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The Ghost Story Book Club
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The Ghost Story Book Club podcast. Join host Adam Z. Robinson @adamzed.bsky.social as he discusses classic ghost stories with special guests. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 S5 E4 Join me and my special guest Andrew Michael Hurley, author of The Loney and brand new novel Saltwash, and we discuss 'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 S5 E3 Join me and my special guest Evelyn Hollow as we discuss The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Out now, subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts.
Mock-up cover of "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson featuring a seated figure - Evelyn - in a dark coat against a stone background, with ghost icon.
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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COMING THIS WEDNESDAY! Join me and my very special guest, EVELYN HOLLOW, as we discuss The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
Mock-up cover of "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson featuring a seated figure - Evelyn - in a dark coat against a stone background, with ghost icon.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 S5 E2 Join me and my fantastic guest Colin Walsh, author of Kala, as we discuss 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier. Subscribe and listen to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts!
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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COMING THIS WEDNESDAY: Join me for S5 E2 when my guest is Colin Walsh, author of Kala, and we discuss 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier.
Mock up of a book cover for "Don't Look Now" by Daphne du Maurier features a man in a black shirt standing in a field, with warm tones. A small ghost cartoon appears at the bottom left. The front cover of Kala by Colin Walsh - a girl sits in a field at sunset.
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 S5 E1 Join me and the brilliant Julia Armfield as we discuss 'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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COMING THIS WEDNESDAY... Julia Armfield and I discuss (among other things) Stephen King adaptations.
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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GUEST REVEAL: My first guest for Series 5 of The Ghost Story Book Club is the incredible Julia Armfield (Our Wives Under the Sea, Salt Slow, Private Rites). It was such a pleasure to chat to Julia - I'm a huge fan of her work. Out next Wednesday!
A yellow background. A grey-green foreground. Julia Armfield in a white shirt. A cartoon ghost. The text: Honeysuckle Cottage by P.G. Wodehouse with Julia Armfield.
October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Ghost Story Pals! My tour of DARKNESS & LIGHT kicks off next Sunday in #Faversham. Join me, won't you, for two ghost stories, told live. Come face to face with terror. First show: Sun 28 Sept, The Alex, Faversham.
Darkness & Light poster A man at a desk with a creepy lamp holding a book. A man holding a candelabra. A man covering his right eye, a lamp behind him.
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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In S3 E3, recorded in 2022, I was joined by the wonderful Leon Craig and we tackled the tentacular 'Count Magnus' by M.R. James.

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July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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In S3 E2, recorded in 2022, I was joined once more by the brilliant Jenn Ashworth and we discussed 'The Violet Car' by E. Nesbit. Are ghost cars scary..,?

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June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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In S3 E1, recorded in 2022, I was joined by Will Maclean - author of The Apparition Phase - and we discussed 'Thurnley Abby' by Perceval Landon.

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Will Maclean Front cover of The Apparition Phase Perceval Landon
June 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In S2 E13, recorded in 2021, I was joined by the brilliant
@jennashworth.bsky.social and we discussed 'The Signal-Man' by Charles Dickens. Is there a ghost in this story or not...? 🚂 🥊

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Jenn Ashworth Charles Dickens
June 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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In S2 E12, recorded in 2021, I was joined by the brilliant
@catrionaward.bsky.social and we discussed 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs. Any fans of that incredible classic tale?

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June 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The Ghost Story Book Club: Series 5 coming autumn 2025.
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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In S2E11, recorded in 2021, I was joined by @manoghosts.bsky.social and we discussed Comic Book & Graphic Novel ghosts. I learned at LOT from Thom - there were some fantastic recommendations.

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May 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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In S2E10, recorded in 2021, I was joined by Daisy Butcher & Janette Leaf. We talked about Ghosts & Insects to celebrate their book Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird.

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The front cover of Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird: 21 (British Library Tales of the Weird): 23. A death's-head moth in black and blue.
May 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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In S2 E8, recorded in 2021, I was joined by writer and academic @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
and we discussed Television Ghost Stories. Do you have any favourites? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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Image from Ghostwatch: Three presenters look at the camera with screens in the background with the show's title on A man holds an ice cube in front of a blindfolded woman Poster for The Stone Tape. A woman looks seriously at us. A ghoulish, white face with wispy hair and a wide-open mouth. A death mask.
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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In S2 E7, recorded in 2021, I was joined by
novelist Lauren Owen and we discussed 'The Judge's House' by Bram Stoker. Have you read this chilling story by the author of Dracula? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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March 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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In S2 E6, recorded in 2021, I was joined by
@louiseblain.bsky.social and we discussed 'Ringing the Changes' by Robert Aickman. What is your favourite Aickman tale? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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March 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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In S2 E5, recorded in 2021, I was joined by @mikemuncer.bsky.social and we discussed Ghost Story Movies. What were our favourites? What are yours? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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March 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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In S2 E4, recorded back in 2021, I was joined by professional soprano, composer, writer & filmmaker @emilyklassen.bsky.social and we discussed 'Smee' by A. M. Burrage. Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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Photo of Emily Klassen Photo of A.M. Burrage
March 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Join me TOMORROW for one of the most chilling ghost stories ever written, The Judge's House by Bram Stoker. A live performance, live-streamed, 5 March 2025 at 7:30 PM(UK). Tickets are Pay What You Decide - any amount is gratefully accepted. thejudgeshouse.eventbrite.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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In S2 E3, recorded back in 2021, I was joined by master storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry @nunkie.bsky.social
and we discussed 'Canon Alberic's Scrapbook' by M.R. James. Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻

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January 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Next week (Weds 5th Feb), join @dremilyvincent.bsky.social (from S4 E5) and me for the book launch of 'Summoned to the Séance', one of the British Library Tales of the Weird collection.The event is free and you can register at the link below...
January 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM