Ten Top Halloween Literary Events
Halloween. The witching hour is almost upon us. If you haven’t made any spooky plans yet gather close and we will tell you where you can be scared out of your wits with the best book, theatre and cinema events taking place around the world.
Literary Legends Halloween Bash -
New Orleans, 23rd October24th Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival are throwing a perfect Halloween night of books and spooks. Oh, and there's a costume competition too.
Find out moreScreamfest - Los Angeles, 16-25th October If the title is
anything to go by, this has got to be the scariest thing going in LA
this October. Be entertained by the most gruesome, bone rattling,
scream inducing stories the silver screen has to offer at this horror film festival.
Find out moreVampire Tales -
New York, 28th OctoberListen to tales of the bloodsucking un-dead at Symphony Space, New York.
Find out moreThe Book Club Boutique: Nasty Little Press with Luke Wright & Nasty Halloween
Special -
London, 2nd November. If you love books, live in London and haven’t tried the Book Boutique yet, go along, you won’t be disappointed.
Find out more The Woman in Black -
London, until 21st December 2010Spend an evening in the company of one of literature's most chilling, ghostly characters;
Susan Hill's Woman in Black. Not sure it's quite scary enough?
watch a clip first. Showing at the Fortune Theatre.
Find out more.
Free Spiderwick Film Screening -
London, 31st OctoberOne for the whole family. Woolworth’s Movies is offering a free day of Halloween fun with the film adaptation of
Holly Black's Spiderwick Chronicles.
Find out more.
Imagining the impossible: The Truth
about spirit photography -
London, 31st October Arthur Conan Doyle enthused about the prospect of ghosts and the supernatural. This talk, hosted by the British Museum and given by an expert in 'strange experiences', examines the photographs that got Conan Doyle's imagination racing.
Find out more.
Vote for your favourite horror film-
Tyneside Cinema, 31st OctoberTyneside Cinema are giving you the chance to choose which film to be terrified by this Halloween. There are three films to pick from, including 1932 film
Vampyr!
Find out moreHorrorvision presents: The Exorcist -
Pravda, Dublin Pub, 
31st OctoberSpend the night watching one the scariest classic horror films,
The Exorcist. Rotating heads, projectile vomit and a demon voice. Perfect Saturday night down the pub!
Find out more Tumbler Ridge Public Library's Halloween Costume Contest,
British Columbia, 27th – 31st OctoberAnother event for all the family; dress up as your favourite book character and enter yourself into the competition.
Find out more (we strongly advise visiting the site to see the dog dressed as Harry Potter!)
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