewed by Stephen Frame Harley Quinn Reckoning is one of DC’s Legends series of [...]

Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic by @Penprince_, Nikhil Singh, Zelda Knight #BookReview #Non-Fiction #PanAfricanSpecLit

08/06/2022

The cover for Bridging Worlds. The Cover is blue with a faded image of a large bulbous creature with roots for limbs. The word WORLDS is written in green in a paint font type

Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Nikhil Singh, Zelda Knight Jembefola Press, [...]

RANDALLS ROUND; Nine Nightmares by Eleanor Scott, edited by Aaron Worth #BookReview #ShortStory

06/06/2022

The front cover for RANDALLS ROUND; Nine Nightmares by Eleanor Scott, edited by Aaron Worth. The cover is black and the detail is in a pale yellow. A group of people, hands raised, circle a slab with someone lying on it. A being with horns stands over the slab.

RANDALLS ROUND; Nine Nightmares by Eleanor Scott, edited by Aaron Worth British Library Press, 235-page p/b, £8.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Every country and every region [...]