Books and Beyond: Halloween

Karen and Louisa celebrate Halloween with some tricks from Karen, aka horrific reading recommendations, and a treat from Louisa, a spooky and sinister Roald Dahl story for your listening enjoyment.

Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast.

Books, authors and a website recommended by Karen:

Books

• The Odyssey by Homer
• Hansel and Gretel in Grimm’s Fairy Tales
• The complete fiction of HP Lovecraft 
• Against the world, against life, a biography of HP Lovecraft by Michel Houellebecq 
• The cask of Amontillado and The pit and the pendulum in The complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe
• The Haunting of Hill House and The lottery and other stories by Shirley Jackson
• Don’t look now in Don't look now and other stories by Daphne du Maurier

Authors

• Stephen King 
• Edward Gorey
• Joe Hill

Website

• Visit www.creepypasta.com. Please note this website is not recommended for children due to its terrifying nature.

Louisa’s read:

• The Landlady from Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl

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