Lavie Tidhar has beaten off strong competition from George R R Martin and Stephen King to take home the World Fantasy Award for best novel. The award, presented in Toronto on 4 November is a huge coup for the author and the book which was published in paperback by Solaris. Check out This Is Horror’s review of this fascinating tome.
Horror Club Returns
Horror Channel will host its second screening event on 4 December when a screening of Julian Richard’s chiller Shiver will be the main event. The exclusive preview screening will take place at The Horse Hospital in London. The screening will be hosted by Emily Booth and genre expert Billy Chainsaw. Tickets can be won at the Horror Channel website.
Spectral Press Haunt Christmas
Spectral Press has announced the full line up of their new collection, The 13 Ghosts of Christmas, which is now available for pre-order. The book features stories from Gary McMahon, Paul Finch, Thana Niveau and This Is Horror’s own, John Costello. For full details and to pre-order your copy get yourself across to the Spectral Press website.
DAN HOWARTH