FULL EVENT SCHEDULE!
Online events 12th-15th February
In-person events 16th-18th February
Purchase tickets at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststoryfestival
Monday 12th February (Online)
6pm-7:30pm – Workshop
Tracy Fahey – Old Tropes, New Tricks
8:00pm-9:00pm – Performance
Weeping Bank Library – An Unwise Purchase
Tuesday 13th February (Online)
6pm-7:30pm – Workshop
Kit Whitfield – Writing Ghosts as a Sensory Experience
8:00pm-9:00pm – Author Interview
Ally WIlkes
Wednesday 14th February (Online)
6pm-7:30pm – Workshop
E. Saxey – Writing Ghostly Lovers
8:00pm-9:00pm – Author Interview
Elizabeth Hand
Thursday 15th February (Online)
6pm-7:30pm – Workshop
Charlotte Baker – The Ghost of the Gothic Woman
8:00pm-9:00pm – Author Interview
Anna Mazzola
Friday 16th February (In-person)
12:30pm-1:30pm – Talk
Darrell Buxton – Inner Ghosts
12:30pm-1:30pm – Workshop
Julie Malone – Senses and Location
12:30pm-1:30pm – Workshop
Simon Fairbanks - Writing Ghost Stories with the 7 Basic Plots of Storytelling
2:00pm-3:00pm – Talk
Haunting the Living Room – Bronte Schiltz
2:00pm-3:00pm – Workshop
Kerry Hadley-Pryce – Psychogeography and Flow
2:00pm-3:00pm – Workshop
Alex Davis – Ghosts in the Machine
3:30pm-4:30pm – Author Interview
Alison Littlewood
3:30pm-4:30pm – Workshop
Anna Stuart – Conducting Historical Research
3:30pm-4:30pm – Walk
Darrell Buxton – Derby Horror Walk (SOLD OUT)
5:00pm-6:00pm – Author Interview
Kerry Hadley-Pryce
5:00pm-6:00pm – Workshop
Alex Davis – Running Writing Events
5:00pm-6:00pm – Workshop
Sian Ellis – Drawing Ghosts
6:30pm-7:30pm – Author Interview
Amy Jeffs
8:00pm – 9:00pm – Author interview
Emilia Hart
Saturday 17th February (In-person)
10:30am-11:30am – Panel
Haunted Houses - Nick Freeman (chair), SA Harris, Alison Littlewood, Tim Majot
10:30am-11:30am – Workshop
Megan Taylor – Creating Unsettled & Unsettling Characters (SOLD OUT)
10:30am-11:30am – Workshop
Angeline Trevena – Platform Power-Up
12:00pm-1:00pm – Panel
Dark Folklore - Imogen Edwards-Jones, Naomi Kelsey, Mark Norman (chair), Tracey Norman, Menna Van Praag
12:00pm-1:00pm – Workshop
Teika Marija Smits – Writing and Submitting Shorts
12:00pm-1:00pm – Workshop
Sarah Jackson – Crunchy Ghosts
2:00pm-3:00pm – Panel
Historical Hauntings - Alex Davis (Chair), Imogen Edwards-Jones, Kate Griffin, Naomi Kelsey
2:00pm-3:00pm – Workshop
Tim Major – Potent Images to Haunt Your Readers
2:00pm-3:00pm – Workshop
Angeline Trevena – Whispers of the Past
3:30pm-4:30pm – Panel
Atmosphere in the Ghost Story - Alison Littlewood, Bronte Schiltz (Chair), Teika Marija Smits, Ally Wilkes
3:30pm-4:30pm – Workshop
Megan Taylor – Urban Myths
3:30pm-4:30pm – Workshop
Menna Van Praag - The Art and Craft of Suspense
5:00pm-6:00pm – Author Interview
Kate Griffin
5:00pm-6:00pm – Workshop
Sarah Jackson – Ghosts as a metaphor for trauma (SOLD OUT)
5:00pm-6:00pm – Workshop
SA Harris – Writing Chilling Fiction
6:30pm-7:30pm – Author interview
Laura Purcell
8:00pm – 9:00pm – Author interview
Andrew Michael Hurley
Sunday 18th February (In-person)
10:30am-11:30am – Panel
The Grand Reveal - Alex Davis (Chair), Simon Fairbanks, Sarah Jackons +1 TBC
10:30am-11:30am – Workshop
Ally Wilkes - A Novelist's Introduction to Structure
10:30am-11:30am – Workshop
Richard Farren Barber – The Modern Spectre
12:00pm-1:00pm – Panel
What Next for the Ghost Story? - Richard Farren Barber, Time Rideout (Chair), Bronte Schiltz, Ally Wilkes
12:00pm-1:00pm – Workshop
Alex Davis – Speedy Spooktacular
12:00pm-1:00pm – Workshop
SA Harris - Assembling Your Cast of Character, Including Your Ghost
1:30pm-2:30pm – Performance
Weeping Bank Library – The Way Marker