Events

Upcoming Events

Tales of the Weird: An Autumnnal Festival – British Library, London

Sunday 2 November 2025, 15.30 – 16.45. ALL THE FEAR OF THE FAIR. With Edward Carey, Kit Green, Elf Lyons and Edward Parnell

I’m looking forward to appearing at the British Library’s second annual Tales of the Weird festival, in an event that’s focusing on my new book for them, All the Fear of the Fair. Here are some details about the individual slot, though the whole weekend is packed full of some wonderful talks and panels:

A new British Library Tales of the Weird collection edited by Ghostland author Edward Parnell has brought back to life sixteen enchanted, nightmarish tales of circus, spectacle and sideshow. Step right up if you dare as he is joined on stage by comedian and clown Elf Lyons and playwright and novelist Edward Carey, author of The Iremonger trilogy and Edith Holler, the tale of brilliant 12-year-old Edith who is cursed to never leave her family’s tumbledown theatre.

For further details including how to get in-person and online tickets please click here.

Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities

I also curate and host online talks for The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, so please check out their website too. Upcoming events I’m hosting are:

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Tales of the Supernatural – with James Machin
Thursday 6th November 2025 at 20.00

William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love – with Philip Hoare
Thursday 13th November 2025 at 19.30

Exploring Angela Carter’s Gothic Side – with Jacob Huntley
Thursday 20th November 2025 at 19.30

Readings/Book Groups etc.

If you’d like to book me to do a talk/reading at an event such as a literary festival, or to speak to a book group/club, please contact me using the form on this website. For larger and commercial events please contact my agent Tom Killingbeck at A. M. Heath.