Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.

In my opinion, this is the definitive examination of the Blue Bell Hill ghost and probably the best book on ghosts I have read. It also contains a healthy element of natural scepticism.

Genuinely think this is his finest work.

Hi folks. Sadly, the flu, which looks like it might be Covid after all, has laid me low and I’m having to cancel my remaining tour dates this side of Christmas. These will be rescheduled for next year. Hugely sorry to those who were looking forward to seeing Garth this week & next. But he’ll be back

Huge apologies, but sadly Garth/me is down with flu and won’t be able to make his/my two Cambridge shows tonight & tomorrow. Hugely sorry for the late notice but I was hoping we could somehow manage it still, but alas we’ve more or less collapsed. Both gigs will hopefully be rescheduled for January.

The now infamous ‘Garth Rages and Almost Brains One of the Audience’ moment, captured live on camera. ‘Garth Marenghi’s Netherhead’, 2001

@nickjjoy.bsky.social Thanks for the lovely review, Nick!

Thanks to all who attended Garth’s shows at the Lowry, Salford, especially those who helped summon the forces of Chaos. You will receive your 5% discount voucher in due course. GM

Garth will be appearing on Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’ this Saturday.

Catch horror fiction’s grand frightener Garth Marenghi (Matthew Holness) on the This Bursted Earth Book Tour 📚 Grab tickets 👉 http://livenation.uk/82TW50XjLNe

Thanks once again to artist Joe Avery for the glorious cover artwork and @alisdairwood.bsky.social for more wonderful internal illustrations.

I’ve written about the return of The Witcher.

Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth, the third volume in his Sunday Times Bestselling TerrorTome trilogy is published TODAY. I.E it is now available. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/garth...

Tonights screening of IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) marks the theatrical premiere of a stunning new 4K restoration, struck from the original 35mm camera negative. Presented by Garth Marenghi himself, it will be the last screening of our Garth Marneghi Presents season. 🎟️ : tinyurl.com/3n7sd5xc

Welcome the Unquiet Guests this Halloween week! 10 tales of haunted houses and creeping terror. Out now from Dead Ink, available from Amazon, Waterstones, and all good booksellers.

Garth says thank you, Leeds. You have been bursted.

Garth Marenghi’s ‘This Bursted Earth’ Live at Leeds (imminently)

Garth Marenghi’s ‘Skull Flusher’ is now LIVE. First guest - fellow Terror Titan Mike Flanagan. m.youtube.com/@TheGarthMar...

‘Garth Marenghi’s Skull Flusher’ ep 1 is now LIVE. Horror Master GARTH MARENGHI flushes the creative skull of Fellow Horror Master MIKE FLANAGAN. m.youtube.com/@TheGarthMar...

@mrholness.bsky.social I’d be grateful if you could share this please. I can’t get to see Garth in Newcastle on the 31st and two seats are available.

‘Garth Marenghi’s Skull Flusher’ ep 1 is now LIVE. Horror Master GARTH MARENGHI flushes the creative skull of Fellow Horror Master MIKE FLANAGAN. m.youtube.com/@TheGarthMar...

To celebrate imminent publication of his novel ‘This Bursted Earth’, GARTH MARENGHI simultaneously launcheth ‘SKULL FLUSHER’, a dark symposicum twixt Terror Titans. First guest - renowned horror film director MIKE FLANAGAN. LIVE NOW 👇🏻 Subscribe here: m.youtube.com/@TheGarthMar...

Hell awaits.

Attention, horror fans. BIG Garth Marenghi-based event arriving later this week. Trailer here…

Soon, pilgrim. Garth Marenghi’s ‘This Bursted Earth’ commenceth… soon.

Garth Marenghi kicks off his ‘THIS BURSTED EARTH’ tour tonight with the first of three warm-up shows in Norwich. For up-to-date info on all things Garth Marenghi (not technically *all* things), visit his BRAND NEW WEBSITE: www.garthmarenghi.com/links/

Thrilled to be part of this new ghost story anthology ‘Unquiet Guests’ edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social

Over the moon with today’s book mail. Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth Nick Steen's imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford.

Next Wednesday night, descend into the strange and cerebral world of PHASE IV - as part of our GARTH MARENGHI PRESENTS season, featuring an exclusive video intro from the man himself. PHASE IV is unlike anything else from its era. Screening downstairs at 20:45. 🎟️ : tinyurl.com/mtk3tnaa

EXTRA DATE ADDED: Garth Marenghi (Matthew Holness) will take This Bursted Earth Book Tour to Leeds' Varieties Music Hall for a second night in March 📚 Snap up tickets this Friday at 10am 👉 http://livenation.uk/gLz650Xanxh

Garth Marenghi erupts this Monday night at the Soho Theatre. sohotheatre.com/book-online/...

Garth Marenghi introduces the first of his curated horror film season TONIGHT at the Prince Charles Cinema. First up, a double bill of ‘Race With the Devil’ and ‘Brotherhood of Satan’. Tickets available here: princecharlescinema.com/film/31617225/…

Tickets are now available for The Garth Marenghi Upheaval, next Monday. 👇🏻 sohotheatre.com/book-online/...

Extra Norwich date added for January. Tickets available this Friday 👇🏻

Tickets are now available for the Garth Marenghi Upheaval, Live at the Soho Theatre on 6th October. Work in progress but do not, under any circumstances, let that stop you. sohotheatre.com/events/matth...

Likewise, looking forward to appearing at Edge-Lit this Saturday with Tim and many other fantastic writers. See you there!

More work in progress. This time from the Garth Marenghi Upheaval. Tickets available below. sohotheatre.com/book-online/...

“Behold the pen o’ dreams, traveller… for ‘tis almost time… (just under two months.)” GM

In celebration of his latest & third novel in his TerrorTome Trilogy, THIS BURSTED EARTH (in bookshops from October 30th), renowned horror author Garth Marenghi @MrHolness invades our HorrOctober programme with a season of films that have influenced (or stolen from) his work. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/25cu2s8w

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Exorcist 2 is brilliant. Don’t believe the naysayers. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Thanks to everyone who came along and supported my two Soho ‘work in progress’ shows. More soon.

A few tickets remaining for my Soho Theatre show tonight. Garth *may* be in attendance. sohotheatre.com/events/matth...

Final few tickets available for my work in progress shows. Thanks to all those who’ve purchased already. See you next week. (Or the week after). sohotheatre.com/book-online/...

I’m interviewed in the latest issue of Utopia Science Fiction magazine and a very enjoyable experience it was, too.

LAST CHANCE to save a massive 25% on a preorder of ‘Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth’ via Waterstones. Just use the code SUMMER25 when ordering. Today only! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

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