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This week we get into the Northern Weird Project

For Part One, i'm joined by Ariell Cacciola - the genius behind the project, plus Gemma Fairclough, author of THE RETREAT and Katherine Clements, author of TURBINE 34

We talk haunting, unsure landscapes, manipulation and more.

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October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Get your ghost on!

THIS HOUSE ISN'T HAUNTED BUT WE ARE

After the death of their daughter, Simon & Priya renovate an old cottage. A child’s ghostly figure appears, doors lock themselves, a mysterious stain grows from the loft. Is it their daughter haunting them or something else?
October 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Treat yourself to some spooky, mystery, gothic, folk horror, ghosts, magical realism reads this weekend!

Time to stock up 😍

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Bookshop — wild hunt books
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October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A beautiful scene in the garden at sunset, as the last rays hit the beech trees. #nature #beech #sunset #yorkshire
A view of the beech trees in the garden at sunset, the leaves that have begun to turn yellow for autumn are glowing in the early evening sun.
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Release day for THE RETREAT by Gemma Fairclough is almost here!

Are you ready for the darkness and sinister happenings at Blundale Hall? Order now ... available in paperback & ebook, worldwide (bookshop link in bio)

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/ther...
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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*whispers* go check out our instagram for a chance to win a proof of The Retreat by Gemma Fairclough... you have till Wednesday!
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Trying to imagine Shirley Jackson writing a story about tradfluencers and I'm giggling too much to hold the hinge I'm supposed to be regluing
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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On a wet and thundery Thursday I am recovering from gallbladder surgery, reading in bed with the dogs, there snoring is proving to be calming and soporific. I’ve had ‘Nightbitch’ on my TBR for a while now, I’m hoping a bit of female rage will take my mind off my aches and pains #booksky 💙📚#books
Book cover of the UK paperback edition of ‘Nightbitch’ by Rachel Yoder, published by Vintage. Cover depicts the lower portion of a woman’s face, her nose, red painted lips and upper teeth. The title is across the top of the cover and author’s name at the bottom, both is a solid capitalised black font. The quotes are: “I tore through it” by Lisa McInerney and “Feral, unholy… incredible” by Carmen Maria Machdo. The book is resting on my legs, in bed, there is a green waffle blanket, by my feet are my Frenchies Pablo and Dotty, sleeping.
September 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The best message to get. When your child becomes a reader too and asks for recommendations. #booksky #horrorbooks #horrorreading #reading #book 💙📚
A text message conversation between me and my son. Him: I really enjoyed fight club, really good Christmas present even tho I read it months later. Him: What other chuck books do you have? Him: reply to his original message to add “Thank you” Me: I’ve definitely got Haunted as a physical book xx Me: I think I’ve got invisible monsters too, I’ll have a look and pop them in your room. If you want any getting let me know xx Book cover of Chuck Palahniuk ‘Haunted’ - a painted image of a young woman’s face, eyes wide and open mouthed in shock. Book cover of Chuck Palahniuk ‘Invisible Monsters’ - a white background with woman’s eye and eyebrow in the bottom left.
August 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I overheard the most wonderful conversation in @waterstones.bsky.social today; two young girls longing for their own home, so that they could fill it with bookshelves, their fantasy developed in to having their own library to fill ♥️
August 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A movie you’ve watched more than six times, using gifs.
Shepperton Studios ‘A Christmas Carol’ every year for at least the last twenty-five. Always sing-a-long
June 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Discovered the fabulous bookshop in #SaltsMill #Saltaire #WestYorkshire such a great selection of fiction and non fiction, I could have happily stayed all day, all drawn away by the promise of delicious food in the Salts Diner - the Hockney’s weren’t too bad either ;-)
June 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The garden is teeming with birds today, I caught this blackbird having a rest after eating his fill from the feeder (the ever vigilant robin must have been occupied elsewhere) #birdsky #yorkshire
A Eurasian Blackbird perches on the twisted stem of a Wisteria, against the backdrop of a limestone wall. To the left are the trailing purple flowers of the wisteria and a brass outdoor light, below is a wicker garden chair with grey cushions, and a bay tree.
May 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A fabulous mystery told in four parts, each involving strange pictures that hide a truth. A very different whodunnit from what I’m used to, but incredibly enjoyable to examine and guess along.i look forward to Uketsu’s next book ‘Strange Houses’. 💙📚 #booksky @pushkinpress.com
Book cover: ‘Strange Pictures’ by Uketsu. This is the UK translated edition. The outer sides of the cover are a bold and bright red, there is a thick black outline of a bento box, beneath the outline, the inner compartments are a lime green. The top rectangle contains the books title in black text, the two compartments below, one contains a piece of sushi, nigiri style, a rectangle of rice with a partial octopus/squid tentacle, held together by a band of nori, the next compartment is the familiar little plastic fish bottle with a red cap containing soy sauce. Red liquid (blood) pools and drips down from this compartment. The next box below, and below that to the right is Japanese writing in Kanji (I have assumed the title and author, but do not know). The final box to the bottom left contains the author’s name Uketsu and adds “the chilling Japanese mystery sensation” and there is a small motif of the publisher Pushkin Vertigo
May 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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My first read from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social The Northern Weird Project. After the loss of their child, Simon and Priya take refuge in a rundown cottage in North Yorkshire, events get progressively stranger as they find it impossible to leave. I loved this novella, hooked immediately. 💙📚 #booksky
Book cover. ‘This House isn’t Haunted But We Are’ by Stephen Howard. The cover of this UK published novella is a striking mid green, with text in a good yellow. The title takes up three quarters of the cover, the last line disappearing in to the roof of a roof of a stone built bungalow cottage. The house is symmetrical, with a central door and a window to either side, and two chimneys, one at each apex of the roof. The windows are brightly lit and within each is a silhouette, one of a man and the other a woman. The foreground is dark landscape, within that is the author’s name. This cover is in a similar style to the other books by the publisher Wild Hunt Books and is part of their six book set that makes up ‘The Northern Weird Project’.
May 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Set in the wild and remote landscape of the rural English north, Margot and her Mama live an isolated life, feeding on the strays they find, until one becomes a permanent fixture and changes their lives forever. Themes of abuse and cannibalism, family dynamics. A gripping page turner 💙📚 #booksky
Book cover. ‘The Lamb’ by Lucy Rose. This is the UK hardback edition. The top portion of this cover is ivory, with black writing. At the top are the quotes: “Stunning and surprising” Benjamin Myers and “Deliciously dark and shockingly bold” Kirsty Logan. Below that is the books title title “The” is in italic font. Then there is a cross section of a piece of meat, with the red run through with the marbling of fat, below this is the author’s name. The lower portion of the cover is a painting. The naked back of a brunette, white skinned woman is seated in a bed, her lower half enveloped in a mid blue duvet. She faces woodchip walls and a window, covered by closed gingham curtains. To her left, too dark to see clearly is a painting and perhaps a curtain covering a doorway.
May 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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‘Crimson’, also released as ‘Last Night in Nuuk’ tells the intertwined stories of five friends in Greenland’s capital, each story revolves around a single, drunken night that led to consequences, some good, some bad. Themes of queerness and gender identity and modern friendship 5 stars 💙📚 #booksky
Book cover. ‘Crimson’ by Nivaq Korneliussen. This UK paperback translation has a vivid acid yellow cover, central is a square photograph. The photograph shows the partial back view of a woman. Her black hair, the white skin of her neck and her shoulder in a red shirt or dress, in her raised hand, she holds a lit cigarette. The woman appears to be standing by a door frame, from which the nose, mouth and chin of another person can be seen. The top of the cover has the quotes: “A fizzing read about sex and identity set in Greenland” The Economist, “Ferocious, inventive and unlike anything I’ve read” Sophie Mackintosh and “Transports us to a cold homeland where the blood runs hot” Guardian. Below the this is the books title “Crimson” and the author’s name. Below the photograph are more quotes: “Beautifully told” Elle, “Effortlessly Cool” Sharlene Tea, “Strikingly modern” New Yorker
May 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Sloane and Naomi are Best Friends Forever; a long weekend away and an enigmatic group of strangers put their friendship to the test. A vampire novel, interwoven with the trials and tests of female friendship - wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed this one 💙📚 #booksky #vampires @titanbooks.bsky.social
Cover of a book. ‘So Thirsty’ by Rachel Harrison. This UK paperback is predominantly black, the author’s name appears at the top in red text. Below that is a drawing of a crystal goblet/cocktail glass, overflowing with a bright red liquid. A moon and bat cocktail stick protrudes at a jaunty angle, a spill of the red liquid is shown at the base of the stem. Across this image in white text is the title ‘So Thirsty’, the ‘so’ is in italic font. Across the bottom it says “ Harrison’s feminist horror novels some of the most original and entertaining out there” THE NEW YORK TIMES
May 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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THREE WEEKS TO GO!!
Three weeks until 15 wonderful sci fi, fantasy and horror authors descend on Leeds to hang out with all you fabulous readers!
Have you got your ticket yet? They're selling fast and you don't want to miss out on this amazing event!
www.waterstones.com/events/its-s...
A blue background, with colourful cartoons of Leeds buildings along the bottom, two teal dragons in the sky and the words "IT'S STRANGE UP NORTH, three weeks to go!!!" A blue background, with colourful cartoons of Leeds buildings along the bottom, two teal dragons in the sky and the words "IT'S STRANGE UP NORTH, A Y Chao, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Richard Swan, Nicholas Binge, Annabel Campbell, Dan Hanks, Genevieve Cogman, Stark Holborn, Eliza Chan, Genoveva Dimova, Sam K Horton, David Wragg, Mark Lawrence, David Barnett, Emma Newman, An evening of fantastical fiction with fantastic scifi & Fantasy authors, 5:30-8:30pm, Sat 24th May 2025, Waterstones, Leeds"
May 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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A pleasant afternoon in Yorkshire, Pablo is lounging in the sun. We have spotted our first swifts of the year. #yorkshire #dogsofbluesky
Pied black and white French Bulldog Pablo lies on the lawn in front of a stone wall and border of plants on a pleasant spring afternoon in Yorkshire, England.
May 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
April 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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There was absolute silence in #theatreroyalyork last night as Gary Oldman took the stage. A full house for a moving performance of Beckett’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’. I was spellbound for 55 minutes as he transported us to that attic room with him.
April 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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So excited for tonight’s theatre: Gary Oldman performing Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Oldman is returning to The Theatre Royal, York, where he made his acting debut in 1979. #theatre #york #krappslasttape
Promotional poster for York Theatre Royal’s performance of Krapp’s Last Tape. A greyscale photograph of a hand holding an unspooling recording tape. The name of the star performer, Gary Oldman, is in an orange/yellow text to the top right, below that the name of the play and that it was written by Samuel Beckett and by arrangement of Douglas Urbanski. The dates Saturday 19 April - Saturday 17 May are in the bottom left corner.
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Piglet’s carefully ordered and planned life dissolves in to mania when her finances confesses a betrayal to her thirteen days before their wedding. Beautiful descriptions of food and cooking are abound, but so is disorder eating. Food and friendship vie with greed and untruths 💙📚 #booksky
Photograph of a book - ‘Piglet’ by Lottie Hazell. The black text of the title ‘PIGLET’ is set against a pale pink background, below the title is a stack of five sugared doughnuts on a purple plate; the doughnuts are liberally sprinkled with white sugar and alternate in a pink, purple and yellow dripping glaze. Blows the title in smaller text is “A New York Times, Stylist and Elle ‘Best Book’”. To the right of the picture of doughnuts is the strap line “Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?” A the bottom of the cover is the author’s name and the black, orange and white logo of the publishers Penguin. To the right of the slightly foreshortened cover, the black edge of the proceeding page can be seen, with the comments - “Insightful” by Mail on Sunday “Satisfying” by iNews “Tantalizing” by New York Times
April 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A village in the Silesian Mountains dedicated to the treatment of Tuberculosis; an eclectic group staying at Herr Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen and an unrelenting sense of doom, not limited to the poor and fragile health of the occupants. A wonderful and tense read 💙📚 #booksky #folkhorror
Photograph of a book. ‘The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story’ by Olga Tokarczuk. The book cover is the cobalt blue of all Fitzcarraldo Edition fiction novels, with the title and author’s name across the middle in white text. We are also told that Olga Tokarczuk is a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Embosses on the bottom of the cover is the emblem of Fitzcarraldo editions, a bell with a central ‘F’ within a circle.
April 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM