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Joseph
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Music, old and new. Literature, book blogs and reviews. History and folklore. Sacred and profane. Some Gothic stuff.

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The Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson

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The Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson
A book review of Liam Higginson's debut novel The Hill in the Dark Grove. Folk horror fiction set in North Wales.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

#bookreview

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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
book review of "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy, a thriller with environmental themes
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December 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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The Witching Hour: Ghostly Tales for the Darkest Nights

#bookreview #ChristmasGothic

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The Witching Hour: Ghostly Tales for the Darkest Nights
Review of The Witching Hour: an anthology of ghost and supernatural horror stories with a winter theme
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December 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Vytautas Miškinis: Seven O Antiphons: I. O Sapientia · The Choir of Royal Holloway · Rupert Gough

#Advent #OAntiphons

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Miškinis: Seven O Antiphons: I. O Sapientia
YouTube video by The Choir of Royal Holloway - Topic
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December 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Arvo Pärt : Seven Magnificat Antiphons

#Advent #OAntiphons

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Arvo Pärt - Seven Magnificat Antiphons | Holst Singers directed by Stephen Layton
YouTube video by Holst Singers
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December 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Peteris Vasks: Castillo Interior

#StTheresaofAvila

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Pēteris Vasks : Castillo Interior - Rhys Watkins, violin & Rowena Calvert, cello
YouTube video by Apple and Biscuit Recordings
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October 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Here's my review of Ian McEwan's latest novel, "What We Can Know"

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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
A book review of Ian McEwan's latest novel, What We Can Know, a dystopian, futuristic work with elements of the literary quest and crime fiction.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Arvo is 90 years old...

#arvopaert

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Sarah Was Ninety Years Old
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A review of the first issue of Gozitan literary journal "Mgħawġin"

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Mgħawġin - Ġurnal Għawdxi
A review of the first issue of Mgħawġin, a literary journal featuring authors from Gozo. Edited by Corinne Zahra and Ħaley Xuereb
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August 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Bluff by Francine Toon

#bookreview

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Bluff by Francine Toon
A book review of Francine Toon's second novel "Bluff". Set in Scotland. Gothic/dark academia/mystery.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Uncertain Stories, a new Edinburgh-based publishing house focused on illustrated volumes of new short fiction for adults, has been launched by Rob Redman, founding editor of The Fiction Desk, and artist Lucy Scott 👇
New Edinburgh-based publishing house Uncertain Stories launches
Uncertain Stories, a new Edinburgh-based publishing house focused on illustrated volumes of new short fiction for adults, has been launched by Rob Redman, founding editor of The Fiction Desk, and artist Lucy Scott.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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TERRA by Giovanni Sollima - choreographed by Francesca Abela Tranter
YouTube video by Malta International Arts Festival
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July 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Michelle Paver returns to historical "explorer horror" with her forthcoming novel "Rainforest"

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Rainforest by Michelle Paver
Book review of "Rainforest" by Michelle Paver, a historical horror novel set in Central America
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July 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley, philosophical folk-horror with a riff on Shirley Jackson.

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July 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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#nightmusic

Born-again Romantic...US composer George Rochberg (1918-2005) was #botd. Here are his lyrical "Variations (on Pachelbel)" from String Quartet 6

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Rochberg, Variations (on Pachelbel's Canon) from String Quartet No. 6
YouTube video by bcmfmusic
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July 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by Sophie Hughes

#bookreview

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Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Book review of "Clean" by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes, a politically aware domestic thriller
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June 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Somebody is Walking on Your Grave : My Cemetery Journeys by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell

#bookreview

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Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enríquez
A review of "Somebody is Walking on your Grave", a non-fiction book by Mariana Enriquez translated by Megan McDowell.
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June 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Camille Pépin : Inlandsis

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Camille Pépin : Inlandsis (OP de RF / Mikko Franck)
YouTube video by France Musique concerts
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June 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#nightmusic

Judith Bingham #botd in 1952: The Drowned Lovers

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The Drowned Lovers
YouTube video by Tenebrae - Topic
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June 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Martha Theuma AKA Das Birthday Girl, featuring Luke Scerri AKA Fake Ophelia: "Image" What a hauntingly Gothic music video...

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Das Birthday Girl - Image
YouTube video by Ultralow Music
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June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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#nightmusic

Mark-Anthony Turnage #botd in 1965: Two Baudelaire Songs

Harmonie de Soir; L'invitation au voyage

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Mark-Anthony Turnage - Two Baudelaire Songs (Erato Ensemble)
YouTube video by Erato Ensemble
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June 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Just in time for Whitsun, a new recording of the Cantata for Pentecost by Calvin Hampton, a composer I only heard about yesterday....

#art by Giotto

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June 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth

#bookreview #Gothic #Histfic

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Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth
A book review of Heap Earth Upon It, Chloe Michelle Howarth's second novel, set in 1965 rural Ireland. A Gothic tale of sapphic obsession.
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June 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Samy Moussa #botd in 1984: Orpheus in Nunavut

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Orpheus in Nunavut (2018) - composed by Samy Moussa (CAN)
YouTube video by New Music Concerts
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June 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"The Homecoming" by Zoë Apostolides. An atmospheric reworking of the Gothic, haunted house novel.

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#BookReview #debutnovel #SaltPublishing #zoeapostolides #horrorfiction #Gothicfiction
The Homecoming by Zoë Apostolides
A book review of debut novel "The Homecoming" by Zoe Apostolides published by Salt Publishing. A Gothic horror haunted house novel.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM