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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (book review).
Words change. Sometimes it is their recognised meaning, as with ‘gay’, and sometimes their spelling. The word ‘gramyre’ evolved into ‘grammar’, although the…
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August 2026
July 2026
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Wicker: Olivia Colman finds a man who is well put together (fantasy film trailer).
The trailer for Wicker has arrived, presenting Olivia Colman with the perennial romantic problem of finding a decent husband in a small village…
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The Iron Code: Stories In Honour Of David Gemmell edited by Ian Whates (book review).
This anthology is published to mark twenty years since the death of fantasy author David Gemmell, whose most famous character was Druss the…
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The Rings of Power returns: Sauron sharpens his smile for season three (video).
Middle-earth is about to become considerably less peaceful again. Amazon has unveiled the first teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of…
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Till Golem do us part? NewCon Press acquires The Crafter’s Wife (book news).
NewCon Press has acquired World English rights to The Crafter’s Wife, the debut fantasy novel by Dani Raanan, proving once again that arranged…
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The Odyssey: Mark Kermode’s fantasy film review (video).
The video review above belongs to Mark Kermode and Ben Bailey Smith, who stepped into Simon Mayo’s chair and discovered that Christopher Nolan…
June 2026
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The East Palace: ghosts, kings and Netflix (trailer).
Netflix has released details of its upcoming Korean fantasy drama The East Palace, and if the ingredients list is anything to go by,…
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Last Night In Soho (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘Last Night In Soho’ looks back at the 1960s through the dreams and often nightmares,of Ellie, a would-be fashion designer in present-day London,…
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Borderlanz: Tales From the Edges by Douglas Smith (book review).
Borderlanz is the third collection of short stories from author Douglas Smith. I have had the pleasure of reading, and reviewing, the previous…
May 2026
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House Of The Dragon Season 3 promises more dragons, more betrayal and considerably fewer sensible life choices (trailer).
If there is one lesson audiences should have learned from the first two seasons of House Of The Dragon, it is that giving…
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood signs two-book Historical Fantasy deal with Transworld (Heaven immediately looks nervous) (news)
Transworld UK has pre-emptively acquired two new historical fantasy novels from bestselling author Jon Courtenay Grimwood, which is a sentence that already sounds…
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Mortal Kombat II arrives to punch cinema in the plot glands (Mark Kermode movie review).
Mortal Kombat II has now cartwheeled into cinemas, dragging with it several realms, a worrying number of sharp objects, and the sort of…