Paranormal Cumbria is officially published on 2 April. Here’s the contents list:
Chapter 1 The Croglin Vampire and the Renwick Cockatrice
Chapter 2 Witchcraft, Magic and the Devil
Chapter 3 The Cursing Stone of Carlisle
Chapter 4 Powers of the Mind
Chapter 5 Fairies, Nature Spirits and Other Beings
Chapter 6 The Mysterious Menagerie – from Big Cats and Black Dogs to Lake Monsters and Werewolves
Chapter 7 From Scareships to the Solway Spaceman
More details on the book can be found here and on its own Facebook page here. There’s a promo video here.
There’ll be features on BBC Radio Cumbria and Lakeland Radio, as well as in a number of local newspapers. And I’ll be selling and signing copies at the Manchester Monster Convention on Saturday 14th April (where I’m giving a talk on the Croglin Vampire), plus signing copies in-store at Waterstones, Carlisle on Saturday 21st April (11am-3pm).
Paranormal Cumbria is also available from Amazon, on, and all good bookshops.