Andrew Michael Hurley
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Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror
London film festival Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play an unhappy couple who have moved to the moors with their young son, and soon become entwined in the occult
Book of the day
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley review – folk horror goes back to the 70sHostile locals, grieving parents, a sinister oak: this addition to the canon of ‘English Weird’ has its origins in pastiche
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley review – an atmospheric tale
Devils and debauchery: why we love to be scared by folk horror
Book clinic
Book clinic: what are the best English gothic tales from the north?The north is a good fit for gothic, inspiring the dark brilliance of Ted Hughes, Susan Hill and Fiona Mozley
Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley review – dark tales from the moors
The Guardian Books podcast
Halloween reading with Andrew Michael Hurley – books podcastMy writing day
Andrew Michael Hurley: ‘Some days I don’t look up until my wife texts to tell me to eat’Meet the author
Andrew Michael Hurley: ‘It’s not about whether you want to write. It’s an urgent necessity’
Lancashire council to close more than 20 libraries
Despite more than 7,000 responses to a recent consultation on library cuts, county council confirms more than 20 closures, with others left unstaffed
The best books for summer 2016
From Essex serpents to chimpanzees, political satire to the best new thrillers … leading writers reveal which books they will be taking to the beach
The week in books
The British Book Industry awards: all must have prizesThe first book interview
Andrew Michael Hurley: 'There is no place more terrifying than your own mind'Debut novel The Loney wins book of the year at British Book Industry awards
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – eerily good
Paperback writer
Andrew Michael Hurley: how the north made The Loney a gothic horrorThe 2015 Costa first book winner shares the language of pikes, haggs and landmarks in England’s north that inspired his novel
Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015
Debut novel surprise favourite to win Costa book of the year
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – a gothic masterpiece
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – horror days by the sea