MATT BLAKE | HEARTH OF DARKNESS

🏆 Award-winning journalist. 🕵️ Former crime reporter. 📚 Debut author.

Matt Blake has written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Esquire and Men’s Health—and spent years chasing crime for The Mirror and The Independent.

He’s:
✅ Interviewed a murderer in his own living room
✅ Been offered a kneecapping by a gangster
✅ Escaped a crack den chased by dogs

Now he turns the lens on himself with “Hearth of Darkness”—a chilling true story that blends 🔍 true crime, 🧠 psychological thriller and 👻 paranormal mystery.

It began when Matt bought a home for himself and his young daughter—only to discover it once belonged to a notorious killer. Then came the eerie signs: 📻 radios flicking on at night, 🐌 slugs falling from the ceiling, ❄️ rooms that never warmed up.

Join us at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival to hear Matt share the gripping real-life story behind his book and his quest for answers in the shadows.

You may also like the following events from Isle of Wight Literary Festival:

• This October, 9th October, 12:00 am, CATH KIDSTON | A PLACE CALLED HOME in Cowes
• This October, 9th October, 12:00 am, JOHN SUCHET | IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN in Cowes
• This October, 9th October, 12:00 am, GRAHAM BARTLETT | CITY ON FIRE in Cowes

Also check out other Arts events in Cowes, Literary Art events in Cowes, Festivals in Cowes.