I’m out and about all over the place over the next few weeks, so here’s a round-up of upcoming events.
On Saturday 31st March I’m honoured to be the guest of the Ghost Club Scotland, inaugurating their brand new series of talks north of the border. “Haunted Glasgow and Dundee” – with tales of doppelgangers, folk ghosts and modern apparitions – kicks off at 1.15pm in the Tron Victorian Bar, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB. Entry is £6 (including buffet) and is restricted to members of the Ghost Club and their guests only. To join, or find more out about the oldest paranormal investigation group in the country (founded 1862, no less), visit www.ghostclub.org.uk.
On Sunday 8 April I’m guesting on the ever-popular Paramania Radio show on the UKPN Radio channel (www.ukpnradio.com). Gary, Darren and Stuart will barrack me with questions on the paranormal, and I’ll attempt to come up with semi-coherent answers. The show runs from 9pm until 11, with a live chatroom for the asking of audience questions.
Saturday 14 April sees me getting up on my hind legs at the Manchester Monster Convention, a two-day celebration of all things monstrous and marvellous. I’ll be giving an illustrated talk on the allegedly 19th-century Vampire of Croglin Grange and the 1954 Glasgow children’s hunt for the Vampire with Iron Teeth. Bookending me at MancMonCon will be fiction authors Sam Stone and David J Howe, talking about their novels on vampires and Doctor Who, and Richard Freeman from the Centre for Fortean Zoology (and real-life monster hunter). Who, fangs and cryptozoology – it’s a marriage made in heaven. I’ll also be doing a book signing in the afternoon. Tickets are £10 – see the rest of the excellent programme at www.hic-dragones.co.uk/#/convention-programme/4559931370.
Saturday 21 April sees a return to Englandshire, with a book signing at Waterstones in Carlisle, from 11am-3pm. This is to promote Paranormal Cumbria, which is published at the very start of April (expect more info on this book very soon). The bookshop is at 66-68 Scotch Street, Carlisle CA3 8PN. If you can’t make it on the day, call 0843 290 8217 to reserve a copy of Paranormal Cumbria and I’ll sign it and you can pick it up later.