The Ghost Story Book Club – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In Series 5, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Leon Craig, as we discuss 'A Wicked Voice' by Vernon Lee.

Leon Craig is the author of gothic short story collection Parallel Hells and queer haunted house novel The Decadence (both Sceptre UK). Her work has been published in Hazlitt, the London Magazine, the TLS and elsewhere. Leon is from London but now lives in Berlin. 

Leon's debut novel The Decadence is out now. 

Leon's website: https://www.leoncraigwriter.com/ 

Leon's story in The Hazlitt - 'A Rage to Live'

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In Series 5, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Brontë Schiltz, as we discuss 'A Wicked Voice' by Vernon Lee.

Brontë Schiltz is a writer, journalist and PhD candidate researching the Televisual Gothic at
Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. Her creative
work has been published in Hungry Ghost Magazine, Olney Magazine and Lotus-Eater
Magazine, as well as Comma Press collections The Book of Manchester (2024) and The
Monster, Capital (2025). Her debut collection is forthcoming. She is the members
coordinator of the International Gothic Association and the principal editor of Hive Journal

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In the first of our 2024 Christmas Specials - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 11 December 2024) as we discuss two classic BBC Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Signalman' (1976) and 'A View From a Hill' (2005).

Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a weekly podcast in which he explores the history of the horror genre by delving into particular sub-genres across several weeks. Each episode Mike is joined by a different guest: a critic, filmmaker or expert, to discuss a particular film in depth, to look at its place within a sub-genre and its impact and legacy on cinema history. Subscribe to The Evolution of Horror - and Mike's Twin Peaks podcast, The Detective and the Log Lady - wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Mike on Bluesky here.

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In Series 4, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 7 December 2023) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' (1974) and 'The Ash Tree' (1975)

Mike Muncer is the host and creator of The Evolution of Horror, a weekly podcast in which he explores the history of the horror genre by delving into particular sub-genres across several weeks. Each episode Mike is joined by a different guest: a critic, filmmaker or expert, to discuss a particular film in depth, to look at its place within a sub-genre and its impact and legacy on cinema history. Subscribe to The Evolution of Horror wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Mike on Twitter here. 

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In Series 4, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, as I count down ten of my favourite Ghost Stories for Christmas! What are your favourites? Tell me on Twitter and Facebook. 

In Series 4, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Nathan Ballingrud as we discuss 'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford

Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, and North American Lake Monsters, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. A novella, Crypt of the Moon Spider, will appear in 2024. He has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. His stories have been adapted into the Hulu series Monsterland. He lives in Asheville, NC.

Find Nathan on Twitter here.
On Instagram here

The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

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Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

In Series 4, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Naomi Ryan as we discuss 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James

Naomi Ryan is a barrister. After completing the BCL at St Catherine's College, Oxford, she taught criminal law to undergraduates at St Hilda's College Oxford and University College London before embarking on her career as a criminal barrister. She both prosecuted and defended before moving to work for as a civil service. She has worked for an array of prestigious departments, including the Attorney General's Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Court of Appeal, and she continues to work as an advisory barrister on criminal matters. When she isn't advising on criminal matters, she delivers talks on the more macabre side of legal history. She is a regular feature at London's Month of the Dead festival, and can often be found addressing museums and other legal and supernatural organisations on the topic of ghost law. She plans to finish her book on the subject next year.

Find Naomi on Instagram @spooky_barrister 

The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

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Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

In Series 4, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Leon Craig as we discuss 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe

Find Leon on Twitter @Leon_c_c

The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

Book now, here: Tickets

Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

Welcome to this special bonus LIVE episode of The Ghost Story Book Club!

Join me (Adam Z. Robinson), Gothic expert and award-winning writer Professor Catherine Spooner and novellist Andrew Michael Hurley for this post-screening discussion of The Woman in Black (1989 TV film adaptation) which was recorded LIVE at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Saturday 28 October 2023 as part of the Dark Dukes festival.

The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream
Thurs 7 December

Book now, here: Tickets

Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com

In Series 4, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Dr. Emily Vincent as we discuss 'The Giant Wistaria' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Dr Emily Vincent is a Deputy Associate Director of Research and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International, based at Durham University. Emily holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Birmingham. Her thesis explored how women navigate child loss in fin-de-siècle ghost stories by examining spiritualism and maternity in the supernatural works of Florence Marryat, Margaret Oliphant, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Emily also co-runs Gothica, an international interdisciplinary reading group on the Gothic.

Find Emily on Twitter @Emily__Vincent 
and Gothica @Gothica_UoB.

The Ghost Story Book Club: Christmas Special Live-Stream

Book now, here: Tickets

Date: Thursday 7 December, 7pm (UK time)

Guest: Mike Muncer (from The Evolution of Horror) 

Texts: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974) and The Ash Tree (1975)

TICKETS:https://gsbcxmas.eventbrite.com