Here's a splendid spooky book that your children will want to read - and so will you! Grab a copy of @dannyrobins.bsky.social & Ellen Walker's "Do You Believe in Ghosts?" for a brilliant introduction to the supernatural. It's the book I'd have read as a child alongside the Usborne Guide!

A great event at @gobsmack-comics.bsky.social in Horsham today, celebrating their tenth anniversary with lots of great characters - and also enjoying the last pre-Christmas weekend at their Square Eye Retro Arcade.

Beautiful work from @slipperyjack.bsky.social "professionally defacing" copies of the books he's illustrated/edited. Delighted to have these in my collection! (Tales Accursed available now directly from his website.)

The more I look at the details about this book, the more I want to read it. You will want to read it too, so why not order yourself one? You won't regret it.

If you are responsible for delivering Personal Development in your school, do consider #TaskmasterClub as an engaging way to meet many of your objectives. Here is how it can help... jamesblakelobb.co.uk/personal-dev... #PersonalDevelopment #Enrichment #SecondaryEducation

Cosplay pals, there's a free photoshoot in it for you if you can come up with something like this!

A large number of postcards from this exhibition have just fallen into my online shopping basket. If you can't get to the actual exhibition (which I can't) then don't miss the chance to check it out online (which I am grateful that I could do.)

These are deservedly flying off the shelves. Or @slipperyjack.bsky.social's garage. Whatever. Either way you should definitely buy this book and you won't regret adding a defacement for extra unique art joy.

Getting spooky today, with the arrival of Volume Two of Dorian Deathly's "Deathly Dark Tales."

Finally got my own Matlock! Stunningly saztaculous ceramic @matlockhare.bsky.social piece made by Jacqui Lovesey. Check out the great contrasting glazes on the fur and clothes. So glad to welcome him into my little Winchett Dale collection!

One of these is a must have for all fans of folk horror and spooky stories!

A recent trip to Scarborough gave me the chance to check out both of the town's ghost walks. The Black Widow Tour and The Scarborough Ghost Walk are both excellent and presented in quite different styles so are happily unique too, even when the stories told cross over. I recommend them both!

Several new sets of photos are now live on my website, featuring the SSPA studio shoot, Ariel Choirs Summer Ball and Ariel Shoreham/Haywards Heath Showcase. www.stephencandyphotography.co.uk/f379428184

"All of the information is on the task." Except I've had it mounted/framed so now you can't open it - but you can still see @alexhorne.bsky.social's signature on the back! Thank you to @taskmasteredu.bsky.social for this amazing screen-used @taskmaster.tv task, now proudly on display in my office.

Stellar work by all at #ChinbeardBooks on @sophiealdred.bsky.social's "Ace Jacket" book. So many great contributors and contributions from the worlds of #DoctorWho. Ably co-edited by the splendid @eatonjones.bsky.social and designed (plus great art) by @roberthammond.bsky.social. Highly recommended!

This will be brilliant! Richard Marson is that rarest of researcher/writers, both meticulous AND readable. Looking forward to reading it, I'll be pre-ordering at the first opportunity.

The paperback edition of @ajwestauthor.bsky.social's "The Betrayal of Thomas True" comes out this week and @orendabooks.bsky.social have made it a strong contender for prettiest paperback of the year. Gorgeous foil and shine effects and (not shown) lovely spredges too!

"A sauna to die for..." Antti Tuomainen's comic crime novel The Burning Stones comes to paperback from @orendabooks.bsky.social this August. It's reveal day for this clever cover!

This splendid @matlockhare.bsky.social "Majick Cottage" original artwork has now been nicely framed ready for display!

I love this Sam Coupé badge from @samcoupe.com! Excellent quality and a subtle way to celebrate a vintage computer of which I remain very fond.

Amazing work by @thelightdreams.bsky.social, John Collier and photos from Richard Leaver in this brilliant visual guide to the classic Blackpool Doctor Who exhibition. So atmospheric to be able to explore through the years on the pages of the book - recommended whether you ever visited or not!

Running my little SEN Taskmaster Club has been one of the highlights of the last couple of years. So lovely to have the hard work of the students recognised. They all achieve so much doing this, showing real independence and teamwork. Do this in your schools, you won't regret it.

It's #GhostbustersDay! If you're a fan of the original film - my favourite film ever - then I strongly recommend this book of interviews, gathering all the content recorded for the "Cleanin' Up The Town" making-of documentary.

Coming in September from @orendabooks.bsky.social, here's the cover for Michael J Malone's third Annie Jackson mystery! "Dark, immersive, and utterly compelling, The Howling is a story of deception, betrayal, and misplaced power..." Available to pre-order now from wherever you buy your books.

All the photos from Ariel's new musical "Botox & Custard Creams" are now live on my website: stephencandyphotography.co.uk/p384819081

An amazing show from Phil Collins tribute band No Jacket Required at The Hawth theatre in Crawley tonight. It's always a pleasure to see them as the truly recreate the full experience of a live show from the man himself.

Production photos from the premiere of a new musical "Botox & Custard Creams" written & directed by Nicci Hopson and presented by Ariel Company Theatre, opening this evening at the New Bury Theatre in Hurstpierpoint.

All of the information is on the Task...

What a treat from @matlockhare.bsky.social! It's the original art for the "Prioritise" card from their "Majick Cottage" oracle deck. So lovely to be able to display this next to Shelpp, my Neffle Hammer.

Since it's #DraculaDay it seems the right time to mention @essiefox.bsky.social's "Dangerous" as it has the right vampiric pedigree! Gorgeous edition from @orendabooks.bsky.social, seen here with accessories from @shirepostmint.bsky.social, Badali Jewelry & Green Man Gatekeeper.

All the photos from Ariel's Burgess Hill Academy Showcase at The Hawth Theatre in Crawley are now live on my website: www.stephencandyphotography.co.uk/p269749211

The Society must convene... I'm very excited to dive in to "The Society of Unknowable Objects" by @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social, coming from @bantambooksuk.bsky.social this August. "The Book of Doors" was an amazing read last year. Huge thanks to Bantam for the ARC.

If you're wondering if you should take part in @taskmasteredu.bsky.social and/or @schooltasking.bsky.social at your school, there are lots of educational and social benefits for students taking part. There is also this very persuasive piece of text from one of the current term's briefings...

All the photos from COS Musical Theatre's production of "Legally Blonde" at The Hawth in Crawley are now live on my website: www.stephencandyphotography.co.uk/p1026668614

"The Betrayal of Thomas True" was one of my favourite books of last summer, and today the cover for the upcoming paperback edition was revealed! Stunning work by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social & @orendabooks.bsky.social. Pre-order now via: geni.us/xp4Ipu

An excellent production of "Legally Blonde" by COS Musical Theatre runs this week at The Hawth, Crawley. Well worth checking out!

This seemed a very appropriate spot to enjoy @chrischibnall.bsky.social's new Dorset-set crime novel. Splendid signed first edition courtesy of @goldsborobooks.bsky.social Crime Collective.

Another excellent drama academy showcase from Ariel Company Theatre at The Hawth in Crawley. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Full disclosure: I too have a complete set of mostly pristine Eighth Doctor BBC Books (in a box, in a loft) and am using this as a way to gauge their potential value. However, it's still - you know - a COMPLETE SET and a great way to enter/revisit the Wilderness Years.

The photos from Ariel Company Theatre's Crawley & East Grinstead Academies recent Showcase, at The Hawth theatre in Crawley, are now all live on my website: www.stephencandyphotography.co.uk/p589086299

Here's the full set of lovely Whisporia candles to complement @ajwestauthor.bsky.social's beautiful book "The Betrayal of Thomas True" (published by @orendabooks.bsky.social.) I recommend everything you see here!

Excellent work from @tenacrefilms.bsky.social on this new edition of Andrew Cartmel's essential #DoctorWho production diary "Script Doctor" for the anniversary of its first publication. Apparently there's another Doctor Who 20th Anniversary happening soon, but this is definitely my treat of the day.

Rock and roll at Chequer Mead, East Grinstead last night with brilliant local band Euphoria, raising money for Young Epilepsy.

I've just got my copy of @availablelightp.bsky.social's new book, collecting some of his amazing photos of the beautiful @visitisleofwight.bsky.social over the years. Highly recommended! Steve's work is always stunning.

"York, but in a magazine." A great project from @lazenbybrown.bsky.social with insights into several great York creatives. (Some well known to me, some exciting for me to discover!) @visityork.bsky.social

Splendid pin badges for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social today, seen here alongside some favourite recent reads. Books by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social, @merrowchild.bsky.social and Chris & Jen Sugden. Some lovely special editions thanks to @goldsborobooks.bsky.social.

Some more folklore fun! Just arrived from @6knifes.bsky.social and as recommended by @slipperyjack.bsky.social, this appropriately named zine about horse-based folkloric traditions is beautiful in both appearance and content.

Part of me doesn't want to share this, as the fewer entries there are the better my chances are, but that's not really the point I suppose... 😉

If you enjoy folklore and spooky things in general, you should definitely check out Sian Ellis's "Tell the Bees" 'zine! I'm delighted with the latest issue, which arrived today.

I've now processed over 1500 photos from Ariel Company Theatre's Horsham and Uckfield Academies Showcase. You can check them out here: www.stephencandyphotography.co.uk/p955446929