Ahoy fantasy fans! Love Mortal Engines? 13th Feb is a red-letter day. Celebrating the book’s 25th anniversary, Ritzy Picturehouse hosts Philip Reeve for a Q&A +movie screening (link in comments) ...& watch our socials for another treat! #MortalEngines #PhilipReeve #bridgeofstorms #ritzypicturehouse

Time for the BFS podcast roundup, hosted by our Robin CM Duncan and David Green! January's guests include Priya Sharma, Cheryl Morgan, and two oddly familiar names... Audio link below: @cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments. Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions. Cruelty on steroids.

Our Robin CM Duncan is a regular host on the BFS podcast, Long Story Short. Listen to all of this month's chats -- including Joe Hill, Stewart Hotston, Nicholas Briggs & Steve Lyons, and Marve Michael Anson -- at the link below. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social

This was such a pleasure; best fun that you can have on the 'radio'.

Block. Do not engage. They are here ONLY to get engagement, why the fuck would you give them the one thing they came here to get

Easiest interview I’ve ever done; @joe-hill.bsky.social answered my questions before I asked them. It was almost as if he had a key that let him look inside my head… 🤔🤯

It’s an honour and an exciting challenge to take on this role; and was a great privilege to learn the ropes under the mentorship of Pete Sutton, who we wish the very best.

We had a lot of fun appearing on Nasrullah’s podcast. Come for a listen and get @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social and my perspective on World Fantasy / Fantasycon!

Seconded.

David & Robin meet publisher, editor, & author William C. Tracy of Space Wizard Science Fantasy to chat WorldCon, indie small press publishing, book selling, cats, bees, and commas. #bfslss #swsf #spacewizardsciencefantasy #podcastepisode #indiepublisher britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

Robin & David converse with author @rainewilson.bsky.social about folklore, the future of identity and the sea. The efficacy of an ice-skating scoring system for panel responses is also assessed during this episode #podcast #sciencefantasy #bfs #SFF #SFFH britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

I’m really chuffed, and honoured that my latest novel, The Rigel Redemption - featuring my dysfunctional duo Quirk & Moth - has reach the semifinals of the Small Spec Books Awards! 😮

This was a great pleasure to record; the insects refused to be suppressed!

This episode is an absolute cracker. It was pure joy to speak to Scarlett St. Clair for an hour (plus) no punches were pulled in the making of this podcast!!

If you're looking for your next read, the BFS Online Library is here to help. This week, we've got David Craig's Resurrection Men, read by @robincmduncan.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/0AkwLBJpAMQ All videos: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

1/4 Do you know what a SLAPP suit is?

Latest ep of BFS Long Story Short podcast is live, inc interviews with @garethlpowell.bsky.social, @starkholborn.bsky.social, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @samkhorton.bsky.social, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @poopraven.bsky.social, @mkhardywrites.com & @lunapress.bsky.social

It's alive! BFS Long Story Short, Episode 6, recorded live at Cymera! britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod... featuring interviews with Gareth L Powell, Stark Holborn, Neil Williamson, Adam Oyebanji, Sam K Horton and many, many more. #cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks

Reading great books is its own reward, but thanks for the thanks! I recommend this amazing book to @everyone!

Race to your nearest podcast-listening-place: there's a new episode of Long Story Short awaiting your ear-holes! This time @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social and @robincmduncan.bsky.social are joined by @jamesbennett.bsky.social to talk fantasy and history. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

Another highly enjoyable hour of author chat.

I bloody love these Ardulum books… 🚀🚀🚀

Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is now open! If you're a member of the BFS, World Fantasycon, or Fantasycon '24, please consider Gallus for Best Anthology. Voter form: britishfantasysociety.org/voting-open-... Buy Gallus: www.amazon.co.uk/GALLUS-Glasg... (1/2) @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

To insult two highly respected and free thinking politicians like this is disgraceful. It just shows how far standards in society have fallen. Anyone reposting this insulting photograph should feel utterly ashamed. 😡

A new episode of the BFS podcast, Long Story Short, featuring the very excellent T.L. Huchu. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

Your chance to listen to three people talk about stuff, with my guarantee that at least one of those people talks sense.

Delighted, alongside @robincmduncan.bsky.social, to launch the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social podcast, Long Story Short! We're excited to have @annasmithspark.bsky.social as our first guest - especially today! - and we've got many brilliant creators lined up. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

The rumours are true: we’re launching a podcast! @robincmduncan.bsky.social, who co-hosts alongside @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social, lets us in on the secret… britishfantasysociety.org/introducing-...

This week's BFS Online Library release is a marvellously entertaining read from @robincmduncan.bsky.social. Thanks so much, Robin. Watch: youtu.be/3PdtV1fAsQo

Why join the British Fantasy Society? Says author @robincmduncan.bsky.social: "In an industry where acceptance can be in short supply, finding the BFS has been one of the most positive experiences of my writing career." It's your BFS; discover more at britishfantasysociety.org

Tonight, me and @robincmduncan.bsky.social recorded the first @britfantasysoc.bsky.social podcast, 'A Long Story Short.' Our first guest was @annasmithspark.bsky.social ⚔️ Coming very soon... And we have amazing guests lined up 😁

So, here’s a thing…

And great fun it was too! Could have blethered for ages. The Tiny Bookcase is a thoroughly entertaining (award-winning) podcast.

As we descend into 2025, remember: * Western governments are terrified of collective action and don't know how to deal with it * Join a Union * For every billionaire there are millions of potential Luigis * They're literally killing us and the planet we all live on and they must be stopped

My novels are on sale, why not buy one? I think they are good*😬🖖 (* I am horrendously bias.)

i see my friend @robincmduncan.bsky.social Quirk & Moth novels are listed in this sale, along with anthologies from the same publisher which he is included in. those are worth a read.

I did, and lo, I discovered that it was good.

Had a fantastic time on The Tiny Bookcase podcast. The first of my two episodes with Ben & Nico features 3 tales, of which mine is 'Withdrawal', a cheery story for the festive season; a bit like A Christmas Carol without the laughs #SFF #shortstory #podcast #thetinybookcase #sciencefiction

Robin C.M. Duncan, roving reporter for the BFS, showcases Fantasycon 2024 with this look-back. @robincmduncan.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/S2ZufrzuhcQ Thank you to all our contributors.

Neil writes this sort of story so well. Heard a reading from The Family Axe at Fantasycon, and commend this story to you; nuanced characters in a setting that creeps up on you while you stand in the sun trying to put your finger on what is not quite right. Seek it out.

Now's the time for stocking up on winter reads, so you can cosy up at home, imagine what it's like out in the wild, silent woods and give yourself a wee scare into the bargain. Boreal - containing my The Family Axe - launches in February, but you can order it now! @strangewildspress.bsky.social

The third Quirk & Moth novel is now an audiobook! Out from Tantor Media and read by Adi Cabral, our Robin CM Duncan's The Rigel Redemption concludes the adventures of the oddball pair. Sample: youtu.be/noHrzuqD8k4?... Full audiobook: www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Rigel... @robincmduncan.bsky.social

I’m welling up here; these are just two of my favourite things. The Mandroid Murders is the first of three novels featuring my dysfunctional duo Quirk & Moth. The Carborundum Conundrum and The Rigel Redemption are also available.

Why yes, I *am* listening to my own book. Why? Coz I think it's damn good to start with, but read by the very excellent Adi Cabral it's a bumper barrel of space-age, noir detective, oddball duo fun! The Mandroid Murders, Carborundum Conundrum & Rigel Redemption all OUT NOW on Audiobooks & Audible.

I feel that my literary legacy is pretty much enshrined for posterity now. (Or should that be posterior? 🤔)

The British Fantasy Society has today launched its Online Library by calling for submissions. Here are the why and wherefores. The team of BFS online librarians awaits your submissions!

@tinybookcase.bsky.social Y’all need to update your Bsky tagline to award-winning!! 😊 Pleasure to meet yous at the British Fantasy Awards, Fantasycon 2024.

If you'd like to get your #Fantasycon2024 Bluesky follows done in advance, here you go! @ruthejbooth.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social @robinski.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @realbigal.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social