Description
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.
About the Speaker
Clare Shaw
Clare Shaw has four poetry collections with Bloodaxe; their latest collection, Towards a General Theory of Love, was awarded a Northern Writer’s Award, and was published in May 2022. Clare is Co-Director of the Kendal Poetry Festival and a regular tutor for Wordsworth Grasmere and the Arvon Foundation. Clare is also a mental health trainer with a particular interest in trauma, creativity and wellbeing. In collaboration with Winnie M Li, Clare was the recipient of a Royal Society of Literature Literature Matters Award in 2019, creating workshops and a free online resource for survivors of trauma, available via the below link.
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