Haunted Houses & Uncanny Horrors - A Night of Gothic Fiction

Joins us, if you dare, for this perfectly spooky evening of Gothic fiction to discover three brilliantly unsettling novels that delve into the chilling mysteries of the past and the darkest corners of the psyche.Solace House is a mindbending and eerie story set in a detritus-filled victorian mansion that might hide a secret passage to another dimension.

The group of students who are tasked with clearing the junk become increasingly obsessed with the house's secrets, contained in the scrawled journals of its previous owner.

Drawing comparisons to The Secret History, it's a hallucinatory delight.The Last Witch on the Knock follows Thomasin as she journeys to her eccentric Aunt's secluded house in the Highlands. 300 years earlier, serving girl Kate is exiled as a witch after rejecting her lecherous master.

As past and present meet, Thomasin's body becomes an unwilling host to Kate's restless curse in this visceral tale.In Your Heart A Devil is a mesmerising fable of unrequited longing and unfathomable betrayal.

Isabel's home in Portugal is a long way from the dark Scottish manor that her loveless marriage has trapped her in, surrounded by whispering servants and superstitious villagers, but a new arrival in town brings with him unholy desires and secrets that cannot be spoken.Will Maclean, Aimee MacDonald and Vanessa Santos will be in conversation with writer and critic Willow Heath, discussing their novels, the dark allure of the gothic, why we love to be haunted, and much more, as well as taking your questions and signing copies of their books.