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     R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 213.120.34.40 |
The Halifax Ghost Story Festival will return this year, in an alt.ghost story guise. It will be held on Saturday 12th November at Dean Clough, Halifax, and will start about 2pm. (There will be a break for food between about 5pm-7pm, then the evening events begin.) There may well be a Sunday session, although it will be a couple of weeks before this can be confirmed. Tartarus Press will play a large part in the proceedings. We will be exploring the boundaries where the ghostly and the supernatural meet the psychological and the mystical. We aim to turn the spotlight on Arthur Machen in particular; plus Elizabeth Jane Howard and Robert Aickman, and we will be showing film(s) relating to their work. We can confirm that we will be showing the new film of "The Happy Children" by Machen, the TV adaptation of Howard's "Three Miles Up", and we are negotiating to show "The Hospice" by Aickman. We will have a number of guests including Mark Valentine and Reggie Oliver who will help furnish us with a highly informed, urbane take on the supernatural fiction genre. We hope that there will also be theatre and readings courtesy of Lawrence Gordon Clark, and Jeremy Dyson will be back... Additionally, we will be launching a new edition of We Are for the Dark by Robert Aickman and Elizabeth Jane Howard. More details will be posted as they are confirmed.... | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.17.189 |
Wish I could be there! But I've already been booked for five events in October, and I really do need to spend more time at my desk. | ||
| R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 213.120.34.40 |
That's a shame, Ramsey. Perhaps next year... (though I appreciate Halloween is a busy time for a horor writer  ) | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.107.130.149 |
Yes, all those cold-calling kids to traumatise . . . | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
I'll be there again for sure, Ray. I really enjoyed the event last year. Looking forward to it! |