Long Story Short Ep-19a: the World Fantasy Convention special!

About this episode

This episode reflects on the World Fantasy Convention held in Brighton, featuring discussions with various guests from the event.

Was it only seven weeks ago that 1,100 fantasy fans gathered in Brighton on the south coast of England for the World Fantasy Convention? If you made it there, here’s a podcast that might help to relive that happy time; and if you didn’t, maybe this offering can tempt you to the next Fantasycon in glorious Glasgow (it’ll be 2026 before you know it!) https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/ Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/ Visit Robin’s website: https://robincmduncan.com/ Or David’s: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/ And you can still visit the WFC 2025 website: https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk, Perhaps even book for Glasgow in 2026, here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/ TIME STAMPS (00:38) Thursday – Robin and David; (02:10) Adrian Fletcher, BFS reviews editor; (02:55) Susan J. Morris, author; (03:40) Jenni Coutts, WFC art lead, artist and author; (04:29) Oliver Arditi, author, red cloak and lead ukulele; (05:50) Katie Bruce, writer, virtual assistant to authors, and LSS book reviewer; (06:15) Allen Stroud, WFC co-vice…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robin, David

Guests: Adrian Fletcher, Susan J. Morris, Jenni Coutts, Oliver Arditi, Katie Bruce, Allen Stroud, Noor A Jahangir, Andrew Knighton, David Thomas Moore

Topics covered

• World Fantasy Convention
• fantasy literature
• conventions

Keywords

• fantasycon
• Glasgow 2026
• BFS

Mentioned in this episode

Products: WFC 2025, Fantasycon 2026

Books & works: Fantasy & Faith, Down By The Acorn Tree

Places: Brighton, England, Glasgow

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