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We’ve fully leaned into Halloween this fortnight. Students have enjoyed Halloween decorating and jigsaw!
If you are in the mood, check out the following spooky reads:
His Hideous Heart, edited by Dahlia Adler (Anthologies POE) : contains 13 of Edgar Allan Poe’s most unsettling tales, reimagined for a new generation
Welcome to Night Vale, by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (Horror/Gothic FIN): Based on the popular podcast. Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge
Stephen King on writing – a memoir of the craft (English Language 808.02 KIN): Spooky adjacent, this book offers a unique insight into the life of Stephen King. It finds out what books and films influenced him as a young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie. Part memoir, part masterclass, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.
Joanne Montgomery & Sarah van Doorn
Library Staff