The Ghost Story Book Club

• LIVE EPISODE: Night of the Demon and M.R. James with Brontë Schiltz

  In Series 5, Episode 6 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, for a LIVE episode of the podcast, recorded at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Tuesday 28 October 2025, as part of their 'Spooked' festival.  I was joined on stage, after a screening of Night of the Demon (1957), by writer and academic researcher Brontë Schiltz and academic, writer and poet Professor Catherine Spooner for a discussion about the film and M.R. James's enduring appeal. Also in this episode, you'll hear the DEADVAULT trailer!  Please consider supporting us in our fundraiser here.  SUPPORT THE DEADVAULT KICKSTARTER HERE. MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with Darkness & Light and A Christmas Carol... dates, venues and tickets here. SOCIAL MEDIA: Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/  Support us on Patreon 

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• 'In the Tube' by E.F. Benson with Adam Farrer

  In Series 5, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Adam Farrer as we discuss 'In the Tube' by E.F. Benson. Adam Farrer is a writer, lecturer, mentor and editor based in Manchester, UK. His debut essay collection, Cold Fish Soup (Saraband, 2022), won the NorthBound Book Award and the follow-up, Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures, was published in the UK by HarperNorth in February 2025 and was published in the US on November 4th 2025 Listen to Adam Farrer's ghost story 'The Only' here Adam Farrer's website: **CONTENT WARNING: As mentioned in the episode, as part of our discussion, Adam and I have a frank conversation about suicide, both in terms of the story and in real life experiences.** SUPPORT THE DEADVAULT KICKSTARTER HERE. MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with Darkness & Light and A Christmas Carol... dates, venues and tickets here. SOCIAL MEDIA: Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/  Support us on Patreon 

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• 'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James with Andrew Michael Hurley

  In Series 5, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Andrew Michael Hurley, as we discuss 'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James. Andrew Michael Hurley's first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited-edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers and won the Encore Award. Starve Acre was published by John Murray in 2019, with a film adaptation starring Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith in production. Andrew's novel Barrowbeck was released in 2024. His latest novel, Saltwash, is out now in all good book shops. Andrew's story 'The Rising of the Sun' on BBC Sounds is here.  SUPPORT THE DEADVAULT KICKSTARTER HERE. MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with Darkness & Light and A Christmas Carol... dates, venues and tickets here. SOCIAL MEDIA: Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/  Support us on Patreon 

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• 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson: with Evelyn Hollow

  In Series 5, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Evelyn Hollow as we discuss 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson. Evelyn Hollow is a Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist. She was a resident author at Esoterica Zine for several years, was the recipient of the 2015 Lonely Planet Travel Writing Scholarship, the occult columnist for Corvid Culture, has written numerous articles for Haunted magazine, and has taught writing classes at everywhere from universities to arts festivals. She has also been featured in exhibitions at ESAF and is the creator of The Baer Archive. Her first book, ATLAS OF PARANORMAL PLACES, was published worldwide on Ivy Press (Quarto Publishing Group) in September 2024. She is a former psychology lecturer and holds a Master of Research degree in Paranormal Psychology. She now consults as a paranormal psychologist and expert for various TV shows and podcasts — most recently the smash-hit BBC shows The Battersea Poltergeist , The Witch Farm, and Uncanny. She is also from the Warner Bros. TV shows Spooked Scotland and Spooked Ireland, which stream on Discovery Channel+. Evelyn gives guest talks on paranormal history, folklore, and the quantum physics of anomalous phenomena. ORDER 'ATLAS OF PARANORMAL PLACES' HERE MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with Darkness & Light and A Christmas Carol... dates, venues and tickets here.   SOCIAL MEDIA: Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/  Support us on Patreon 

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• 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier: with Colin Walsh

  In Series 5, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Colin Walsh as we discuss 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier. Colin Walsh's short stories have won several awards including the RTE Francis MacManus Short Story Prize and the Hennessy Literary Award. In 2019 he was named Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year. His writing has been published in the Stinging Fly, the Irish Times and broadcast on RTE Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4. KALA is his first novel. He is from Galway and lives in Belgium.    MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with Darkness & Light and A Christmas Carol... dates, venues and tickets here.   SOCIAL MEDIA: Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/  Support us on Patreon 

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