Long Story Short: The Official Podcast of The British Fantasy Society
Long Story Short: The Official Podcast of The British Fantasy Society
Podcast Description
A podcast celebrating writing and creativity across fantasy, horror, and science-fiction, hosted by authors David Green and Robin CM Duncan.
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The show explores various dimensions of writing in fantasy, horror, and science-fiction, focusing on storytelling techniques, genre influences, and thematic explorations. Episodes feature discussions on folklore in fantasy and horror as seen in the first episode with Anna Smith Spark, as well as topics like world-building, character development, and the evolution of genre literature.

A podcast celebrating writing and creativity across fantasy, horror, and science-fiction, hosted by authors David Green and Robin CM Duncan.
Join Robin in conversation with engineer and award-winning writer and editor Wole Talabi to hear about his novels, short fiction, the foundation of the Sauúti Collective and Wole’s approach to writing everything from a heist novel to contemplating the end of time.
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/
Find out more about Wole here: https://wtalabi.com
Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/
And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/
Time stamps
(01:32) engineering talk
(04:10) a Foundation in SF
(06:25) SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON
(12:40) Nneoma, the co-protagonist
(15:35) phone call for Mr Coogler / scriptwriting?
(18:10) the Sauútiverse – a worldbuilding community
(25:07) giving back to the community
(28:40) Katie Bruce reviews ONE DAY ALL THIS WILL BE YOURS, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
(30:40) songs of the Sauútiverse?
(34:15) Wole’s writing process
(40:45) Foundation on ‘TV’
(42:25) the pleasures & limitations of audiobooks
(46:25) THE FIST OF MEMORY
(50:20) short fiction in the works

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