A night of strange fiction, with special guests…

Discover strange stories with icon of the uncanny Reece Shearsmith and a panel of experts of weird and wonderful fiction

The British Library’s hugely popular Tales of The Weird series unearths and republishes strange and uncanny stories from its collections. They range from Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird to The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird, and from Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic to Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights. Whether delving into ghostly horror or unsettling folk nightmares, every volume is a treasure trove of extraordinary writing from the past and present, each lovingly collected and introduced. 

This affectionate celebration of weird writing, hosted by author and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, features an introduction to series highlights with collection editors Tanya Kirk and Zara-Louise Stubbs, and series editor Jonny Davidson, after which two of our finest writers of the strange, Julia Armfield (salt slow, Our Wives Under The Sea) Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen, Inside No. 9) discuss the ways that the weird and uncanny influences their own work.

This is event is free and drop in, no booking required. This is a live screened event from the British Library