HORROR AT BLACKWELL'S: Neil McRobert and Gemma Amor in conversation

We are thrilled to welcome Neil McRobert and Gemma Amor to the shop to celebrate the publication of GOOD BOY and ITCH!. Richly written and steeped in folklore, these creepy tales will truly get under your skin.. Join us for a fantastic conversation on horror, humanity and the craft.

Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm

Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of either book.

About GOOD BOY:

After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose is far more chilling than she could have imagined. Highly praised by Stephen King, Rachel Harrison, Stephen Graham Jones and more, Good Boy is a masterclass in novella writing.

About ITCH!:

Josie is at rock bottom, living a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. But the tall, dense pine trees are not the only things casting shadows across her skin.When Josie stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, she plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling a growing infestation of her mind . . . and her flesh.Desperate to solve the case, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. As the village prepares for its annual festival, Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, and begins to ask herself: Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth? Or is she their next victim?

About the authors:

Neil McRobert is a writer, podcaster and recovering academic. He fled the haunted halls of higher education, to settle in an old Northern village, where he writes about scary things and runs the landmark horror podcast, Talking Scared. When he's not reading, writing, or interviewing famous horror novelists, he's out in the fields with his dog, Ted.

Gemma Amor is a Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award-nominated horror author, editor, illustrator, and podcaster based in Bristol, UK. She was named one of Esquire‘s Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age, and recently featured in Ellen Datlow’s prestigious Best Horror of the Year anthology, Vol. 15. Gemma loves to write about misunderstood monsters, both human and supernatural, as well as feminist horror. Itch! is her first novel with Hodder & Stoughton.

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