Horror Writers Association - UK Chapter
hwa-uk.bsky.social
Horror Writers Association - UK Chapter
@hwa-uk.bsky.social
Welcome to the official @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social UK chapter ! linktr.ee/hwa_uk. Admins: @bronterowan.bsky.social, @newtonwebb.bsky.social, Terri Brown.
Substack: https://substack.com/@hwauk
Discord: https://discord.gg/gf2NFSDYke
We had a blast at last week's HWA UK Chapter Halloween party! 🎃🦇
Thanks to everyone who came!🖤
Don't worry if you missed it - we've got plenty of meetings, both online and in-person, planned for you!🖤
Follow us and be the first to know about them! 🖤
#UKHorror #HorrorLiterature #BritishHorror #Horror
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Happy Spooky Season!
Do you need inspiration for what to read or to get out of that writer's block? Find it in this month's newsletter-it has our new releases, plus interviews with Tracey Fahey & ashericmore.bsky.social
#UKHorror #BritishHorror #HorrorLiterature

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October 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Check out our September newsletter here : open.substack.com/pub/hwauk/p/...
Newton talks to @edenroyce.bsky.social and Mary Averling- trust us when we say you don’t want to miss out on those interviews, whether you’re a reader, writer, and/or fan! They know their craft!
#UKhorror #horror #books
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September 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Have you listened to our latest interview? @newtonwebb.bsky.social and award-winning author Anna Taborska discuss writing for different media, the creative process, trad. vs self-publishing, and give advice to new authors.
Share your thoughts!

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#UKHorror #Books
Author Chat #7: Anna Taborska
We discuss the challenges of writing across different mediums (screenplays, short stories, and novels), the creative process, traditional versus self-publishing, and advice for emerging authors.
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July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The HWA UK chapter newsletter for July is up! hwauk.substack.com/p/hwa-uk-cha...
Find all the information on this year's stoker awards, great new interviews, and everything you need to know about #UKhorror to be up to date by simply following the link.
#BritishHorror #HorrorLiterature #HWA #horror
HWA UK Chapter: Newsletter #4
Your Monthly Round-up of the Best in UK Horror.
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July 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our next interview is up! @newtonwebb.bsky.social and David Sodergren talk about trad vs indie publishing, outlining a novel, horror movies, and much more!
Are you a UK-based author who’d like to be interviewed ? Get in touch!
#UKHorror #HorrorLiterature #writing

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Author Chat #4: David Sodergren
We discuss the challenges of traditional vs self publishing, writing processes, outlining novels, living the pug life, our love of B-movies, and the advantages of organic social over paid marketing.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations, @edenroyce.bsky.social !

Bram Stoker Awards 2025 – Nominated UK Author in the category "Superior Achievement in Long Fiction" for:
Hollow Tongue (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

#UKHorror #HorrorWritersAssociation #StokerAwards
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Congratulations, Anna Bogutskaya!

Bram Stoker Awards 2025 – Nominated UK Author in the category "Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction" for: Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us (Faber & Faber)

#UKHorror #HorrorWritersAssociation #StokerAwards
June 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Congratulations, @maryaverling.bsky.social !

Bram Stoker Awards 2025 – Nominated UK Author in the category "Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel" for: The Curse of Eelgrass Bog (Razorbill)

#UKHorror #HorrorWritersAssociation #StokerAwards
June 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Congratulations, @edenroyce.bsky.social

Bram Stoker Awards 2025 – Winning UK Author in the category "Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel" for:
The Creepening of Dogwood House (Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers))
#UKHorror #HorrorWritersAssociation #StokerAwards
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Congratulations, Anna Taborska!

Bram Stoker Awards 2025 – Winning UK Author in the category "Superior Achievement in an Anthology" for:
Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point (Flame Tree Publishing) (with Carol Gyzander)

#UKHorror #HorrorWritersAssociation #StokerAwards #Horror
June 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Calling all #indiehorror #movie fans!
Anna Taborska is hosting four days of back-to-back indie horror films (June 19 - June 22) at the Raindance Film Festival in London.

Anna also has a 15 % discount code for HWA members: RDFF25
raindance.org/festival

#HorrorMovies #UKHorror #IndieMovies #London
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Films A-Z Schedule Nominees Newsletter Sign up to our Newsletter for Festival Updates Raindance Gallery 33rd Raindance Film Festival Villa Party 33rd Raindance Film Festival Villa Party 33rd Raindance...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy #Friday13! Does this date scare you? Are you superstitious?
We love old wives‘ tales, superstitions and the reasons behind them!
Let us know which superstition you truly believe in - perhaps there’s even a local one ?
#ukhorror #horrorliterature #books #scary #superstitions
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June 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
BOOK SPOTLIGHT:
RAWBLOOD by @catrionaward.bsky.social !
Moody, Gothic, and gruesome in the best way. Shirley Jackson meets Dartmoor mist!

Read it? What did you think?
Ever felt like your house hates you?
Is your house haunted? By whom or by what?
#UKHorror #hauntedhouse #GothicHorror #BritishHorror
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What's everyone been reading this weekend?

We're always looking for #UKHorror recommendations!
I'm currently reading #Apartment16 by #AdamNeville - UK horror at its best!

Find recs, new releases + UK horror news on
substack.com/@hwauk #horror #bookrecommendations #books #writing #author #authors
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May 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Head on over to our Substack for your monthly roundup of the best in UK Horror!
Our second newsletter is out NOW and @newtonwebb.bsky.social has compiled a list of new releases as well as exciting chapter news for you!
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#UKhorror #britishhorror #literature #books
HWA UK Chapter: Newsletter #2
Your Monthly Roundup For The Best In UK Horror.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This sounds exciting! Relics are crucial to so many #horror stories, it could be argued that they even become characters at times.
#SupportUKHorror #UKHorror #HorrorLiterature #HistoricalFiction
We’re into single digits in the countdown! Just FIVE DAYS until we dig into the murky depths of relics, mummies, cursed objects, shipwrecks, and all those other creepy and wonderful things that were left behind. Tickets are £40+bf, which gives access + recording: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th...
May 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Support UK horror by reading @simonbleaken.bsky.social's new short story in this new folk horror collection! #ukhorror #folkhorror #blueskybooks
Tales of Folk Horror is out now!

Christopher Stagg and Red Cape Publishing invite you to endure the unsettling Tales of Folk Horror within this terrifying anthology.

mybook.to/Folk2

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May 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Tales of Folk Horror is out now!

Christopher Stagg and Red Cape Publishing invite you to endure the unsettling Tales of Folk Horror within this terrifying anthology.

mybook.to/Folk2

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May 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On this day, more than 130 years ago, Jonathan Harker began his journey to Transylvania!
Time for a (re)read!

What’s your favourite #Dracula quote?

Join us on Discord for a discussion of this brilliant novel: discord.gg/gf2NFSDYke

#horrorfiction #literature #horror #gothic #books #BramStoker
May 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy #Beltane/ May Day!
We’re less than 6 months away from our first official meeting on October 31st !
In the meantime, join us on discord.gg/gf2NFSDYke for lively discussions and online events, and subscribe to substack.com/@hwauk where we post about anything #ukhorror!
#horror #gothic #books
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy #Beltane/ May Day!
We’re less than 6 months away from our first official meeting on October 31st !
In the meantime, join us on discord.gg/gf2NFSDYke for lively discussions and online events, and subscribe to substack.com/@hwauk where we post about anything #ukhorror!
#horror #gothic #books
May 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have you checked out our new podcast episode yet?
Our co-chair Newton Webb talks about all things horror - and we mean ALL things - to @matahb.bsky.social - anything from writing advice to how to write for different media has been covered! hwauk.substack.com/p/author-int...
Make sure to subscribe!
Author Interview #2: Mata Haggis Burridge
We discuss the challenges of writing across different mediums, writing processes, advice for effective flash fiction, and the importance of horror in the modern world.
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April 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Who here has checked out our Substack yet?
Sign up to our Substack/newsletter so that you'll never miss out on any of our interviews/posts, and to make sure you're one of the first to find out about the exciting stuff we've got planned for the rest of this year!
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HWA UK Chapter: Newsletter #1
Your Monthly Roundup For The Best In UK Horror.
hwauk.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A New Chapter Awakens from the Crypt!
By candlelight and creeping shadow, the HWA UK Chapter rises from the depths.
Welcome to your new home of everything horror in the UK!
You’ll find interviews, competitions, a book club, and secret tidings yet to be announced here.
Socials to be found in our bio!
April 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM