My haunted home for the spooky, kooky, magical, fantastical, weird and wonderful world(s) of Children’s Literature & Illustration!
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I APPEAR TO HAVE BUILT A HAUNTED HOUSE?! 🏚️👻
My home for the spooky, kooky, magical, fantastical, weird & wonderful worlds of children's books!
📚 3000+ books, Reviews, FREE resources & more...
Enter if you dare...
#WytchwoodManor octoberjones.co.uk
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Read “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at Crow’s Head” for free.
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OUT NOW! The Unexplained: Urban Legends by Adam Allsuch Boardman flyingeyebooks.com/book/the-…
Explore the mysteries of urban legends in this graphic guide and decide for yourself – is there anything hiding under the bed?
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It's Spooky Season! Let's dive into Sisters of the Mist, the atmospheric debut graphic novel by Marlyn Spaaij about growing up and embracing change, even if it seems too frightening to confront. flyingeyebooks.com/book/sist…
✅️SPOOKINESS
✅️SISTERHOOD
✅️STUNNING PAINTERLY ARTWORK
A few years back, I posted this thread of magical & macabre Irish storytelling for Irish Book Week, little did I know it would inspire such fundamental foundations in Wytchwood Manor!
You can visit them here; octoberjones.co.uk/library/e…
@IrishKidsBooks @PForde123 @KidsBooksIrel
The fact that #IrishBookWeek launches today is nothing short of ✨magic✨
A culture so rich & utterly drenched in folklore, myth & legend with astounding stories. Morrigan, Banshee, Dullahan, Abhartack, Fae folk, Púca, Selkies & more! Here’s some recs support the Spooky Isle 🧵
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#IrishBookWeek starts tomorrow! 20% off Irish fiction, Irish Non-Fiction & Children's Irish interest. We have gorgeous tote bags designed by @paddydonnelly to give away with each Irish purchase (while stocks last)
From midnight, use IRISH at the checkout bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
October Jones retweeted
Grab your capes and polish your fangs, Spooky season has arrived in Nocturnia! 🦇
The Amelia Fang series is available now in print, eBook and audio. 🎃
#AmeliaFang #HalloweenReads #KidsBooks #Farshore #SpookySeason
🛎️ Reception?! A room with a BOO, please!
I'm checking into 8 Haunted Hotels with paranormal pioneer @Yfielding & Hannah Shaw 👻
Five stars for hospitality & horrors aplenty!
Pack your bags & check in here 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-n…
#MostHauntedHotels #MostHaunted
So thrilling to kick off this BookBlogTour week alongside literary superstardom! @richreadalot @checkemoutbooks @jacquiS21 (the others aren't tagged because they aren't on here!) 👻🖤📚
📚 Happy #BookshopDay to our wonderful indie bookshops!
Our community heroes keeping stories, shelves and high streets alive! 🧡
Wytchwood Manor champions these giants with indie-first links connecting readers to brilliant booksellers!
Find your next read. Support an indie! 🗝️
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We have 3 ENCHANTINGLY MAGICKAL copies of #AScrapOfMossAndMagick by #HelenParry to #Win
If you love a bit of magic, folklore and a dash of peril, this one is for you!
RT&Flw by Oct 16 for the chance to enter… it’s perfect for spooky season 🫣
#WRDMagComp @DFB_storyhouse
#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
Cover: #MelissaCastrillón
🏚️ KEEP OUT! TURN BACK! DO NOT ENTER!
You're making it VERY difficult to mind my own business! 👀
The Most Haunted House is a deliciously creepy paper-theatre adventure. My nosey nose simply HAD to investigate!
Read review 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-n…
#NationalHauntedHouseDay
👻 No such thing as ghosts? Tell THAT to the ones hiding in plain sight!
Ella Bailey turns an ordinary home into a game of CSI: Spectral Shenanigans! 🔎🏚️
Once out of print, now back haunting bookshops!
Read review 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-n…
#NationalHauntedHouseDay
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Schools! Please check out this super fun virtual event!
Next Tuesday! Join @mrdillypresents and top children’s authors for a free livestream packed with spooky stories, readings, games & frightfully good fun. Featuring @JenniferKillick and #SoulFeeder 🐍
Register at: tinyurl.com/48hx3jsm
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Book three in this hilarious, fast-paced, middle-grade adventure series.
Alex Sparrow and the Zumbie Apocalypse (9+/11+) by @JenniferKillick @FireflyPress
Read an extract and order:
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🏚️ Madame M is NOT at home.
Luckily for me, she left the door ajar... 🗝️💀
Part fairytale, part funeral home.
Clotilde Perrin, oh, how you've furnished my DREAM home & book!
Read review 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-n…
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