Matthew Holness
@mrholness.bsky.social
Sunday Times Bestselling Author of GARTH MARENGHI’S TERRORTOME, INCARCERAT, THIS BURSTED EARTH. Also Possum, Darkplace. Agents: RCW Literary Agency/Sophie Chapman Talent/SueTerryVoices
https://www.garthmarenghi.com/links/
https://www.garthmarenghi.com/links/
Hmm, looks like they’re all down… it’s on YouTube, though.
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Hmm, looks like they’re all down… it’s on YouTube, though.
You’ll get yours in a minute…
December 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You’ll get yours in a minute…
The weightless CGI animals are a good start…
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The weightless CGI animals are a good start…
Feels like ‘The Happening’…
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feels like ‘The Happening’…
That’s it exactly. Proper paperbacks!
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
That’s it exactly. Proper paperbacks!
Mass market aren’t generally stocked anymore, certainly not in the UK as far as I know. They’re smaller-sized and more compact than the standard trade paperback.
December 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Mass market aren’t generally stocked anymore, certainly not in the UK as far as I know. They’re smaller-sized and more compact than the standard trade paperback.
I wanted to publish Garth’s books as mass market paperbacks only. That was never gonna happen, sadly, but it would have been perfect and it’s how I imagine them.
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I wanted to publish Garth’s books as mass market paperbacks only. That was never gonna happen, sadly, but it would have been perfect and it’s how I imagine them.
No feeling quite like spinning a rack of mass market paperbacks in some jumbled newsagents and finding something exciting and ideally discounted. Grew up on that and it’s why I love books so much. Beats browsing Waterstones any day.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
No feeling quite like spinning a rack of mass market paperbacks in some jumbled newsagents and finding something exciting and ideally discounted. Grew up on that and it’s why I love books so much. Beats browsing Waterstones any day.
Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.
RIP Mass market paperbacks. Always my preferred format.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.
Sorry, yes, I meant a matter of how tv paranormal investigations are usually presented. I prefer scientific rigour and some serious questioning, rather than a Derek Acorah-style circus where ‘witness’ accounts are invariably taken at face value. Classic horror, however, I adore 👍🏻
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sorry, yes, I meant a matter of how tv paranormal investigations are usually presented. I prefer scientific rigour and some serious questioning, rather than a Derek Acorah-style circus where ‘witness’ accounts are invariably taken at face value. Classic horror, however, I adore 👍🏻
Suspect I would prove far too sceptical.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Suspect I would prove far too sceptical.
Can’t tolerate that crap when discussing the subject seriously.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Can’t tolerate that crap when discussing the subject seriously.
In my opinion, this is the definitive examination of the Blue Bell Hill ghost and probably the best book on ghosts I have read. It also contains a healthy element of natural scepticism.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In my opinion, this is the definitive examination of the Blue Bell Hill ghost and probably the best book on ghosts I have read. It also contains a healthy element of natural scepticism.
I’ve watched it about ten times already.
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I’ve watched it about ten times already.
Genuinely think this is his finest work.
Nighttime walk in the cold for a hot cuppa youtu.be/1hAHNvldzVg?...
Nighttime walk in the cold for a hot cuppa
YouTube video by Limmy
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November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Genuinely think this is his finest work.
Hi folks. Sadly, the flu, which looks like it might be Covid after all, has laid me low and I’m having to cancel my remaining tour dates this side of Christmas. These will be rescheduled for next year. Hugely sorry to those who were looking forward to seeing Garth this week & next. But he’ll be back
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hi folks. Sadly, the flu, which looks like it might be Covid after all, has laid me low and I’m having to cancel my remaining tour dates this side of Christmas. These will be rescheduled for next year. Hugely sorry to those who were looking forward to seeing Garth this week & next. But he’ll be back
It’s like dialogue from Goodfellas.
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s like dialogue from Goodfellas.
Huge apologies, but sadly Garth/me is down with flu and won’t be able to make his/my two Cambridge shows tonight & tomorrow. Hugely sorry for the late notice but I was hoping we could somehow manage it still, but alas we’ve more or less collapsed. Both gigs will hopefully be rescheduled for January.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Huge apologies, but sadly Garth/me is down with flu and won’t be able to make his/my two Cambridge shows tonight & tomorrow. Hugely sorry for the late notice but I was hoping we could somehow manage it still, but alas we’ve more or less collapsed. Both gigs will hopefully be rescheduled for January.
One of the most rewarding things I ever did was distance myself from social media, head outside and climb Iron Age Hillforts. Away from EVERYONE.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
One of the most rewarding things I ever did was distance myself from social media, head outside and climb Iron Age Hillforts. Away from EVERYONE.
It was already there in the title, tbh. Any actor tearing up at the idea of their younger self drives me nuts. Get over yourself.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It was already there in the title, tbh. Any actor tearing up at the idea of their younger self drives me nuts. Get over yourself.
Desert fatigues.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Desert fatigues.