THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2023 AT THE ATHENAEUM. Join us in the Library Reading Room at Liverpool’s iconic Athenaeum for this special event with legendary horror writer Ramsey Campbell. The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes Ramsey Campbell as “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”, and the Washington Post sums up his work as “one of the monumental accomplishments of modern popular fiction”. As we approach Halloween this is a unique opportunity to hear the acclaimed Liverpool born author Ramsey Campbell discuss what horror means to him, in the Athenaeum’s atmospheric Library Reading Room. Continue the…

THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2023 AT THE ATHENAEUM. This month marks the first of a new detective thriller series by award-winning writer Margaret Murphy, published under the pen name M.K. Murphy. The novel, described as ‘a compulsive thriller’ by bestseller Ann Cleeves, has been optioned for television. Over almost three decades, the Liverpool born author has written 12 internationally-acclaimed psychological suspense novels under her own name, and 5 forensic thrillers as Ashley Dyer and AD Garrett. Margaret will be in conversation with Professor Catherine Cole, Professor in Creative Writing in The Screen School, Liverpool John Moores…

THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY 22ND MARCH 2023 AT SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE. A celebration of Ken Dodd’s life and talent with his biographer Tony Nicholson and a special appearance by Lady Anne Dodd. *** Join Tony Nicholson for a unique evening as he talks about his affectionate and candid biography of Sir Ken Dodd. With a special appearance by Lady Anne Dodd. Lady Anne, with whom Tony wrote the book, will be joining him on stage during the event. Tony has been a lifelong Ken Dodd fan. His book gives Doddy’s many fans the first ever in-depth account…

THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY 23RD MARCH 2023 AT SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE. An unmissable event for crime fiction lovers in Liverpool’s iconic Sefton Park Palm House. Join David Jackson and Luca Veste for an evening of Murder on the Mersey. David Jackson is the author of eleven crime novels, including the bestseller CRY BABY and the DS Nathan Cody series. A latecomer to fiction writing, after years of writing academic papers he submitted the first few chapters of a novel to the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Awards. He was very surprised when it was both short-listed and…