Today Nils welcomes Amy Coombe to the Fantasy Hive in an interview about her debut cosy fantasy romance STAY FOR A SPELL, out now from HarperVoyager:
"I crammed every happy memory I have of a bookstore into this novel"
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Jonathan reviews Christopher Priest and Nina Allan's moving biography of seminal speculative fiction author J. G. Ballard in The Illuminated Man: Life, Death and the World of J. G. Ballard:
"a fitting tribute to Ballard, Priest and Allan.."
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We have partnered with @panmacmillan to bring you a GIVEAWAY for UNCHARMED by @lucyjanewood.bsky.social - 2 copies available!
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Today Kat welcome Lex Croucher to the Fantasy Hiive in an interview all about their upcoming dark academia THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES
"Briar Jones is the book for everyone who didn't get into magic school"
Out 9th June from Gollancz
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Our #SPFBO 11 team return with their next semi-finalist review, and this week it's the turn of THE SEA PRINCE by Elizabeth Schechter!
Find out what TO, Vinay and Cat thought, and how their semi-finalist results table is shaping up, here: tinyurl.com/4ctp652f
To celebrate the publication of her dark academia horror THE WAY IT HAUNTED HIM, out today from Titan Books, Laura R. Samotin has written us an article about the place of superstition in the modern world!
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We've reached the end of May and so it's time for our team to gather round and share what they've been reading this month and which titles they chose as their TOP PICKS!
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TO, Cat and Vinay return with another SPFBO 11 semifinalist review - this week it's the turn of SHADOWS DARK AND DEADLY by Andrea Marie Johnson!
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Our SPFBO 11 team return this week with their fourth semi-finalist review. Find out what TO, Cat and Vinay thought of THREADS OF MEMORY by Richard Fierce and how their semi-finalist table is shaping up!
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The Fantasy Hive
The Fantasy Hive
The Fantasy Hive
The Fantasy Hive
The Fantasy Hive
The Fantasy Hive
We have partnered with @panmacmillan to bring you a GIVEAWAY for UNCHARMED by @lucyjanewood.bsky.social - 2 copies available!
To enter:
Follow us & Repost this post & leave a bird ✨ emoji in the comments!
Rules:
UK & N. Ireland entries only due to shipping restrictions.
Ends: 11 June 2026
