Season
UK Ghost Story Festival 2027
One of the UK’s most haunted cities will be playing host to the latest running of the UK Ghost Story Festival, presenting three days of talks, interviews, workshops and more
26 Feb – 28 Feb 2027
Upcoming Events in This Season
Presenting three days of talks, interviews, workshops and more all devoted to ghost stories and the Gothic
26th, 27th, 28th February
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A 90-minute walk full of revelations, curses, deaths, superstitions, evil doers and much more!!
26 Feb 2027
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Exploring British 1970s television, bursting at the seams with weirdness, eeriness, supernatural folklore and contemporary legend
26 Feb 2027
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A crash course in writing puzzling plots and eerie atmosphere.
26 Feb 2027
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Getting started in crafting stories that range from the unsettling to the downright terrifying.
26 Feb 2027
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A talk tracing the development of the ghost child figure in the Western imagination.
26 Feb 2027
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Helping you write a ghost story that does not take place in a haunted house.
26 Feb 2027
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A workshop aimed at aspiring authors who are considering self-publishing, as well as writers who have a completed manuscript but aren't sure what to do next.
26 Feb 2027
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The reality, the fiction and the scandals of Victorian asylum care.
26 Feb 2027
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Uncanny landscapes, sentient forests, and ravenous plants: how to write them and how to make them scary,.
26 Feb 2027
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A workshop exploring the story potential of ghosts caught after the fact on audio and video,
26 Feb 2027
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Step into the mysterious side of Derby's past with an entertaining journey through the city's ghosts, legends and folklore
26 Feb 2027
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How word choices and use of language can be used to create atmosphere when writing spooky scenes.
26 Feb 2027
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Why do the Overlook Hotel’s hallways make us feel uneasy? Why does the bright, vast landscape of Midsommar give us dread? 'Liminal' relates to an in-between space and is one of many tools that a writer can use to shape the atmosphere…
26 Feb 2027
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A no-expenses paid trip to Springfield for a look at the influences of ghosts, monsters, aliens, treehouses of horror and, most likely, donuts.
26 Feb 2027
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A discussion of the many different aspects of Ciaran’s research, ghost hunts, TV work and more.
26 Feb 2027
Test your knowledge of all things spooky at the UK Ghost Story Festival 2027.
26 Feb 2027
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As we move into a word of liminal horror, eco-horror, tradwife horror and more, where does the ghost find its place in the horror landscape?
27 Feb 2027
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How to use your own personal "ghosts" as raw material for fiction that resonates on a deeper level.
27 Feb 2027
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How to use the darkness that lies within us to blur the boundaries between the self and the outside world.
27 Feb 2027
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Interest in folklore is at an all-time high, but what is behind this revival?
27 Feb 2027
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How to reimagine the ghost story for today’s world.
27 Feb 2027
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A workshop looking at how cinematic horror franchises often live on via the medium of videogames.
27 Feb 2027
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With so much variety as to how the supernatural can behave in a story, how do you decide on what you spirits can – and cannot do?
27 Feb 2027
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Experimenting with character dynamics and structures that push the door of the haunted closet wide open.
27 Feb 2027
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Haunted landscapes and how to use elements of the natural world to create unsettling supernatural fiction.
27 Feb 2027
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There are myriad iconic ghosts and ghouls in horror literature, but what about the characters on the receiving end of a good spooking? This workshop will explore how to use flawed, complex characters to add emotional depth to your stories. We'll …
27 Feb 2027
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How writers can use social media to market their work without becoming an influencer.
27 Feb 2027
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A panel exploring how the two forms differ from one another for both writers and readers.
27 Feb 2027
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A 90 minute walking taking true, but weird, Derby history.
27 Feb 2027
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A mesmerising fusion of art, confidence, and Gothic glamour.
27 Feb 2027
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Exploring ghost lore and haunting history, with live music and performance of one a chilling tale.
27 Feb 2027
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A 90 minute walk full of tortured spirits who met a grisly end including both the murderers and their victims.
28 Feb 2027
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Drawing on ideas associated with psychogeography, liminality, class, and psychoanalysis, this talk explore cities as hosts of new forms of folk horror.
28 Feb 2027
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Every culture has its own version of what lies “on the other side” of the veil
28 Feb 2027
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Exploring how curses can create mystery, conflict, and difficult choices in your story.
28 Feb 2027
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Psychic and developing medium Jessica Messenger traces her own relationship with the spirit world: from her earliest unexplained encounters to learning to work with spirit through mediumship. …
28 Feb 2027
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Looking at how cosmic horror can serve as a ripe source of comedy.
28 Feb 2027
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Exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by telling a story from the ghost's point of view.
28 Feb 2027
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We all love a good ghost story, but what other tales lie, lost and forgotten, in archives?
28 Feb 2027