Robert Lloyd Parry

Sat 31 October. Salford. "Oh, Whistle...", "The Ash Tree", "Lost Hearts" & "A Warning to the Curious" by M R James. a fresh batch of tickets has been released for this Saturday's bonanza at The Lowry in Salford. www.thelowry.com/whats-on/a-w...

M R James ghost story shows coming up this week in Kirby Lonsdale, Farsley, Newcastle and Salford. Details here: www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule

I don't often make it London but am performing "A Warning to the Curious" & "Lost Hearts" by M R James at a theatre above a really nice pub on Sunday 8 November. Tickets here tinyurl.com/y5ec2wjx pass it on...

I don't often make it London but am performing "A Warning to the Curious" & "Lost Hearts" by M R James at a theatre above a really nice pub on Sunday 8 November. Tickets here tinyurl.com/y5ec2wjx pass it on...

Another John Piper scarecrow photograph.

shows coming up this weekend in Aberystwyth, nr. Tiverton and Monmouth details here: www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule

Available for pre-order classic Cambridge based ghost stories

Roll up, roll up: livestreamed tonight at 8pm(UK), "The Rose Garden" (which is a little less overlooked than it was a few days ago, but still, I hold, comparatively overlooked). Register here rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk

I'll take that as a no, then?

Roll up, roll up: livestreamed tonight at 8pm(UK), "The Rose Garden" (which is a little less overlooked than it was a few days ago, but still, I hold, comparatively overlooked). Register here rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk

So we've got three books now up for pre-order; they'll ship simultaneously in December. That'll be it for the year. Ghosts on the Cam | Robert Lloyd Parry (ed.) The Green Book 28 | Brian J. Showers (ed.) Uncertainties 8 | Naben Ruthnum (ed.) If you're interested: swanriverpress.ie

Interested in hearing stories by, and a bit about the life of, pulp Jamesian Frederick Cowles? Come to the beautiful Portico Library in Manchester on Tue 3 November. Tickets here tinyurl.com/4vbvj7j5

Interested in hearing stories by, and a bit about the life of, pulp Jamesian Frederick Cowles? Come to the beautiful Portico Library in Manchester on Tue 3 November. Tickets here tinyurl.com/4vbvj7j5

Four great ghost stories by M R James at the Lowry in Salford on 31 October. Details here tinyurl.com/2s67rdbc

Four great ghost stories by M R James at the Lowry in Salford on 31 October. Details here tinyurl.com/2s67rdbc

Don't forget that there's a livestreamed telling of M R James's (often overlooked?) ghost story "The Rose Garden" ay 8pm(UK) on Saturday night (17th Oct). You need to register here in advance rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk but if you can't catch it live you can watch anytime after.

Don't forget that there's a livestreamed telling of M R James's (often overlooked?) ghost story "The Rose Garden" ay 8pm(UK) on Saturday night (17th Oct). You need to register here in advance rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk but if you can't catch it live you can watch anytime after.

In advance of Swan River Press' publication of Ghosts on the Cam, I interviewed its editor Robert Lloyd Parry. You can read the interview here: swanriverpress.ie/2026/10/ghos... #RobertLloydParry #GhostsontheCam #SwanRiverPress

This Saturday, 8pm(UK), a livestreamed telling of M R James's "The Rose Garden". Register here rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk (you can watch anytime after the live broadcast too...)

You can now pre-order "Ghosts on the Cam", a new anthology from Swan River Press which collects and introduces supernatural tales set in Cambridge by M R James, Ingulphus, DNJ, J[E]S, Barry Pain, Shane Leslie and Frederick Cowles. It's likely to ship in December. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/gh...

Not Truly Dead: Candlelit Stories for Halloween ~ 💀 Wed 28 October 2026 🕸️ #Farsley #Leeds #UK ~ Three ghost stories by M R James Performed by R M Lloyd Parry "His eyes were deep-sunk. And over them, from the brows to the cheek-bone, hung cobwebs. Thick, grey cobwebs..."

You can now pre-order "Ghosts on the Cam", a new anthology from Swan River Press which collects and introduces supernatural tales set in Cambridge by M R James, Ingulphus, DNJ, J[E]S, Barry Pain, Shane Leslie and Frederick Cowles. It's likely to ship in December. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/gh...

Christmas Eve: this year's Ghost Story For Christmas is a livestreamed solo performance of M R James's "The Tractate Middoth" Register here xmastractate.eventbrite.co.uk

I'm looking forward next Thursday, October 16, to doing my first ever show in that charming town, Hebden Bridge. Two great ghost stories by M R James: book here tinyurl.com/32t3hr4e artwork by Paul Lowe

Christmas Eve: this year's Ghost Story For Christmas is a livestreamed solo performance of M R James's "The Tractate Middoth" Register here xmastractate.eventbrite.co.uk

Tuesday night, Oct 6, in the Society of Antiquaries on Piccadilly, a telling of two great ghost stories by M R James: "The Mezzotint" & "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book". A few tickets remain www.sal.org.uk/events/pleas...

Tuesday night, Oct 6, in the Society of Antiquaries on Piccadilly, a telling of two great ghost stories by M R James: "The Mezzotint" & "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book". A few tickets remain www.sal.org.uk/events/pleas...

You can pre-order it now here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/gh...

Tomorrow in Canterbury a fascinating day long ghost story event - which includes the chance to see the original manuscript of M R James's "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (followed by a performance of the tale) tinyurl.com/yrveaep4

Yesterday we announced our forthcoming title GHOSTS ON THE CAM edited by Robert Lloyd Parry. This meticulously researched volume gives insight into M. R. James's Cambridge, and even sheds light on the possible identity of the elusive "DNJ". Pre-order here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/gh...

Still a handfulof tickets left...

Our newest title . . . GHOSTS ON THE CAM edited by Robert Lloyd Parry The third in a series of linked anthologies exploring M. R. James, his circle of colleagues, and their supernatural writing. Lloyd Parry essays on each writer and their connection with MRJ. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/gh...

Plague victim mask in Leicester Guildhall

The Call of Cthulhu

Still a handfulof tickets left...

Mummified head of a stork - 664-332 BC

7 October. Come and hear weird and macabre tales by Arthur Conan Doyle in a fascinating ancient building in beautiful Saffron Walden tinyurl.com/3kh7b6pb

Setting Sun, (mid 20thC) by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt

Christmas with Sherlock Holmes: @nunkie.bsky.social reads The Blue Carbuncle plus screening of the 3 restored Eille Norwood films, introduced by @drmjones.bsky.social. Bijou Theatre, Southport, 29 December 2026. Tickets on sale now: www.ticketsource.com/southport-bi... #nunkie

Hark! To mark the start next week of Nunkie's autumn season of supernatural tales, until Thursday you can get a copy of "Shadows and Gestures - Scripts after M R James" for £12.50. That's a scarcely believable £5 discount. Email me for details of how to pay: address here www.nunkie.co.uk/contact

7 October. Come and hear weird and macabre tales by Arthur Conan Doyle in a fascinating ancient building in beautiful Saffron Walden tinyurl.com/3kh7b6pb

A busy first week of October for Nunkie Productions: stories by Lovecraft, MRJ and Conan Doyle in Leicester, London, Canterbury, Saffron Walden and Barton-on-Humber. Tickets left for most shows - see details and links here www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule

Saturday 17 October livestream, "The Rose Garden by M R James" register here: rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk

Get into the spooky spirit at the start of October and join us for a night of ghostly tales from MR James, by performer R M Lloyd Parry. Hear 'Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book' & 'The Mezzotint'...if you dare! 👻 www.sal.org.uk/events/pleas...