A MUCH-ANTICIPATED new York book shop has revealed that it will be opening its doors next week – just time in for Halloween.
Horrifically Good Books, a horror themed bookshop, is scheduled to open its doors in the Grade I listed building at 60 Goodramgate in York city centre on Monday, October 26, for a special horror themed event.
The shop is then aiming to be open to the general public from the next day (Tuesday, October 27) onward.
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As reported by The Press at the end of August, the shop – which is created by the team behind Criminally Good Books in Colliergate - will be dedicated to all things spooky, scary, and otherwise horrific.
Owner Isla Coole said that whilst she had considered the location previously for her crime bookshop, she was ‘blown away’ by how perfect the Grade II listed building, which overlooks a graveyard, would be for a horror bookshop.
She said: “We have been looking for the perfect location for HGB for two years. The building is perfect for a horror bookstore as its graveyard adjacent next to Holy Trinity.
“Crime was always my first love, but there is a real appetite for horror with an increase of 21 per cent of horror sales in the UK last year alone.
“We sell a lot of horror crime in the current shop so it was a natural progression without diluting the CGBs brand to open a purely horror store.”
The shop is set to feature a variety of books which are, as expected, all themed around horror including classic and gothic horror, folk horror, historic horror, young adult’s horror, translated work from around the globe, plus work from smaller publishers.
For those looking to have a sneak peek inside the shop, HGB will be hosting ‘The Bookshop After Dark’ on the evenings of October 26 and 27 where local horror actor James Swanton – who is known for roles in Inside No. 9 and The First Omen – will be reading horror poetry.
The event will see three performances per night of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven paired with two other lesser-known horror poems - Robert Southey’s ‘The Old Woman of Berkeley’ and Thomas Hood’s ‘The Dream of Eugene Aram’ – before visitors are given a chance to browse.
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