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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months.

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Miscellany

Book Club Pick: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, read by November 3rd!

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News

2021 British Fantasy Awards

Raybearer is getting an adaptation

The Changeling adaptation casting update

Update on The Watch adaptation

Books Discussed

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (cw: child abuse)

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of slurs around mental illness by certain characters)

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: body horror, explicit violence and assault)

A Psalm for the WildBuilt by Becky Chambers