About this Event
We're pleased to annonce a dual author event with Christopher Golden (The Night Birds) and Tim Lebbon (Secret Lives of the Dead). These two spectacular writers of horror and the supernatural will be joing us on Thursday 2nd October, 7pm!
About the book, Christopher Golden's
The Night Birds:
The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX.
Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak years ago, they never expected to see each other again.
Now, as part of his work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Book lives aboard the Christabel, a 19th century freighter half-sunken off the shore of Galveston. Over many years, a massive forest of mangrove trees has grown up through the deck of the ship, creating a startlingly beautiful enigma Book calls the Floating Forest. As a powerful storm churns through the Gulf, he intends to sleep on board as usual.
But when he arrives at the dock, he’s stunned to find Ruby there waiting for him. And she’s not alone. With her are a mysterious woman and her infant child, asking Book to hide them safely aboard the Christabel while they're on the run. Only it isn’t the police who are after them, it’s a coven of witches the woman, Mae, has fled, stealing away the helpless infant for whom the coven had hideous plans…or so Mae claims.
It’s lunacy and Book wants nothing to do with it. But after the way he and Ruby ended things, and the unspoken pain between them, he can’t refuse. Yet even as he brings them out to the ruined ship and its floating forest, there are shadowed figures looming back in Galveston, waiting out the storm. And despite the worsening wind and rain, the night birds are flying, scouring the coastline for their prey.
About the book, Tim Lebbon's Secret Lives of the Dead:
A dark folk horror tale of a deadly family curse, crime and M**der that is sure to turn your blood cold, from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Netflix's The Silence.
When Jodi, BB and Matt decide to burgle a derelict country home as a thrilling dare, they become embroiled in a twisted legacy of supernatural terror. There are rumours of a bizarre curse hanging over the hoard of antiques and jewellery within the house. And unbeknownst to the others, one member of the trio has darker motives for breaking into the property.
Lem is a brutal man obsessed with a gruesome family legend. He is determined to right the wrongs of the past and lift the curse placed on his bloodline. By completing the work of his father and bringing a bizarre selection of scattered relics back together, he hopes to be free of the malign influence that has hounded every generation of his family for two centuries.
Across a single day a deadly pursuit will culminate on the desolate, storm-swept Crow Island, and those involved are given cause to wonder... can believing in a curse deeply enough bring its own bad luck?
Accessing our shop:
Doors open from 18.45 and the event begins at 19.00
Ticketing:
£6 General Admission
£15 Book and Ticket (The Night Birds)Mega-Bundle:
£22 Both books and ticket
Accessibility:
We have two in store bathrooms, with baby changing facilities on the first floor. A customer lift is available.
Parking is restricted, however, cars can access Coney Street from 18.00 for collection and drop off outside of our store.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterstones, 15 Coney Street, York, United Kingdom
GBP 6.00 to GBP 22.00
