Haunted Book Club: for enjoyers of eerie tales, curious to know more about the stories that make their skin crawl. Award-winning storyteller Gav Cross and author John Reppion delve into the stories behind some of your favourite spine-tingling tales. Whether you’re a seasoned ghost story expert or a newcomer to the realm of creepy fiction, Haunted Book Club welcomes all new members with open (and possibly skeletal) arms. <br/><br/><a href="https://gavcross.substack.com/s/haunted-book-club?utm_medium=podcast">gavcross.substack.com</a>
Haunted Book Club with Gav Cross & John Reppion
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Haunted Book Club: for enjoyers of eerie tales, curious to know more about the stories that make their skin crawl. Award-winning storyteller Gav Cross and author John Reppion delve into the stories behind some of your favourite spine-tingling tales. Whether you’re a seasoned ghost story expert or a newcomer to the realm of creepy fiction, Haunted Book Club welcomes all new members with open (and possibly skeletal) arms. <br/><br/><a href="https://gavcross.substack.com/s/haunted-book-club?utm_medium=podcast">gavcross.substack.com</a>
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June 17, 2026
The Haunted Book Club at the Wavertree Lock-Up with The Tower by Marghanita Laski
<p></p><p>NOTE: at the beginning there is a technical blip where the camera we intended to use gave up the ghost… the ‘vision’ element disappears for a short while. So it was filmed on the backup laptop camera throughout. A reference and ready recording of a delightful evening!</p><p>What a treat it was to be joined by Haunted Book Clubbers in person and online. </p><p>But a special big thanks to Richard MacDonald the keeper of the keys. The Wavertree Lock-Up is an iconic heritage building in Liverpool that few people actually get access to. It is rare to host an actual event beyond an open day within this stoic building. We were joined by people who have been passing and meeting at the lock up for decades and we noticed how people would stop and look as the doors opened a local takeaway owner who had been in the area for a very long time had never seen inside and had to come over for a look.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://thewavertreesociety.uk/">You can join the Wavertree Historical Society here for £5!</a></p><p></p><p>A successful meet up and post performance debrief in The Coffee House pub aside, we had a fantastic evening.</p><p>“Good story choice. It was fun getting together & chatting. Great reading Gav. Johns’ perspective is always great as he picks up on things I never would have noticed.” </p><p>With an ancient dust tumbling off of the walls, Gav read the seemingly appropriate:</p><p><strong>The Tower </strong></p><p><strong>by Marghanita Laski.</strong></p><p></p><p>John followed with his usual insights and fantastic understanding of this endlessly entertaining genre. </p><p>And then we had what we have grown to love, delightful conversation with lovely people. Thoughtful, kind, funny and friendly. The more times we run these book clubs live the more we realise what smashing people we have supporting it.</p><p>“Made it feel very welcome. Wonderful reading, nice group, great location.”</p><p>Let us know what you think. Your comments help but are also lovely to get.</p><p>Stick around for imminent updates of online book clubs. We have one more live confirmed gig on the 1st of August with Wyrd Wirral and we have several lover autumn life gigs bubbling under…</p><p>Do you have an interesting space for a lovely group of people? </p><p>A lovely group of people who would like a friendly chat about supernatural stories… </p><p>Get in touch!</p><p>Gav & John</p><p>June 2026</p><p>“Great personal feel being able to discuss our thoughts.”</p><p>Subscribe here to get updates, tell your friends, you can subscribe for audio only versions on all your podcast places or YouTube. And our socials are here:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub">https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub </a></p><p>Thank you <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/43705139-eejits">eejits</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/106115707-rachael-prime">Rachael Prime</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/22081579-claire-faulkes">Claire Faulkes</a>, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://gavcross.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">gavcross.substack.com</a>
April 30, 2026
Haunted Book Club 006 - Part 2 The Chat "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells With Gav Cross & John Reppion
<p>Scores are getting even higher as this turned out to be very popular Story. And for very good reason.</p><p>We scored it:</p><p>Scare Factor: 4/5</p><p>Creep Factor: 4/5</p><p>Satisfaction: 4/5</p><p>The fact that it is still vaguely unknown that she did baffles us.</p><p>It is always a treat to come together on a Tuesday with the book clubbers and we can’t wait to bring the book club to life live at The Portico & Bloomimh Skull Coffee soon! </p><p></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub">Details here.</a></p><p>Tickets for the secret gig discussed in The conversation are available. If you want that link, send me a message! Tickets will be very limited and free!</p><p>Plus, we announced an exclusive event for book clubbers only in June…</p><p>Next week whilst John takes a bit of a pause to get on with some life Gav will be reading a story every Tuesday at 9 pm live…</p><p>We are still looking for suggestions of stories to bring to the book club. You can add to that by <a target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/n1JfYTLsfqqp8Ri16">clicking here.</a></p><p>Thank you for all the joining in, support, likes and shares. It really does help us!</p><p>Gav</p><p></p><p>Thank you <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/128667519-linnhe-harrison">Linnhe Harrison</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/169764822-jude-wilde">Jude Wilde</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/96339265-josie-ray">Josie Ray</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/13668610-annie">Annie</a>, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.</p><p>Thanks for reading Gav Cross: Storyteller! This post is public so feel free to share it.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://gavcross.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">gavcross.substack.com</a>
April 20, 2026
Haunted Book Club 006 - Part 1 The Story - The Red Room by H.G. Wells
<p>We are back on the Tuesday train. Tuesday 14th of April is when we will have the chat for the next haunted book club. And of course it is:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23218/23218-h/23218-h.htm"><strong>The Red Room</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23218/23218-h/23218-h.htm"><strong>by H.G. Wells</strong></a></p><p>If you click the title above it will take you through to a free version online for you to read all of course course you can listen to Gav read it to you. Not just here but also on the podcast apps.</p><p>A hugely popular story and the genre I bet it is in the collection you have. </p><p>This version is from Gav's previous project where he read supernatural stories on a Monday evening and anybody who has come over from that knows that HG Wells is an obsession for him. See you at the end of this post for details…</p><p>Don't forget, we are very soon to be live at The Portico Library:</p><p></p><p>Coming up on Substack and beyond we have:</p><p>May 14th: Haunted Book Club Live LIVE - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/haunted-book-club-live-the-old-nurses-tale-tickets-1982503266638">Portico Library, Manchester - The Old Nurse’s Tale by Elizabeth Gaskell</a></p><p>May 22nd: Haunted Book Club Live LIVE - Blooming Skull Coffee - Link to follow soon.</p><p>Now we have decided to continue with the haunted book club we need suggestions of stories and feedback.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/dGfFZtYJzkK5CeBG7"><strong>CLICK HERE!</strong></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.moorereppion.com/">John Reppion</a> & <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/gavcross">Gav Cross</a></p><p>April 2026</p><p>Find all the places we haunt here:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub">https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub</a></p><p></p><p><p>Shairing this helps us bring our kinda wierdos to the Haunted Book Club!</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://gavcross.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">gavcross.substack.com</a>
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