# Event Details - **Event Name**: Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join us in conversation with Emma Cleary, author of stunning, visceral literary horror debut, Our Monstrous Bodies.About this EventJoin author Emma Cleary for a conversation about her dark feminist horror debut, Our Monstrous Bodies.Date: Thursday, 11 JuneTime: 7-8.30pmTickets: £7Tickets can be purchased in the shop or here via Eventbrite.Refreshments will be served.Our GuestEmma Cleary Emma Cleary is a writer and editor from Liverpool, now living in Vancouver. She is editor-in-chief at Geist magazine and former managing editor of PRISM international. Emma holds a PhD in literature and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Our Monstrous Bodies (titled Afterbirth in the US and Canada) is her first novel.About Our Monstrous Bodies:ROSEMARY’S BABY meets CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS.My eyes snapped open and I saw something else in the mirror, something else that wasn’t me…In the wake of an ill-omened romance with a horror cinephile, Brooke arrives in Vancouver to care for her sister, Izzy, who is facing reproductive surgery. But Izzy’s rapidly decaying apartment building, its hallways stalked by an ominous crone known only as Medusa, offers little refuge to the sisters.Seeking solace in the films her ex-girlfriend loved, Brooke soon finds traces of horror bleeding from the screen into her life. Old wounds reopen and new frictions surface, and when Brooke begins to exhibit strange symptoms of her own, Izzy’s concern spirals into obsession. The line between self and sister blurs until only one question remains: who, or what, will survive when all unravels?Through the dual lenses of art and horror cinema, Emma Cleary brilliantly dissects loneliness, motherhood and the body’s threatened autonomy. Eerie and threaded with yearning, Our Monstrous Bodies is a haunting literary debut that blooms with the dark desires we suppress or to which we surrender.Reviews:“A lyrical, surreal and deeply profound exploration of the relationship between women and their reproductive bodies. At once horrific and beautiful, the bodies of the women in Cleary’s world transgress their physical boundaries and begin to impregnate one another with monsters. The empathy and connection between women and sisters are revealed to be at once intimate and violent. Cleary’s debut is a metaphysical triumph that shines a light on the supernatural forces that dwell in the deepest recesses of women’s bodies. Utterly unique, experimental and, simultaneously, a page turner with the sly creeping pace of a horror film.” —HEATHER O’NEILL, bestselling author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel and The Capital of Dreams“Our Monstrous Bodies is feral and mesmerising. It’s a novel that glitters with menace. Emma Cleary is a startling writer, and this is a completely unforgettable and uncanny debut.” —LUCY ROSE, internationally bestselling author of The Lamb“This rich story of two sisters grappling with the idea of motherhood is creepy and full of eerie twists. For fans of dreamlike horror stories, Afterbirth zips along like a movie but amps up the heart.” —Variety“Unsettling, intimate, and spine-tingling in all the right ways, Emma Cleary’s Afterbirth crawls under your skin and refuses to leave. When Brooke arrives in Vancouver to care for her sister, what seems at first like a simple act of familial duty slowly transforms into a nightmare. Haunted by her ex-girlfriend, isolated in a new country, and confronted with a sister she barely recognizes, Brooke learns first-hand how our unrealized longings metastasize and consume us from the inside. Cleary’s debut masterfully conjures body horror as emotional reckoning, in a world where grief seeps through walls like rot and the past creeps along behind us like a vengeful ghost. I couldn’t put it down.” —LOGHAN PAYLOR, author of The Cure for Drowning“A darkly loving tribute to and viscerally affecting example of the “mommy horror” genre, Cleary’s intimate and unsettling debut tackles bloody themes of bodies gone rogue, obsessive care, and desires that will be fulfilled at any cost. . . a gory, feminist, and stirring take on the gendered terror of pregnancy as parasite.” —Publishers Weekly“Contemplative, immersive, intelligent horror that explores what it is to inhabit women’s bodies. Emma Cleary’s writing is visceral and affecting. Mesmerising, melancholy, and simmering with menace. I loved it.’ —EMMA VAN STRAATEN, author of The Immaculate Body“An expertly crafted world that explores longing and desire, both primal and monstrous. . . A propulsive read with a cinematic quality sure to leave you both moved and second-guessing the shadows lurking in the corners of your mind.” —Stylist (UK)“Hypnotic and deeply unsettling, this remarkable debut moves with the deliberate, controlled tension of classic cinema. Cleary maps the changing female body—its ruptures, its resilience, its monstrous potential – with a precision that is both tender and terrifying.” —CELIA SILVANI, author of Baby Teeth“Cleary’s prose is hypnotic and precise. . . This debut stands out as a striking contribution to modern ‘mommy horror.’” —Portland Book Review“Haunting, propulsive and beautifully crafted. Emma Cleary carves out a world that is in equal measures horrifying and human, and takes us deep into the belly of longing to unearth the monsters inside ourselves” —AHANA VIRDI, author of Sour Fruit - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ilkley/dark-feminist-horror-with-emma-cleary/100001988676138865 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 7, max: 22, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Ilkley - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Grove Bookshop - **lat**: 53.92465139999999 - **long**: -1.8242172 - **full address**: Grove Bookshop, 10 The Grove, Ilkley, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/53d341e19fff23bbaad14fa32dd296473e274d05305097b98ae219564f47499c-rimg-w1200-h600-dc2fdd88-gmir.jpg?v=1777985518 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary being held? - **A:** Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary takes place on Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Grove Bookshop, 10 The Grove, Ilkley, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary? - **A:** Dark feminist horror with Emma Cleary is organized by The Grove Bookshop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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