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Our very own @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social and @shaykauwe.bsky.social (author of THE KILLING SPELL) will be appearing @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's next event day, focussing on Language in SFFH!
Sat 18th April 2026, 10am to 6pm (BST).
Grab your £5 ticket now FREE for BFS members!
The graphic provides information about the British Fantasy Awards. The suggestions list closes April 12th. We crowd source titles that are eligible for the awards. You can add your own works at this stage. If no-one knows your work is eligible, they won't know they can vote for it when voting opens. The voting period is from April 16th - May 3rd. This is when voting properly opens. You cannot vote for your own works, but you can campaign. BFS members and Fantasycon ticket holders can vote. Shortlists announced May 19th. Jury panels are May 19th - September 1st. Unlike many other SFFH awards, the BFAs are not just a popularity contest. Once the public voting is tallied, each category goes to a jury of peers for final decision making. Awards are announced at Fantasycon. Learn more at britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards
The British Fantasy Awards have begun! Learn more about how you can get involved below...
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Our third panel of BFS Online: Language in SFFH takes place Saturday 18th April 2026, 4pm to 5pm (BST).
Origins & culture
Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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BFS Online: Language in SFFH, taking place Saturday 18th April 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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BFS Online: Language in SFFH is excited to announce our interview.
BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews Dr Alex Carabine on Saturday 18th April 2026, 12:15pm to 1:15pm (BST).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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The graphic describes a book giveaway competition. The first novel is The Diary of Derek Drummond by Katelyn Emilia Novak. The description reads: A unique fusion of supernatural mystery, psychological drama, and deeply emotional romance. An immortal soul. A forgotten curse. A love that rewrites fate. The second novel is Slipped Again by Julie Walker. The description reads: The compelling sequel to Slipped, following women who slip through time every full moon to visit their deceased fathers. They know what’s coming and they’re going to try to stop it.
The graphic offers more information about The Diary of Derek Drummond by Katelyn Emilia Novak. Once a proud Scottish nobleman, Derek Drummond has spent 124 years caught between day and night, hiding from the world — and from himself. A shadow among shadows, he has watched time unravel, love vanish, and hope fade into myth. Until Megan MacKenzie looks at him — and sees more than she should. With haunted eyes and a quiet, stubborn kindness, she stirs the man he used to be. But the past never stays silent. Some curses won’t break. And some ghosts refuse to let go. If you believe in second chances — even after death — open the diary.
The graphic describes Slipped Again by Julie Walker. Having gathered all 12 of the 16/87s – those who slip through time on each full moon – together, Jess still feels alone. It seems each of their lives are falling apart, and she still doesn’t know what to do with the information they found out from the timeslip. Jess also doesn’t know what role ‘The Chronos Club’ is going to play, other than their members all experience full moon disappearances too, with each group born a decade before the next. Dieter from the 15/44s seems to be the key, but Jess has no idea how the pieces of the jigsaw fit together. They know what’s coming and they’re going to try to stop it.
Giveaway time!
In collaboration with Troubador Publishing we are excited to offer two fantastic novels.
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The winner will be announced on Monday 13th April. Good luck!
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Our first panel of BFS Online: Language in SFFH takes place Saturday 18th April 2026, 10:10am to 11:10am (BST).
Building believability
Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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Our second panel of BFS Online: Language in SFFH takes place Saturday 18th April 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (BST).
What’s in a name?
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The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 18th April 2026, 10am to 6pm (BST).
BFS Online: Language in SFFH
Language is vast and flexible, providing writers a broad platform on which to build their world.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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The second image has the same green and white background. A black banner names the theme of the festival for 2025, which is ‘Dystopian Hope’. Below that is a central pink box which has the explanation of the theme. It reads: “In a time when mainstream media spews out news that seems darker than the dystopian volumes on our shelves, hope might seem far-reaching… utopian even. However, in reality, hope is not the antithesis of dystopia, rather, it can be the effect of—a consequence of—or even an inevitability of it.
The British Fantasy Society and Lian Connect are excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Sunday 30th November 2025, 11am to 5pm (BST).
Imaginarium II: A Festival Celebrating ESEA Speculative Fiction and Authors
Tickets here: tinyurl.com/bfslian
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For anybody attending the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton next week, this year I'll be the 'Roving Reporter' for the British Fantasy Society. If you want to do a short interview for the BFS socials, let me know! Or feel free to find me while we're there 😄 @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
I'm pretty sure I know which of the #RevPit #10Queries posts is about The Trail of Blood Red Stars... It's been so much fun reading through all of the feedback, and I've learned a lot! Looking forward to hearing from the editor who read the query letter / opening pages. Thank you for your thoughts!
Excited to look for my #RevPit #10Queries feedback!
I'm about to enter #RevPit #10Queries
Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and first 5 pages 😄
Fingers crossed!
“Fantasy writer Ella Crean joins us to talk about writing as a process of proximity, resistance, and repair. From fanfiction to formal training, from Skyrim’s narrative gaps to the fractured lyricism of immersive prose, her work explores what happens when stories break - and why that’s where the magic begins. In this conversation, we explore fantasy’s shifting shape. When a story’s rhythm stumbles, when world-building overreaches, and how inspiration often arrives through the cracks. Head over to The Empty Set at #linkinbio to read more about fantastical immersion, the editorial rhythm of breath and break, and why a good story haunts you long after the last page.”
This week I had my first (ever!) author interview!
It was a joy to discuss Fantasy with Phasmid Press and unpack how I approach my own writing (as well as my complicated relationship with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 🐉)
Read here: tinyurl.com/2s4b97kw
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AuthorInterview
The Trail of Blood Red Stars: today's querying updates. A young woman is possessed by a demon that hides in her shadow. When her only friend is kidnapped by gladiator traders, she begins a quest to save him - by striking a bargain with the demon that has possessed her. For fans of One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig and The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. Agents queried today: 2. Outstanding queries: 10. Adult fantasy novel. 104,000 words.
I've kindly been given an agent referral for The Trail of Blood Red Stars! I'm not sure what influence a referral has upon querying, but it's exciting either way 💌
#amquerying #querying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
THE TRAIL OF BLOOD RED STARS Today’s Querying Updates! A young woman is possessed by a demon that hides in her shadow. When her only friend is kidnapped by gladiator traders, she begins a quest to save him - by striking a bargain with the demon that has possessed her. For fans of One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig and The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. Agents queried today: 2. Outstanding queries: 9. Adult fantasy. 104,000 words.
During EasterCon, I was (kindly!) ordered to query the agents of my comp titles, so I made sure to do that today!
This brings the total number of outstanding queries to 9 - who knows what'll happen? 💌
#amquerying #querying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
Happy Terry Pratchett Day! We're so grateful to @rhi.bsky.social and @terryandrob.bsky.social for digging up a signed first edition of Monstrous Regiment for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction. It's up to £6005! Which means we've raised over £13k! www.32auctions.com/organization...
Yesterday ended with 3241 words written and the chapter I started before EasterCon finally finished! Through the power of more tea, hopefully I can pull off a similar writing sprint today 🍵
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2230 words later, and we're getting... Somewhere?! I'm having a lot of fun with this project, at the very least! We'll see about finishing that chapter today though 🤔
Today I'm working on the first draft of my next book - I'm never entirely sure of what's going on in opening chapters, but it's nothing a cup of tea can't fix!
I'm hoping to finish this chapter before the end of the day, so we shall see what happens...
A movie poster about a book titled The Trail of Blood Red Stars. A silhouetted woman with a quiver of arrows over her shoulder stands before an inferno. The text reads: queer-normative worldbuilding, mother-daughter relationships, childhood friends to doomed lovers to... The Exorcist meets Gladiator. The author's MA Novel Writing Dissertation (First-Class Honours). An adult fantasy novel by Ella Crean. One Dark Window x The Serpent and the Wings of Night. 104,000 words. Book one of a proposed trilogy. Querying now!
I didn't take part in #PosterPit because I was at EasterCon, but here's my poster for THE TRAIL OF BLOOD RED STARS:
When her only friend is kidnapped by gladiator traders, Nuada begins a quest to save him - by striking a bargain with the demon that has possessed her...
#PosterPitQ #F #A #NA
IT'S REAL!?
So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans
I had a wonderful, wonderful time at my first EasterCon! My sincere thanks to everybody involved in organising the event - I can't wait for next year! 💌
Thank you so much Marjorie!! I do too ❤️
That's so exciting! Best of luck! ❤️
A week had passed since Nuada's exorcism.
Her fingertips were black with rot. She rubbed them against her restraints, staring at the roof of the hut. With her arms bound above her head, her body had stiffened and numbed, but dull pain pulsed through her hands.
#1stLinePit #Q #Querying #A #F
What could go wrong?!
Thank you! The Exorcist and Gladiator are my favourite of the chaotic comps 😆