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	In July 2009, The Swan River Press will publish "My Aunt Margaret's Adventure", a long lost tale of mystery and suspense attributed by M.R. James to J.S. Le Fanu. The booklet will feature commentary on the story and its authorship by leading Le Fanu scholars Jim Rockhill and Gary W. Crawford. In 2006 the press launched the Haunted History Series with Peter Bell’s On the Apparitions at Grey’s Court. Since then, the press has published limited run booklets by the best writers in the genre including Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant, Gary McMahon, Edward Crandall and Mark Valentine. An anthology of these tales, tentatively entitled Haunted Histories: Stories of Spirit & Stone, is planned for later this year. More...
	This year Dublin City Library Service has chosen Dracula for its One City, One Book programme. Below is the most recent version of the events that will unfold in April 2009. Please do not take the schedule as reliable fact just yet. While most of the events have been finalised, the schedule is subject to change between now and April. The Westbury Hotel off Grafton Street and the Gresham Hotel on O'Connell Street are offering deals in April for those travelling to Dublin for the One City, One Book festivities. When booking at one of these two hotels, mention the festival. More...
	In the spirit of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "Ghost Stories of Chapelizod", Brian J. Showers' The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories infests his own Dublin neighbourhood with an authentic population of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Showers has filled each story with fascinating regional history, local atmosphere, and architectural details that are clearly visible today. While this gives the stories a factual flavour, the supernatural elements are entirely fictional. The result is a realistic and shadow-filled portrait of a modern neighbourhood, written in the traditional style of the classic literary ghost story. The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories, published by Mercier Press, will be available from March 2008. More... Read Nightmare Revue's interview with Brian J. Showers.
	Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin is a new guidebook from Nonsuch Publishing Ireland that reconstructs the lives of Charles Maturin, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker as walking tours with the help of maps, photographs and excerpts from their works. Ideal for tourists who have come to explore Ireland's 1200 year old capital, native Dubliners who want to learn more about their city's spectral past, and those who just want a mind's eye tour of haunted Dublin. Written by Brian J. Showers, Illustrated by Duane Spurlock, Foreword by Pat Liddy and Cover Art by Meggan Kehrli. More...