Happy Halloween … As the nights draw in, many of us are more likely to use public transport, but would you want to ride with… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: Clive Barker’s The Midnight Meat Train
Horror Short Stories I love short stories, but especially horror short stories … and there’s no better time to read them than this Halloween month!… Read More »5 Superb Horror Short Stories You Should Read This Halloween Month
Hellraising Halloween Question: why is Lemarchand’s puzzle box like the foot injury plantar fasciitis? Because it’ll tear your sole apart. No joke: I’m writing this… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: Hellraiser Halloween Horror Special!
Teens And Reading If you want the teenagers in your life to test the waters of the reading world, you’ll notice that there are quite… Read More »Top 10 Book Genres To Get Your Teens Reading
The Thing Is … Antarctica. Home to penguins, the South Pole, and one of the scariest sci-fi/horror stories ever. But what’s more effective: the page-turner… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: The Thing
Happy Halloween! For this Halloween’s Book Versus Film, we’re visiting one of fiction’s premier haunted houses. It has stood for sixty years, and might stand… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: The Haunting of Hill House
It’s Banned Books Week Books have been seen as dangerous since we first started writing them. And in 2019, governments around the world continue to… Read More »Banned Books: Is Your Favourite On The List?
Book Versus Film If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure to encounter one book, two films, three empty graves and foreshadowing to… Read More »BOOK VS FILM: Pet Sematary: Horrifyingly Bad, or Horror Masterpiece?
So, it’s fair to say Netflix’s Bird Box set Twitter tweeting and Facebook and instagram into meltdown! Immediately everyone started sharing opinions and Bird Box-inspired memes, plus… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: Bird Box – Stunning Sci Fi or Bird-brained Blunder?
It’s Halloween, so for this year’s horror-themed Book Vs Film we’re comparing one of the classics. It’s the book that remained on The New York… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: An Epic Study of The Exorcist
We all imagine the homes of our favourite characters, from ‘real world’ characters like Sherlock Holmes, through to the more horrifying like Dracula, or fantasy… Read More »Literary Homes – Which Is Your Favourite?
My Reading Pledge 2017 This year, I set a reading pledge for myself. I decided I would read at least 5: Writers of colour Classic… Read More »My Year In Books – 90 Awesome Reads!
Beautiful places hide dark secrets… Known as England’s ‘Little Switzerland’, the Exmoor village of Lynmouth is located on the doorstep of the dramatic Valley of The Rocks. Famous for its cliff railway and breath-taking scenery, Lynmouth has inspired many writers, including RD Blackmore’s Lorna Doone and 19th Century poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who honeymooned there in 1812. Devon author LV Hay uses her local knowledge to bring forth the claustrophobic, dark domestic noir she has become known for. Grab your free book now!