The Ghost Story Book Club

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In  Series 2, Episode 5  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Mike Muncer (of The Evolution of Horror ) as we discuss 10 of the Best Ghost Story Movies.  Mike and I have picked five favourites each and we talk about why we love them and this chilling cinematic sub-genre so much! Mike Muncer  is p roducer & senior editor of the  BBC's Inside Cinema ....

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In Series 2, Episode 4  join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Emily Klassen as we discuss 'Smee' by A.M. Burrage.  Emily Klassen is a classical soprano and actor living in Toronto, Canada. She specialises in music from the Baroque period and has performed extensively Canada and abroad. She made her worldwide television debut on the critically acclaime...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In Series 2, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Robert Lloyd Parry  as we discuss 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook' by M.R. James. Robert Lloyd Parry is a writer, actor and storyteller. His theatre company is Nunkie Theatre and he is perhaps best known for his performances as M.R James. He does wonderful performances online and he's back on the...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In Series 2, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Danny Robins as we discuss 'The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth' by Rhoda Broughton Danny Robins i s a writer, broadcaster, journalist and playwright. He is the creator of the podcast series Haunted , the BBC drama-documentary The Battersea Poltergeist and, most recently, th...

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club!   In Series 2, Episode 1  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson,  and my guest,  Michelle Paver as we discuss 'The Kit-Bag' by Algernon Blackwood. Michelle Paver is an award-winning novelist and children's writer. As well as being the writer of the fantasy series, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness , Michelle may be best known to listeners of this podcast as the author...

Series 2 is coming. Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter and we'll announce the date of the first episode very soon!  Follow us on Twitter:  twitter.com/GhostClubPod JOIN ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson Keep up with The Ghost Story Book Club by joining this group : www.facebook.com/groups/AZRevents Email :  theghoststorybookclub@gmail.com

In  Episode 8  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Jenn Ashworth , as we discuss 'The Beckoning Fair One' by Oliver Onions. Jenn Ashworth  is a writer based in Lancaster. Her latest book,  Notes Made While Falling , a memoir told in essays, is out now. Her novels include  A Kind of Intimacy  and  Fell . She lectures in creative writing at Lancaster University. You can follow Jenn on Twitter...

In  Episode 7  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Tajinder Singh Hayer , as we discuss 'The Brown Hand' by Arthur Conan Doyle Tajinder Singh Hayer is a writer for TV, radio and theatre. He was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 1980. Taj was Writer in Residence at BBC Manchester. He was also Writer in Residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from March-September 2004, a member of the Lim...

In  Episode 6  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson,  and my guest,  Professor Catherine Spooner , as we discuss two fantastically creepy tales by Amelia B. Edwards. Professor Catherine Spooner is Professor of Literature and Culture at the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. She specialises in Gothic literature, film and popular culture, with an emphasis on fashion and costum...

In  Episode 5  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Andrew Michael Hurley , as we discuss the creepy countryside classic, 'And No Bird Sings' by E.F. Benson. Andrew Michael Hurley is an award-winning novelist. His first novel, The Loney won the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards. Devil's Day , his second novel, was picked as a Book of the...

In  Episode 4  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Mary Wild , as we discuss two classic tales: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Mary Wild is the creator of the PROJECTIONS lecture series, applying psychoanalysis to film interpretation, a regular feature in Freud Museum London public programme. Her interests include cinematic representations of mental illness, the double...

In  Episode 3  join me,  Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Becky Darke , as we discuss two classic ghost stories: John Charrington's Wedding by E. Nesbit & Hand in Glove by Elizabeth Bowen Becky Darke is a London-based podcaster and film reviewer. She produces and co-hosts the '90s pop-culture podcasts Don't Point That Horror At Me and Return to Eerie, Indiana . She's also a regular contributor to T...

In Episode 2  join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, the very wonderful Mike Muncer , as we discuss one of the best ghost stories ever written: M.R James's 'A Warning to the Curious'. Mike Muncer is p roducer & senior editor of the BBC's Inside Cinema . He's a film journalist and creator and host of The Evolution of Horror podcast. Follow Mike on Twitter here .  JOIN MY PATREON www.patreon.com/a...

Episode 1 of the Ghost Story Book Club.  In our first ever episode join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my brilliant guest Rhianna Dhillon as we discuss Edith Wharton's chilling ghost story 'Mr Jones' . We chat about feminism, gaslighting and comedy in Wharton's remarkable tale.  Rhianna Dhillon has worked as a film and TV critic for 9 years, beginning her career at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra as their in-hou...