Next up in the October series of NZ Horror Books author interviews: Tim Jones Who are you? I'm Tim Jones, an author, editor and anthologist who lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington. My first short story collection, Extreme Weather Events , was published in 2001, and in total I've had five poetry collections, two novels, two short story collections, one novella and one poetry chapbook published, plus a couple of co-edited anthologies. I write speculative and mainstream p

Next up in the October series of NZ Horror Books Author interviews: Michael Botur Who are you? Michael Botur - fiction writer. I’m also a professional journalist, mostly freelancing, and I'm a 'pub poet' - at home with a beer and a microphone. I've always been a short story specialist. I pivoted to writing horror about 2019. It's so much more fun and thrilling than literary fiction, which is a bit wanky and dreary and doesn't have enough life or death stakes.  Your signature

Next up in the October series of NZ Horror Books Author interviews are Lee Murray and William Cook: Lee Murray Who are you?  Lee Murray ONZM is a writer, editor, poet and screenwriter from Aotearoa New Zealand, a Shirley Jackson Award and five-time Bram Stoker Award® winner. A USA Today bestselling author with more than forty titles to her credit, including novels, collections, anthologies, nonfiction, poetry, and several books for children, Lee holds a New Zealand Prime Min

Next up in the October series of NZ Horror Books Author interviews are Nikky Lee & Daniel Eady. Read on! Nikky Lee Who are you? Hi, I’m...

Time to meet some more New Zealand horror authors for #nzhorrorbooks month! Today, we are speaking with two authors from my old stomping...

We are kicking off NZ Horror Books Month with profiles of two Kiwi horror authors, with more to follow throughout October. Read on......

Art by T.L. Wood This October, we will be showcasing New Zealand horror writers and cover artists on social media and beyond. We invite authors, cover artists, and readers to share their favourite NZ horror books and art using the hashtag #nzhorrorbooks Aotearoa / New Zealand has a deep vein of dark stories running through it, and we want to spotlight some of the stories, authors and artists throughout the month.  From October 1st, we want to see a fantastic variety of New Ze

The Exorcist is one of those books I’d put off reading for many years, mainly because the film is so ubiquitous and all-encompassing that...

I managed to read 30 books this year, less than last year but I’m fine with that - my only real goal is to read a good mix of books from...

The latest novella from Marcus Hawke details the downward spiral of one Evan Grey after he finds an old CRT TV set, which begins altering...

I was lucky enough to talk Aotearoa - New Zealand Horror on a panel discussion with fellow Remains To Be Told authors Dan Rabarts, Tim...

I'm thrilled to announce this event I have been working on with Lee Murray & Boneface Tavern as part of VERB Wellington. 'Dark Clouds: In...

A few weeks back, I had my first article on Dread Central: 'The Stephen King Trifecta of 1983: ‘Cujo’, ‘The Dead Zone’, and ‘Christine’,...

Here it is, the book announcement / cover reveal for my new collection of flash horror fiction, 20,000 Bloody Words. I’m in love with the...

“What needs to happen is a unification of the genre – filmmakers, authors, musicians, fans” Many thanks to fellow Kiwi author Michael...

To celebrate Pride Month, I'm going back to the first queer author I read as an early teen - the great and unrivalled Clive Barker. This...

So this is very cool - this Sunday as part of the ReConnect Aotearoa NZ Fandom online convention, I will be chatting with writer...

This review was originally posted on Horror Oasis. Those You Killed, the strong debut novel by Christopher Badcock from Dark Lit Press,...

I was fortunate enough to chat with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ Afternoons last week about Featherston Booktown, our 'Campfire Tales' event and...

Campfire Tales is a live event as part of the 2023 Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival. We are looking for four horror / dark fiction...