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26th August 2011: The Halifax Ghost Story Festival
will return this year, in an
alt.ghost
story guise. It will be held on Saturday 12th November at Dean
Clough, Halifax, and will start at 1:30pm.
Tickets will be £10 for the
day.
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The
provisional programme is as follows (subject to fine-tuning)
1.30am-2.00pm:
Reggie Oliver reads "Ritual", a short story by
Arthur Machen
2.00pm -
2.30pm:
Panel discussing Arthur Machen, chaired by his most
recent biographer, Mark Valentine, and including Gwilym Games and Reggie
Oliver.
2.30pm -
2.50pm:
Dr Mark
Goodall introduces "The Happy Children" (exquisite black and white
Machen short film)
Break for drinks and snacks
3.15pm -
4.00pm:
Panel discussion: Pushing the boundaries of the
ghost story, with Nick Royle, John Llewellyn Probert and Chris
Maloney.
4.00pm - 4.50pm:
Ray Russell introduces screening of "Three
Miles Up" (adaptation of Elizabeth Jane Howard story)
running time: 50
minutes
5.00pm - 5:50pm
Rare screening of "The Hospice" by Robert
Aickman (TV adaptation starring Jack Shepherd)
running time: 45
minutes (subject to final permissions being
obtained)
5.50pm - 6.10pm
General discussion about the festival and the
programme for next year.
6.10pm -6.25pm
Screening of a pacey short film by Ashley
Thorpe
Viaduct Cafe bar open 7pm-11pm
Screening of "Urban Ghost
Story"
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Other guests, panellists and speakers will be
announced over the coming weeks.
We
look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in
Halifax!
Additionally, we also hope to launch the
publication of a new edition of
We Are for the Dark by Robert Aickman
and Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Page updated 3rd October 2011
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