Join authors Sam K. Horton (Ragwort, Gorse) and Lili Hayward (A Midwinter's Tail) for a candlelit evening of Cornish folklore, ghost stories and magical tales to get you in the festive spirit. Sam and Lili will be reading from their books, sharing stories and signing copies.
Tuesday 16th December, 6:30pm
Above the Bookshop
FREE ENTRY - no need to book
Lili Hayward (otherwise known as bestselling historical fiction author Laura Madeleine) is a writer from the West Country with a love for folklore and magical tales. She is the author of A Midwinter's Tail and The Cat of Yule Cottage – both set in Cornwall – as well as ten other novels, which have been translated into over twenty languages. She lives in a cottage in Somerset with an ex-stray tabby cat.
Sam K Horton is a Cornwall-based author. Trained as a costume designer working in film, theatre and opera, he moved into visual art, always working with narratives, texts and stories. He began writing short stories as part of a creative project to create a fictional island called Eythin in 2019 and became a novelist by mistake. His first book, Gorse, is a story of magic and murder in an imagined 18th Century Cornwall where folklore is real—and deadly. Its sequel, Ragwort, was published in October 2025.
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