Ghosts in My House: Hauntings & Queer Desire with Eleanor Crewes
Drawing from classic ghost stories and enlivening them with themes of identity, desire and queer revelations, Eleanor Crewes makes the haunted house tale her own in her new graphic novel, Ghosts in my House.
Ghost stories are among our oldest forms of storytelling, exploring loss, longing, memory, isolation and desire. But what new shapes can the spectral tale take today?
Drawing from classic ghost stories and enlivening them with themes of identity, desire and queer revelations, Eleanor Crewes makes the haunted house tale her own in her new graphic novel, Ghosts in my House. Told through an original collection of interconnected tales, the book has been hailed by Sarah Waters as ‘deliciously smart and spooky […] alive with longing and menace. I loved it’.
Eleanor will be joined on stage by Amy Twigg (Spoilt Creatures; Milk, Bread, Teeth) to explore hauntings, queer storytelling, and the enduring power of the ghost story.
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One of the most unique and haunting collections of graphic stories I’ve ever read. I am certain any queer reader lucky enough to encounter it will be met with flashes of longing and recognition
Eleanor Crewes
Eleanor Crewes is an illustrator and author of The Times I Knew I Was Gay and Lilla the Accidental Witch. Her books have grown from zines and hand-stitched comics to internationally published graphic memoirs, YA fantasy and adult horror. She lives in North London with her partner.
Amy Twigg
Amy Twigg is a writer, born and raised in Kent. Her debut novel Spoilt Creatures won the BPA Pitch Prize and was longlisted for multiple awards, including the Mslexia Novel Competition and Polari Prize. In 2024 she was chosen as one of the Observer’s Best New Novelists.
Her second novel Milk, Bread, Teeth comes out in January 2027.
Image © Hester Barnes
Sinister, tender, breathtaking – I loved it. My favourite queer horror book of the year
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