by Lucy Hounsom | March 15, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
This week we’re delighted to host Emma Newman: author, narrator and LARPer. Here she talks about science fiction, her writing routine and the lessons she’s learned from penning a multi-book series. In your Planetfall series, you have gone for quite hard SF...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 19, 2018 | Blog
As well as a gentle reminder that we’re eligible for a couple of SFF awards, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank our listeners for their support over the last year (and more)! BTGS has been going now since April 2016 and we can’t believe...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 1, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
This week, BTGS is lucky enough to host one of the major fantasy debuts of 2017: Anna Stephens. We asked her about grimdark, what it’s like being a woman in the industry, how she writes female characters and why you should be reading Godblind. Without further...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 30, 2017 | 5 Q's, Blog
I had the immense pleasure of reading alongside G. V. Anderson at a recent Bristolcon Fringe, and following her World Fantasy Award-winning story ‘Das Steingeschöpf’ was pretty tough. She’s here to tell us a little about herself and her work and why you...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 9, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHow important are video games in showcasing diversity? Can they do it better than other forms of media? Whether ‘diversity’ means eschewing the traditional cis white male protagonist or encountering a...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 24, 2017 | Blog
The British Fantasy Society’s Fantasycon is almost upon us and your favourite geek feminist podcast is hitting the road to Peterborough (or the rails). It’ll be Lucy’s fourth Fantasycon in a row – why does she like this provincial little con...