Physical Magic by William C. Tracy – SPFBO #11 Semi-Finals Review
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
A thoughtful, inclusive fantasy with a strong emotional core, a distinctive setting, and a protagonist whose struggle with self-worth feels honest and earned.
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Half a King by Joe Abercrombie – What if it wasn’t labeled YA?
Tom Joyce
Imagine if Half a King had been published without the letters ‘YA’ anywhere near the cover. Just a new novel by Joe Abercrombie, author of The First Law, arriving with…
Review: Echoes of the Imperium by Nicholas and Olivia Atwater
If you’re looking for something a bit different, something that isn’t too fluffy but still a lot of fun, with a crew you’ll grow to love, Echoes of the Imperium…
A Matter of Execution by Nicholas Atwater & Olivia Atwater – Review
If you want some swashbuckling fantasy, that's full of charm, adventure, a diverse cast, fun and plenty of banter, this is plain gold.
Open Dyslexia from BOTH Press – Dyslexic-Friendly Books for Adults Part Two!
Fantasy-Faction Staff Adventurer
Press Release from BOTH Press Following their successful Open Dyslexia Kickstarter in 2021, which led to publishing eight dyslexic friendly fiction titles, BOTH Press is launching their second Kickstarter Open…
Big List of Julia’s Favourite Women Writing SFF
Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF shelves. Always preferring little to no romance, aside from very few exceptions, I found the ratio was quite…
Open Dyslexia from BOTH Press – Dyslexic-Friendly Books for Adults
If you’ve been to any conventions in the UK over the last few years (2020 aside, of course), then you should have encountered Alistair Sims, bookseller, tea enthusiast, and owner…
Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
Rakib Ahmad Khan
Coming-of-age books are quite common these days, so are the books containing assassins as protagonists in fantasy, so how does a book combing these two themes actually fare? RJ Barker…
Disabilities In SFF: More Or Less Than Fine?
Leo Elijah Cristea
Quite some time ago, I wrote a pretty vague and largely naive (in that I missed a lot) article about disability in SFF. It was exclusively about physical disabilities and…
Disability and Imperfect People in Fantasy
A couple of days ago, Elspeth Cooper guest blogged at Bookworm Blues about a running theme in Songs of the Earth, the first in a fantasy series that has been…