Dr Jay Gilbert - Haunted : Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives
The result is this book which explores more widely the ghosts of the British Isles and how they have endured and changed through the ages.
Join Jay in Our Bookshop for a ghoulish hour of spectral stories. Whhoooooooooooaaaaa!
| Date | Thursday 10th October 2024 | |
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| Time | 7:30 PM | |
| Doors Open | 7:00 PM | |
| Venue | Our Bookshop | |
We all know the same ghosts: it's simply a question of how doggedly they haunt us.
Part-chilling tale, part-memoir, part-cultural exploration, Haunted: Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives takes us through some of the most chilling and enduring ghost stories, and discusses what they reveal about the listener, the teller and the times we live in.
Locations mentioned in the book: York, Newcastle, Liverpool, London, Lincoln, Brighton, Bromley, Tring, Oxford, Grimsby, Cornwall, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, North Wales, Pembrokeshire, Rossmore, Perthshire.
Haunted doesn't just thrill with the tales of the inexplicable, but also asks why are we so fascinated by ghost stories and what do they tell us about the community and people who cultivate them. Why are some tropes universal, while others are very much unique to the place they haunt? Do we actually care about the identity of the ghost? Or are we more concerned about how the alleged sighting made us feel?Aimed at both believers and sceptics, it's not only for those who are looking to be frightened a little, but also for those interested in the psychology and history of the long tradition of supernatural storytelling.
About The Author:
Dr Jay Gilbert is a writer, academic and researcher based in Oxford, originally from the North East of England. She has an MA and MSt from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Leicester and is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University. She currently co-edits The Banshee, a women's literary journal with a particular focus on the supernatural.