Swan River Press
@swanriverpress.bsky.social
Independent press dedicated to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange, and supernatural. Æon House, Dublin, Ireland. Posts by Brian J. Showers. www.swanriverpress.ie
Anyone else going to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social in Dublin at the Vicar Street next October? Cause I am!
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Anyone else going to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social in Dublin at the Vicar Street next October? Cause I am!
This day next week we'll be at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This day next week we'll be at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?
One of the things I like about being a publisher is the relationships I've forged with other publishers. We share information, offer advice, and commiserate. They're a support network that share passion. They understand. They're also friends. So here's to Steve, Ray, Ros, Adam, Maria, and Jonas!
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of the things I like about being a publisher is the relationships I've forged with other publishers. We share information, offer advice, and commiserate. They're a support network that share passion. They understand. They're also friends. So here's to Steve, Ray, Ros, Adam, Maria, and Jonas!
Watching the @nunkie.bsky.social live broadcasts of an M. R. James story is one of my favourite holiday traditions.
I buy tickets for my family in Wisconsin so we can watch together from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
I hope you'll join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-episode...
I buy tickets for my family in Wisconsin so we can watch together from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
I hope you'll join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-episode...
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Watching the @nunkie.bsky.social live broadcasts of an M. R. James story is one of my favourite holiday traditions.
I buy tickets for my family in Wisconsin so we can watch together from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
I hope you'll join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-episode...
I buy tickets for my family in Wisconsin so we can watch together from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
I hope you'll join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-episode...
When will we get a del Toro remake of this one?
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When will we get a del Toro remake of this one?
I unreservedly loved del Toro's telling of FRANKENSTEIN. It seemed a deeply personal vision focusing on the father-son dynamic found so in so many of GDT's films. Plus you can never go wrong with his trademark circular window motif! A sumptuous achievement.
And now to revisit 1931 . . .
And now to revisit 1931 . . .
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I unreservedly loved del Toro's telling of FRANKENSTEIN. It seemed a deeply personal vision focusing on the father-son dynamic found so in so many of GDT's films. Plus you can never go wrong with his trademark circular window motif! A sumptuous achievement.
And now to revisit 1931 . . .
And now to revisit 1931 . . .
No idea what the exchange was about, but... 😂
And also, there's an article about the Yeats/Crowley incident in The Green Book.
And also, there's an article about the Yeats/Crowley incident in The Green Book.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No idea what the exchange was about, but... 😂
And also, there's an article about the Yeats/Crowley incident in The Green Book.
And also, there's an article about the Yeats/Crowley incident in The Green Book.
There's a wee review of my new pamphlet, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over on LibraryThing. You can read the review here: www.librarything.com/work/3516421...
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There's a wee review of my new pamphlet, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over on LibraryThing. You can read the review here: www.librarything.com/work/3516421...
David Warner is such a John Carpenter actor. You can just see him clicking into place. It's a pity they didn't work together more.
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
David Warner is such a John Carpenter actor. You can just see him clicking into place. It's a pity they didn't work together more.
It's a very grey-scale day in Dublin today.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's a very grey-scale day in Dublin today.
A wonderful way to finish this trip to Brighton and environs--dinner and drinks with good friends.
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A wonderful way to finish this trip to Brighton and environs--dinner and drinks with good friends.
Visited the grave of Count Stenbock this afternoon.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Visited the grave of Count Stenbock this afternoon.
Saint Aubrey! Well done, Brighton!
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Saint Aubrey! Well done, Brighton!
In Brighton for World Fantasy. See if you can guess the theme of my room.
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In Brighton for World Fantasy. See if you can guess the theme of my room.
Who the hell let Fulci near the popcorn machine again?
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Who the hell let Fulci near the popcorn machine again?
Go Away White (2008) Finally, the capstone. I love this album. There will always be complainers that this isn't the old stuff. As for me, I think it retains elements of all four lads (why wouldn't it?) who have evolved as musicians over the 25 year interim. It's glammy, gothy, and Bauhausy.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Go Away White (2008) Finally, the capstone. I love this album. There will always be complainers that this isn't the old stuff. As for me, I think it retains elements of all four lads (why wouldn't it?) who have evolved as musicians over the 25 year interim. It's glammy, gothy, and Bauhausy.
Gotham (1998) Bauhaus's triumphant return. A live album, the lads are at the top of their game. With a set list that spans their career, everything now comes together as a magnificent whole: the songs, the sound, and the recording. Their cover of "Severance" is superb. Is this their best "album"?
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Gotham (1998) Bauhaus's triumphant return. A live album, the lads are at the top of their game. With a set list that spans their career, everything now comes together as a magnificent whole: the songs, the sound, and the recording. Their cover of "Severance" is superb. Is this their best "album"?
Rest in Peace (1983) This is the final Bauhaus concert in 1983, which we now know was technically a hiatus until 1998. I've not been looking forward to listening to this one. Again, not the best recording, but it is a sort of final document to their first phase. Here we go . . .
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Rest in Peace (1983) This is the final Bauhaus concert in 1983, which we now know was technically a hiatus until 1998. I've not been looking forward to listening to this one. Again, not the best recording, but it is a sort of final document to their first phase. Here we go . . .