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Hosted by Adam Z. Robinson · arts · EN · 64 episodes
Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club. Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. Authors include: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more. You can email your thoughts on the stories to: theghoststorybookclub@gmail.com and follow on Bluesky at @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Ghost Story Book Club. Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. Authors include: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more.
The Ghost Story Book Club is hosted by Adam Z. Robinson. The show has published 64 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Christmas Special 2024: with Mike Muncer - 'Stigma' (1974) and 'Number 13' (2006)" (24 December 2025, 100 minutes), "'The Breakthrough' by Daphne Du Maurier with Jenn Ashworth" (10 December 2025, 94 minutes), and "'Playing with Fire' by Arthur Conan Doyle with Dr. Emily Vincent." (3 December 2025, 80 minutes).
The Ghost Story Book Club publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 77 minutes across 64 episodes.
Booking probability for The Ghost Story Book Club is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Ghost Story Book Club requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Ghost Story Book Club's contact route on record: verified email.
Adam Z. Robinson hosts The Ghost Story Book Club, an arts show with 64 episodes published.
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Episode #11
In our 2025 Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 9 December 2025) as we discuss two classic BBC Ghost Story for Christmas films, 'Stigma'...
Episode #10
In Series 5, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Jenn Ashworth, as we discuss 'The Breakthrough' by Daphne Du Maurier. Jenn Ashworth was born in Preston and studied at Cambridge and Manchester. Her...
Episode #9
In Series 5, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Dr Emily Vincent , as we discuss 'Playing with Fire' by Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr Emily Vincent is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in English Literature at...
The Ghost Story Book Club
In this BONUS episode, I'm inviting you to join us for the live-streamed Christmas Special of The Ghost Story Book Club on Tuesday 9 December. Book your place here: http://gsbcxmas2025.eventbrite.com/ My guest will be...
Episode #8
In Series 5, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Leon Craig , as we discuss 'A Wicked Voice' by Vernon Lee. Leon Craig is the author of gothic short story collection Parallel Hell s and queer haunted...
Episode #7
In Series 5, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Brontë Schiltz, as we discuss 'A Wicked Voice' by Vernon Lee. Brontë Schiltz is a writer, journalist and PhD candidate researching the Televisual Gothic...
Episode #6
In Series 5, Episode 6 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , for a LIVE episode of the podcast, recorded at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Tuesday 28 October 2025, as part of their 'Spooked' festival. I was joined on stage, after a...
Episode #5
In Series 5, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Adam Farrer as we discuss 'In the Tube' by E.F. Benson. Adam Farrer is a writer, lecturer, mentor and editor based in Manchester, UK. His debut essay...
Episode #4
In Series 5, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Andrew Michael Hurley, as we discuss 'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James. Andrew Michael Hurley's first novel, The Loney , was originally published by...
The Ghost Story Book Club
In Series 5, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Evelyn Hollow as we discuss 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson. Evelyn Hollow is a Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist. She was a...
Episode #2
In Series 5, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Colin Walsh as we discuss 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier. Colin Walsh 's short stories have won several awards including the RTE Francis MacManus...
Episode #1
In Series 5, Episode 1 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Julia Armfield as we discuss 'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse. Julia Armfield is a fiction writer, living in London. In 2019, she was shortlisted...
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The Ghost Story Book Club rises from the dead! Series 5 begins Wednesday 8 October. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Come and see me on tour... dates, venues and tickets here. Join us on Bluesky...
The Ghost Story Book Club
In the second of our 2024 Christmas Specials - join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guests Jenn Ashworth (author of Ghosted, A Kind of Intimacy and Fell ) and Andrew Michael Hurley (author of The Loney , Starve Ac r e and...
The Ghost Story Book Club
In the first of our 2024 Christmas Specials - join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 11 December 2024) as we discuss two classic BBC Ghost Story for Christmas...
Episode #11
In Series 4, Episode 11 - our Christmas Special - join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Mike Muncer in this episode (recorded live on Zoom on 7 December 2023) as we discuss two class Ghost Story for Christmas films...
Episode #10
In Series 4, Episode 10 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , as I count down ten of my favourite Ghost Stories for Christmas! What are your favourites? Tell me on Twitter and Facebook .
Episode #9
In Series 4, Episode 9 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Nathan Ballingrud as we discuss 'The Upper Berth' by F. Marion Crawford Nathan Ballingrud is the author of The Strange, Wounds : Six Stories from the...
Episode #8
In Series 4, Episode 8 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Naomi Ryan as we discuss 'Martin's Close' by M.R. James Naomi Ryan is a barrister. After completing the BCL at St Catherine's College, Oxford, she taught...
Episode #7
In Series 4, Episode 7 join me, Adam Z. Robinson , and my guest, Leon Craig as we discuss ' Berenice ' by Edgar Allan Poe Leon Craig is a writer and editor from London, now based in Berlin. Her gothic short story...
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