Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival

Tales of the Weird: An Autumnal Festival

Livestream from the British Library

• Saturday 1 November
• 1:30 – 8:30pm
• Hull Central Library

1:45 – 3:00pm

WEIRD GATHERINGS with M John Harrison, Leon Craig and Sam Leith

M John Harrison’s writing has always defied genres, and his recently re-published tale of three students and a dark ritual, The Course of the Heart, is one of his most extraordinary. Leon Craig’s brand new The Decadence follows a young group into the most gothic of houses, where their break for freedom turns to chaos.

3:30 – 4:45pm

AFTER MIDNIGHT: THE CHILLING STORIES OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER with Suzi Feay, Kim Newman, Bidisha, Alice Lowe

On a sharp December day, the wind changes – and the birds begin to gather. In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child. A woman returns home to find no trace of her existence. We dare to revisit the dark, unsettling stories of Daphne du Maurier.

5:15 – 6:30pm

THE PANEL OF WEIRD with Alice Lowe, Jeremy Dyson, Prano Bailey-Bond, Johnny Mains

Some of our most exceptional creators of strange and horrifying screen worlds unearth the books, the television and the films that have shaped and shaken them. Director, screenwriter and actor Alice Lowe’s films range from Sightseers to her latest Timestalker; Jeremy Dyson is the behind-the-scenes member of the League of Gentlemen and the creator and co-writer of the Ghost Stories show and film. The eerie and beautiful short films, and debut feature Censor by director Prano Bailey-Bond have been acclaimed around the world.

7:00 – 8:15pm

AN EVENING WITH ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI

In conversation with the author of The Witcher series, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, inspired the hit Netflix series and its landmark video games.

Livestream from the British Library.