Event news!!! I will be visiting Pimlico Library on 27 September for a Q&A and book signing session - tickets available at the link below - hope to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/down-in-th...

Down In The Attic is out now! Grab the thriller everyone is taking on holiday to read! For news, views and photos of people reading Down In The Attic on their holidays, sign up to my newsletter here - darylnilbett.com/newsletter/

Had the best time at the Theakstons Crime Writing Festival this year and a lot of that was due to the people - familiar faces like @lifeofcrime.bsky.social and Martyn and new friends like @anniedyer.bsky.social and @paulgitshamauthor.bsky.social and their lovely spouses. Amazing people!!

Thank you Mick Herron and everyone involved in this years #TheakstonsCrime Writing Festival - another amazing long weekend! Cant wait for the next one! @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

The amazing Irvine Welsh - can’t believe I had the chance to meet him. Legend.

Amazing to see @atticalocke.bsky.social at #TheakstonsCrime festival this morning - an important voice in crime fiction and a great laugh too - can’t wait to start the Highway 59 trilogy that ends with her new book Guide Me Home. @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

I’ve arrived! Can’t wait for the weekend ahead of us at #TheakstonCrime !

What better place to write than at The Old Swan during the Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival!!

Where am I off to this weekend? #TheakstonsCrime

Look at what has arrived. 👏👏👏 @darylnilbett.bsky.social #Books #Reading

It’s Publication Day for Down In The Attic!! Get your copy today and delve into the darkness within! darylnilbett.com/2025/04/25/d...

I’d recommend preordering your books with @waterstones.bsky.social as they are super efficient! It was amazing to receive my book over a week before Publication Day and to hold it knowing others were already reading it warmed my heart! Thank you Waterstones!! www.waterstones.com/book/down-in...

One Week To Go until Publication Day! I’m so excited. If you haven’t already ordered, you can find your options here - darylnilbett.com/2025/04/25/d.... If you pre-ordered from Waterstones, you may already be reading! For the rest of you, the clock is ticking - seven days …

People around the world are waiting to find out what is Down In The Attic - pre-order today! darylnilbett.com/2025/04/25/d...

Can’t wait for this to arrive. 😊 @darylnilbett.bsky.social

My debut novel is now available for pre-order on Amazon! UK: amzn.to/4iXrpPl US: amzn.to/3DZETLv

it's been nearly 30 years since I first heard this remix DJ Shadow put out that incorporated a bunch of dialogue from 'Heat' into his track "Stem" and I am happy to find out that someone out there did the inevitable and made a dialogue-matching sync of it for YouTube

Exclusive Cover Reveal!!

For all of my newsletter subscribers, you will be receiving an email on Monday containing an exclusive look at the cover of my debut novel!

If you haven't subscribed yet, sign up here before the end of the weekend to receive this sneak peak!!

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Next up on my list of soundtracks I listen to while I write is Hellboy: The Crooked Man. darylnilbett.com/2025/03/20/1...

The David Lynch Weekender was something special. A celebration of his work and a tribute to his genius. Thank you to @mikemuncer.bsky.social @bunnydarke.bsky.social @jamie-graham.bsky.social and the UPP in Oxford for such a moving and entertaining two days. Can we make this an annual event please?

Today is Newsletter day! My February newsletter is out now where I update subscribers about my soon to be released book, reveal new ideas for Book Two and suggest some books to read about Richard Nixon and Watergate. If you haven’t done so already, sign up here: darylnilbett.com/newsletter/

Empire pays tribute to David Lynch in a subscriber cover illustrated by Edward Tuckwell ☕ Inside the April issue, we celebrate Lynch's life and work – speaking to Nicolas Cage, Dexter Fletcher, Prano Bailey-Bond, Barry Gifford and more. READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Why are dickheads so dead set on snatching joy away from us at every opportunity? DO NOT STAND FOR THIS TRAVESTY #SaveThePCC

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My new Newsletter is out! I discuss my approach to story planning, give recommendations on what to watch over Christmas and discuss the music of The Thing. Oh - and I mention my big book news from last month! If you haven’t done so already, sign up here: darylnilbett.com/newsletter/

Next in my list of Soundtracks I Listen to When I Write: this folksy horror trip! darylnilbett.com/2024/12/09/1...

The first entry in my top 15 soundtracks I listen to when I write is beautifully haunting #writing #soundtracks #flanagan darylnilbett.com/2024/11/25/1...

So excited about signing up with @booksmjp.bsky.social for the publication of my debut novel!! matthewjamespublishing.com/2024/11/15/m...

WORLD-EXCLUSIVE 🚨 #PredatorBadlands will have the #Predator itself as its hero, director Dan Trachtenberg tells Empire. "The creature is front and centre," he says. READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

For anyone interested in horror movies directed by women, I have a @letterboxd.social list that I keep as updated as possible. I'm quite proud of it. boxd.it/b3SiY

Did you know? I'm also an incredible proofreader! 📄🕵️‍♀️🖍️ Hit me up for my rates and testimonials beckydarke.com/proofreading

I'm very excited to be hosting a career talk with one of my heroes, Jeremy Dyson, in Leeds this month! Join us, we'll be discussing everything from his horror influences to League of Gentlemen to Ghost Stories and more...tickets on sale now! www.seetickets.com/event/an-eve...

Out today! The stunning new Second Sight release of ground-breaking horror masterpiece THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (I have an essay in the booklet nbd)

Hello BlueSky! My first book will be published in 2025! I am super excited and would love you to join me for all the fun. Sign up to my newsletter for news, views and exclusives at www.darylnilbett.com/newsletter. Thank you!!