The Ghost Story Book Club

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 Fr...

Join me at live events that are happening up and down England this October and November... Visit our LinkTree here for info and to book: https://linktr.ee/tbodal   HAUNTED dates and details: Fri 6 October LION'S DEN, MANCHESTER, 8pm https://grimmfest2023.eventive.org/passes/buy   **Use the code HAUNTED23 for a discount!** Fri 20 October OLD TOWN HALL, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD https://oldtownhall.co.uk/even...

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 hos...

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...

In  Series 3, Episode 10  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, James Swanton as we discuss 'The Room in the Tower' by E. F. Benson James Swanton is an award-winning actor and writer, increasingly recognised for his attempts to frighten people. He has so far been responsible for Sikes & Nancy  (Trafalgar Studios, West End),  Frankenstein's Creature  (FrightFest, Leicester Square) and  Ghost S...

In  Series 3, Episode 9  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Emily Klassen as we discuss 'They'  by Rudyard Kipling.  Emily Klassen is a classical soprano and actor living in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in music from the Baroque period and has performed extensively at home and abroad. She made her worldwide television debut on the critically acclaimed NBC series "Hannibal" where she pe...

In  Series 3, Episode 8  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Andrew Michael Hurley as we discuss 'The Cicerones' by Robert Aickman. Andrew Michael Hurley is currently based in Lancashire. His 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 F...

In  Series 3, Episode 7  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Becky Darke as we discuss 'The Lost Ghost' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Becky Darke is a podcaster, writer, presenter and programmer with her sights on film, horror and the '90s. You can find Becky on the podcasts Don't Point That Horror At Me, Return to Eerie Indiana, The Evolution of Horror and The Final Girls. Follow Becky on Tw...

In  Series 3, Episode 6  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson ,  and my guest,  Louise Blain  as we discuss 'The House with the Brick Kiln' by E.F. Benson. Louise Blain is a broadcaster and writer specialising in gaming, technology, and entertainment. She hosts BBC Radio 3's monthly Sound of Gaming show and can be found talking all things tech on BBC Radio Scotland. Her bylines include GamesRadar, T3, The G...

LIVE-STREAMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Be part of the audience! On Friday 2 December, I'm going to be hosting a LIVE-STREAMED episode of the podcast. Be part of the audience - join my Patreon here .  My guest will be none other than Mike Muncer of The Evolution of Horror podcast and we will be discussing the classic BBC Ghost Story for Christmas films, specifically The Stalls of Barchester   (1971) and...

In  Series 3, Episode 5  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson ,  and my guest,  Andy Mitton  we discuss 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by Washington Irving. Andy Mitton  is a writer, composer, director, and editor, and designer. His primary focuses are the disparate worlds of musical theater and horror movies. Film credits include  The Harbinger  - currently on the festival circuit and slated for release in...

In  Series 3, Episode 4  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson ,  and my guest, Kirsty Logan we discuss two stories: 'The Red Room' by H.G. Wells & 'There Will Come Soft Rains' by Ray Bradbury. Kirsty Logan's first story collection, The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales , won the Scott Prize, the Polari First Book Prize, and the Saboteur Award. Her first novel, The Gracekeepers , won a Lambda Literary Award an...

Welcome to this special bonus episode of The Ghost Story Book Club. It's an episode of two halves: First, I'm joined by Lesley Manning and Stephen Volk, the director and writer (respectively) of Ghostwatch  (1992). It's the 30 year anniversary of that outstanding film and I was lucky enough to spend some time chatting to Stephen and Lesley. Then, in the second half of the podcast, join me (Adam Z....

In  Series 3, Episode 3  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Leon Craig  we discuss  'Count Magnus' by M.R. James. Leon   Craig 's debut short story collection   Parallel Hells   was published by Sceptre Books in February 2022. She has written freelance journalism for the White Review, the TLS, the Brixton Review of Books and Another Gaze, among other publications.  Leon  is a member of The...

In  Series 3, Episode 2  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest,  Jenn Ashworth as we discuss 'The Violet Car' by E. Nesbit. Jenn Ashworth is novelist and Professor of Writing at Lancaster University. Her novels include A Kind of Intimacy, The Friday Gospels and Fell . She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. In 2019 she published Notes Made While Falling , a memoir...

Welcome to Series 3 of The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 3, Episode 1  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Will Maclean we discuss ' Thurnley Abbey' by Perceval Landon Will Maclean is a writer and the author of the novel 'The Apparition Phase'. Originally from the Wirral, Will has been fascinated by ghost stories since he was a child, and has been writing them almost as long as he can r...

Series 3 of The Ghost Story Book Club is coming. Subscribe to the podcast, follow us on Twitter and we'll announce the date of the first episode very soon!  Join me for our first ever Ghost Story Book Club live event . Join me, Jenn Ashworth and Professor Catherine Spooner at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Friday 28 October for a post-screening discussion of Ghostwatch. Get your tickets here. www.dukesl...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club... for the final time this series! In  Series 2, Episode 13  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Jenn Ashworth as we discuss 'The Signal-Man' by Charles Dickens . Jenn Ashworth is novelist and Professor of Writing at Lancaster University. Her novels include A Kind of Intimacy , The Friday Gospels and Fell . She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Soci...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 12  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Catriona Ward as we discuss 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs.  Catriona Ward is a novelist. She was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at...

Welcome back to  The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 11  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Thom Burgess as we discuss some of the Best Comic Book & Graphic Novel ghost stories. Thom has put together a list of ten of his favourites.  After his breakout indie comic Malevolents in 2015, Thom Burgess quickly garnered attention from the likes of David Sandberg, Andy Nyman ( Ghost...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 10  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guests, Daisy Butcher and Janette Leaf as we discuss 'The Mummy's Soul' by Anonymous, 'The Moth' by H.G. Wells and 'Butterflies' by Lafcadio Hearn from their book 'Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird'.  Daisy Butcher is a doctoral scholar and Visiting Lecturer at the University...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 9  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Mark Nixon as we discuss ' A School Story' & 'Wailing Well' by M.R. James. Mark Nixon is a writer who dwells by a graveyard in County Durham.  In addition to writing and publishing short ghost stories, Mark has written extensively in the audio drama format, appearing on such podcasts as t...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 8  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Brontë Schiltz   as we discuss  10 of the Best Television Ghost Stories. Brontë and I have picked five favourites each and we discuss why we love them! Brontë  Schiltz graduated from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2020 with a Masters in E...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 7  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Lauren Owen as we discuss 'The Judge's House' by Bram Stoker . Lauren   Owen  is a novelist. She  grew up in Yorkshire and studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Her first novel,  The Quick , is the Victorian tale of two siblings and of London's mysterious Aeglolius Club. Her seco...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 6  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Louise Blain as we discuss 'Ringing the Changes' by Robert Aickman.  Louise Blain is a writer and broadcaster working across entertainment, technology, and gaming. She presents BBC Radio 3's monthly Sound of Gaming show - which you can listen to here - and regularly features on BBC Radio...