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Book Review: Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain, edited by Johnny Mains (The British Library, £16.99)

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Book Review: Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain, edited by Johnny Mains (The British Library, £16.99)

It’s safe to say this will be new territory for most of us. And that is the charm: literally every tale is a new discovery and the only way to get an inkling of where it will take you is to sit and read it.

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Book Review: Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth by Cathi Unsworth (Bonnier, 2023)

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Book Review: Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth by Cathi Unsworth (Bonnier, 2023)

As a testament to the lasting legacy of Goth, this book has never been bettered. Cathi’s taken a large chunk of history – much of this readers of this book are likely to already know the nuts and bolts of – and weaved it into a contemporary narrative.

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