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Ghostly podcast …

… here’s a recording of a chat about ghost storiess I had with Audrey Niffenegger and Jeremy Dyson, chaired by John Mullan.

Ten Hallowe’en selections from the British Film Collection

Ten selections from Network Distributing’s British Film Collection suitable for Hallowe’en.

My Hallowe’en diary …

… on Hallowe’en, I shall be signing books at Forbidden Planet from 3-5, along with many others … be sure to tune in to Radio4 Extra’s Valentine Dyall tribute, hosted by Jonathan Rigby, which features me talking radio horror (if you miss it, it’ll be on the BBC iPlayer for a while) … and on … Continue reading

What I have out this Hallowe’en …

As you know, my latest novel The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange is now out from Titan Books.  I assume you’ve all bought it.  However, it beehooves me to point out that I have contributed to several other books which are published in time for Halloween.

Cellar Door

On Sunday November the 1st, I’m hosting an intimate post-Hallowe’en screening of two rare 1970s BBC-TV horror items at the Cellar Door Club in Aldwych. Tickets available here.  On the bill is the Terry Nation-scripted supernatural detective pilot The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night (1972), with Robert Hardy as an Edwardian psychic investigator who … Continue reading