The Ghost Story Book Club

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' Leon's inclusion in: A Personal Anthology    MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with 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 

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 Brontë's website Brontë's instagram  SUPPORT THE DEADVAULT KICKSTARTER STRETCH GOALS HERE. MY LIVE SHOWS: Come and see me on tour with 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 

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 

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 

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 

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 

In Series 5, Episode 1 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Julia Armfield as we discuss 'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse. Julia Armfield is a fiction writer, living in London. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. She was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Award 2018, and won the White Review Short Story Prize 2018 and a Pushcart Prize in 2020. She is the author of salt slow, a collection of short stories, which was longlisted for the Polari Prize 2020 and the Edge Hill Prize 2020. Her debut novel, Our Wives Under The Sea, was shortlisted for the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year Award 2022 and won the Polari Prize 2023. Her second novel, Private Rites, was longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize in 2024.  Private Rites is out now in paperback, available from all good bookshops.  Julia's Substack is here.   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 

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.  UNHOMELY: BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE Leeds Playhouse, 21 - 23 March The Dukes, Lancaster, 26 - 30 March Harrogate Theatre, 10 - 13 April The Drama Studio (EnableUs), 19-20 April   Book now: https://linktr.ee/tbodal   SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

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 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 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 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 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Leon Craig as we discuss 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe Leon Craig is a writer and editor from London, now based in Berlin. Her gothic short story collection Parallel Hells was published by Sceptre Books and she is currently working on her first novel. Leon's fiction has also appeared in the White Review, the London Magazine, the Best British Short Stories 2022 anthology and the Queer Life, Queer Love anthology. Her criticism has been published by the TLS, the Literary Review and Another Gaze among others.  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  

In Series 4, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Caroline Bird as we discuss 'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton. Caroline Bird is a poet and playwright. Her most recent collection, The Air Year, won the Forward Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize and the Polari Prize. Her previous collections include In These Days of Prohibition, which was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2017. Caroline's play, Red Ellen, about the labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, was shortlisted for the 2021 George Devine Award. Caroline's latest book is her Selected Poems, Rookie, published by Carcanet in Spring 2022. Follow Caroline on Twitter here.   SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

In Series 4, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Kirsty Logan as we discuss 'The Hated House' by Celia Fremlin. Kirsty Logan's latest novel is Now She is Witch (Harvill Secker, 2023), a queer medieval witch revenge quest. Her memoir The Unfamiliar (Virago, 2023), a memoir of queer pregnancy and parenthood is out now. She is also the author of two previous novels, three story collections, two chapbooks, a 10-hour audio play for Audible, and several collaborative projects with musicians and visual artists. Her books have won the Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. Her work has been optioned for TV, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. Visit Kirsty's website here.  Follow her on Twitter here. Join me on tour with HAUNTED.  Tickets and tour dates here: https://linktr.ee/tbodal  SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

In Series 4, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Will Maclean as we discuss 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' by M.R. James. Will Maclean is a writer and the author of the novel The Apparition Phase. He's written for television professionally since 2006, during which time he's worked as a scriptwriter for people as varied as Alexander Armstrong, Miranda Hart, Al Murray and Tracey Ullman. As well as comedy, he's also written extensively for children's television, where he's been an integral part of writing teams that have picked up two BAFTAs and an International Emmy. 'The Apparition Phase' is Will's first novel and it was shortlsted for the McKitterick Prize.  Find out more about Will here. Follow him on Instagram here.  Join me on tour with HAUNTED.  Tickets and tour dates here: https://linktr.ee/tbodal  SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club Series 4! In Series 4, Episode 1 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Rachel Fairburn as we discuss 'Man-Size in Marble' by E. Nesbit. Rachel Fairburn is a comedian. Along with Kiri Pritchard McLean, she co-created and co-hosts All Killa No Filla, a smash-hit podcast with a huge international following. Rachel has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2014, with 6 critically acclaimed solo shows under her belt including 'The Wolf at the Door' and 'The People's Princess'. She's also toured the country extensively with her shows. Her podcast Ghoul Guide, in which she and her producer Clarissa visit various reportedly haunted locations in the the UK, was released last year and is available, along with All Killa No Filla, wherever you get your podcasts. Rachel's latest touring show, Showgirl, is on the road at the moment and you can see the dates and details at www.rachelfairburn.com.  Join me on tour with HAUNTED.  Tickets and tour dates here: https://linktr.ee/tbodal  SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

In Series 3, Episode 12 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Rhianna Dhillon as we discuss 'The Lady's Maid's Bell' by Edith Wharton. Rhianna Dhillon has been a film critic for 12 years, beginning her career at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra as their in-house film critic. Now a film and TV critic on BBC 6Music's Breakfast Show with Lauren Laverne, Rhianna is also the BBC 5Live film reviewer and hosts the PodPod podcast. Rhianna moderates events and Q&As for BAFTA, Disney, the BFI and others. Follow Rhianna on Twitter here.   Tickets and info for HAUNTED here. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod

In Series 3, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 2 December 2022) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'The Stalls of Barchester' (1971) and 'Lost Hearts' (1973) 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.  A Christmas Carol: BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE Use the code GHOSTCLUB22 for a discount (or XMAS241 for two-for-one tickets until 12noon on Weds 21 Dec). Live at Barons Court Theatre, 7-24 December. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod