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Bradford Literature Festival | Talk

Lunch Bite: Literature That Haunts

27 Jun 2025

12:00 - 12:45

City Park

In this compelling lunchtime session, poet and writer Clare Shaw explores the psychological power of haunted literature through classics like Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.  

These are stories where the supernatural meets the subconscious, and where fear lives not just in shadowy corridors, but in the human mind. 

Unpicking themes of repression, trauma, and ambiguity, this session invites you to rethink what it means to be haunted. Perfect food for thought over lunch.

Age Guidance
No Age Restriction

Ticket Information

General £7

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Venue Details

City Park

City Park, Bradford
BD1

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