Award winning authors bring ghost stories to Prestwich
The longest night is traditionally the time to sit near a roaring fire and listen to ghost stories. So how better celebrate the closing in of the year than with stunning and eery tales from some of the country's best young writers in Prestwich's oldest and most haunted pub?
The Prestwich Book Festival is proud to host an evening with the authors behind The Longest Night, a limited edition, fully-illustrated anthology of original winter ghost stories. This will be an evening of live readings designed to unsettle and unnerve. The event, which takes place at the Church Inn (which was once, rather aptly, the local morgue) on Sunday 15th December and is free to attend, will see uncanny readings from:
The book also features a brand new story from Alison Moore, whose novel The Lighthouse was shortlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize, and is fully illustrated by artist Beth Ward.
Copies of The Longest Night will be available at £5 on the night.
The Church Inn (Tom's bar, aka the haunted room)
Sunday 15 December
7.30pm
FREE - no need to book, but space is limited so get there in good time to ensure you get a seat
The Prestwich Book Festival is proud to host an evening with the authors behind The Longest Night, a limited edition, fully-illustrated anthology of original winter ghost stories. This will be an evening of live readings designed to unsettle and unnerve. The event, which takes place at the Church Inn (which was once, rather aptly, the local morgue) on Sunday 15th December and is free to attend, will see uncanny readings from:
- Jenn Ashworth, whose books include A Kind of Intimacy, Cold Light and The Friday Gospels, and was one of the BBC Culture Show’s 12 best new novelists.
- Emma Jane Unsworth, Bury –based author of Hungry, The Stars and Everything, which won a Betty Trask award. Her short story ‘I Arrive First’ was included in the prestigious Salt anthology The Best British Short Stories 2012.
- Tom Fletcher, whose books include The Thing on the Shore, The Ravenglass Eye and The Leaping which was shortlisted for Best Novel at the British Fantasy Society Awards.
- Richard Hirst, joint-winner of 2011 Manchester Fiction Prize for his story ‘School Report’.
The book also features a brand new story from Alison Moore, whose novel The Lighthouse was shortlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize, and is fully illustrated by artist Beth Ward.
Copies of The Longest Night will be available at £5 on the night.
The Church Inn (Tom's bar, aka the haunted room)
Sunday 15 December
7.30pm
FREE - no need to book, but space is limited so get there in good time to ensure you get a seat