In this podcast Dan Howarth interviews Joe Hill in Liverpool Waterstone’s ahead of his NOS4R2/NOS4A2 launch. We then discuss the event in the This Is Horror studio.

Topics

[1:30] Joe Hill interview

[2:00] Weather banter

[2:48] Intention and expectations when writing a novel

[8:05] Christmas and the macabre

[10:34] Inspiration and the vampire mythology

[14:10] Gender and NOS4R2

[16:50] Strong female characters

[17:40] Family and writing about ‘happy’ people

[21:04] Post-interview thoughts

[25:35] Insights into the Q&A in Liverpool

[29:20] Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey launch with Adam Nevill and Jasper Bark

[31:45] Starting point with Joe Hill’s work

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Resources

Buy Joe Hill fiction (UK)

Buy Joe Hill fiction (US)

Interlude music credits

Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana
Come As You Are – Nirvana