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Andrew Michael Hurley

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October 2023

  • Morfydd Clark in Starve Acre.

    Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror

    London film festival Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play an unhappy couple who have moved to the moors with their young son, and soon become entwined in the occult

November 2019

  • The North York Moors above Fryupdale.

    Book of the day
    Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley review – folk horror goes back to the 70s

    Hostile locals, grieving parents, a sinister oak: this addition to the canon of ‘English Weird’ has its origins in pastiche

October 2019

  • Andrew Michael Hurley Author Author of the book ‘The Loney’ London Photograph by David Levene 10/5/16

    Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley review – an atmospheric tale

  • Midsommar, directed by Ari Aster (2019).

    Devils and debauchery: why we love to be scared by folk horror

October 2018

  • Russian Jews Roll Call at the National Theatre, London, Britain - 1986<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by NILS JORGENSEN / Rex Features ( 122346F ) TED HUGHES Russian Jews Roll Call at the National Theatre, London, Britain - 1986

    Book clinic
    Book clinic: what are the best English gothic tales from the north?

    The north is a good fit for gothic, inspiring the dark brilliance of Ted Hughes, Susan Hill and Fiona Mozley

October 2017

  • A man walking on Pendle hill in Lancashire

    Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley review – dark tales from the moors

  • Andrew Michael Hurley Author Author of the book 'The Loney' London Photograph by David Levene 10/5/16

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Halloween reading with Andrew Michael Hurley – books podcast

  • Andrew Michael Hurley

    My writing day
    Andrew Michael Hurley: ‘​Some days I don’t look up until my wife texts to tell me to ea​t’

  • Andre Michael Hurley

    Meet the author
    Andrew Michael Hurley: ‘It’s not about whether you want to write. It’s an urgent necessity’

August 2016

  • Coppull library

    Lancashire council to close more than 20 libraries

    Despite more than 7,000 responses to a recent consultation on library cuts, county council confirms more than 20 closures, with others left unstaffed

July 2016

  • Illustration: Asako Masunouchi at Rush Agency

    The best books for summer 2016

    From Essex serpents to chimpanzees, political satire to the best new thrillers … leading writers reveal which books they will be taking to the beach

May 2016

  • Andrew Michael Hurley

    The week in books
    The British Book Industry awards: all must have prizes

  • Andrew Michael Hurley Author Author of the book 'The Loney' London Photograph by David Levene 10/5/16

    The first book interview
    Andrew Michael Hurley: 'There is no place more terrifying than your own mind'

  • Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015<br>F23EHA Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015

    Debut novel The Loney wins book of the year at British Book Industry awards

  • lancashire coast

    The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – eerily good

April 2016

  • Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015<br>F23EHA Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015

    Paperback writer
    Andrew Michael Hurley: how the north made The Loney a gothic horror

    The 2015 Costa first book winner shares the language of pikes, haggs and landmarks in England’s north that inspired his novel

January 2016

  • The Lie Tree tells the story of Faith, a bright 14-year-old girl who wants to follow her father in studying natural science.

    Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree wins Costa book of the year 2015

  • Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015<br>F23EHA Andrew Michael Hurley, the British novelist, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015. Edinburgh, Scotland. 21st August 2015

    Debut novel surprise favourite to win Costa book of the year

August 2015

  • Black cone lighthouse at the entrance to the River Lune, the area known as the Loney

    The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – a gothic masterpiece

  • the loney hurley review

    The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley review – horror days by the sea

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