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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I didn't believe in ghosts. But this changed my mind. Maybe it will change yours." @dansmithauthor.bsky.social has received a new case file from The Nightwatchman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXa.... Prepare for the fourth Night House File: The Ghosts of Grey Towers is out next month 👻

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Dan Smith introduces The Ghosts of Grey Towers

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

EEP! A big big thank you to @barringtonstoke.bsky.social for approving my request for the newest @dansmithauthor.bsky.social book! *dances* I can't wait to start reading this one~😍 #BookSky📚💙

Book called The Ghosts of Grey Towers (The Night House Files) by Dan Smith and Luke Brookes with a boy walking through a storm to a building that looks very ominous

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

‘Do you believe a place can be evil..?’

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Calling all reviewers! Discover what evil is lurking in the shadows of Grey Towers. #TheGhostsofGreyTowers, the latest installment in @dansmithauthor.bsky.social's Night House Files series is now available to request on NetGalley: netgalley.co.uk/publisher/title/878860

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

THE HOUSE OF HORRORS by Dan Smith Next book in The Night House Files series, with a family’s trip turning to horror after a car crash on a lonely highway. Properly scary & twisty too, with a great “investigative” format. Wonderful! @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Book: The House of Horrors by Dan Smith. Cover by Luke Brookes shows a big truck, headlights blazing, bearing down menacingly on a family car.

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Get 25% off 4 amazing new accessible reads from @sallynicholls.bsky.social, @dansmithauthor.bsky.social, @sjwills.bsky.social + #TomPalmer this week with @waterstones.bsky.social. Enter code SUMMER26 at checkout. Offer ends 24/07. Full info at: www.waterstones.com/campaign/july-2026-pre-order-offer

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Does your young reader love puzzles and mysteries? #GoAllIn with curious tales from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social, #LucyStrange, #VashtiHardy and more at www.barringtonstoke.co.uk 👻🧩🗝️ #NationalYearOfReading @literacytrust.org.uk

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Behold! A feast of creepy goodness for your young terrors. Read them all to learn truths that will keep you awake at night!!

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Evil Dead Burn goes hard … and was a lot of gnarly fun.

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Prepare to be scared! What evil is lurking in the shadows of Grey Towers Boarding School for Boys, and can newcomer Damian Cooper survive it? Master of horror @dansmithauthor.bsky.social returns with a chilling new Night House File this October. Illustrated by Luke Brookes.

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The two books I ordered from Amazon are here! 🥰💖❤️ @mkhardywrites.com @dansmithauthor.bsky.social #BookSky📚💙

Two books on stairs. The Needfire by MK Hardy with flames/twigs running as a border and in the middle two silhouettes of women. On the right, The Night House Files The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith and Luke Brookes

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We have four fantastic books publishing this month from Tom Palmer, @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social, Kristina Kister, @dansmithauthor.bsky.social, Luke Brookes, @balirai.bsky.social and Daniel Duncan! Learn more about all four and read a sample in the thread below.

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Stranded deep in the Texan desert, the Slade family are forced to enter Dr Kilgore’s House of Horrors. Will they find a way to escape, or will they become the latest victims of the horrors that await? A terrifying supernatural mystery from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social. bit.ly/4d8lTYz

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“If we want our children to love reading, we have to let them choose for themselves” #JenniferKillick in this great piece in @thetimes.com on the popularity of #horror among young readers, featuring @dansmithauthor.bsky.social's terrifying series #TheNightHouseFiles: bit.ly/4tYbLsa

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Listen up ‘reading snobs’: pre-teens want Goosebumps, not Tolstoy

Well-intentioned teachers need to give pupils a break, according to a study that shows horror and humour are the way to get them reading

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

And the next gruesome instalment of @dansmithauthor.bsky.social's #TheNightHouseFiles series is out 7th May 2026. Learn about it from the author at youtu.be/nU1o_k0hs3w.

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The most enormous thanks go to Poppy @barringtonstoke.bsky.social for sending House of Horrors by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social and Luke Brookes and Bobby Bains Ain’t Playing by @balirai.bsky.social & Daniel Duncan. Both out 07/05 for 11+ and 9+ readers! #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

On the left, The House of Horrors by Dan Smith, illustrated by Luke Brookes, the dark cover of which shows a car being pursued by a truck at night. On the right, Bobby Bains Ain’t Playing by Bali Rai, illustrated by Daniel Duncan, the cover of which shows Sikh Bobby in sports gear shouting through a megaphone and raising his fist, with four friends behind him who also have raised fists.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Oh! So proud that The Deadsoul Project won the Brilliant Book Award 2026, as voted for by the readers! Glad to know there are lots of horror fans out there 😱💀 Congratulations and thanks to @lukebrookesart for the amazing illustrations.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Great to see a couple of horror films scooping a few Oscars this year.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

New book incoming… The Nightwatchman has sent me another file and it's the most horrifying case yet. Listen here to find out more about The House Of Horrors - coming May 2026. youtu.be/nU1o_k0hs3w #TheNightHouseFiles

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Nightwatchman has struck again! And it's the most horrifying case file yet. Listen to @dansmithauthor.bsky.social introduce #TheHouseOfHorrors here - coming May 2026. youtu.be/nU1o_k0hs3w #TheNightHouseFiles

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Dan Smith introduces the House of Horrors

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ooh, Resident Evil Requiem, you look very pretty ...

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Lucy Dantes @mmaxable.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

@dansmithauthor.bsky.social I reread Child Thief and Red Winter. Two of my favorite books. Ever. Thank you. Reading them, I couldn’t help thinking about what it must like fighting in Ukraine 2026.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Watched 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'. I'm confused.

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TMWSLibrary @tmwslibrary.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the TMWS Book Award 2026. This is for the best book written for young people in the last academic year, as chosen by TMWS students. Congratulations to all those on the longlist. We will be narrowing it down to a shortlist over the next few weeks.

Front covers of the longlist of titles for the TMWS Book Award 2026. They are (left to right) The Foundation by Melinda Salisbury, The Witch in the Woods by Jennifer Killick, The Beck by Anthony McGowan, What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore, The Boy in the Suit by James Fox, Let's Split Up by Bill Wood, Birdie by J P Rose, Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson, Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock, Mondays Are Murder by Ravena Guron, The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith, The Boy I Love by William Hussey, The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick by Larry Hayes, The Zombie Project by Alice Nuttall and Jellybean by Eve Ainsworth.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Already up to date on the Night House Files? Never fear. The Nightwatchman has delivered another file. Keep your eyes peeled for details.

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Libraries 4 Schools @lib4sch.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

These are brilliant 🤩

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Need something scary in yer life?

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Well, that was wonderfully bloody and bonkers.

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Libraries 4 Schools @lib4sch.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Ahhh, we love this series!! 😍 The second of The Night House Files by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social (pub. @barringtonstoke.bsky.social) is the Wintermoor Lights, where some kids start behaving strangely after seeing lights in the sky. I won't tell you what happens but what a reveal it was at the end!

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NostalgicShaz @nostalgicshaz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Seven years ago today, I was hosting a remembrance event & had a crazy idea to work alongside the Victoria Tunnels & have an author read a section of their war related book 55 feet underground. Who would be mad enough to help me? It was always the legend that is @dansmithauthor.bsky.social

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Congratulations @dansmithauthor.bsky.social as #TheDeadsoulProject shortlists for the 2026 Brilliant Book Award! bba.inspireculture.org.uk

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

In #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, Cody and his friends set off into the woods on #Halloween to search for the haunted McBride House. But what they find there is more terrifying than the three teenagers could ever have imagined... bit.ly/42nVPUO 🎃

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

What really happened at Alpine Heights, and why did the Wintermoor children disappear? Discover the truth no-one wanted you to hear in the #NightHouseFiles, a terrifying new series from master of sci-fi horror @dansmithauthor.bsky.social. bit.ly/4jW711S. bit.ly/4mFvzx3. ✨

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Looking for some proper scary Halloween reads? (Can be read at other times of the year, too!)

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Kit Butler (Author) @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Spooky season is underway at Magster Towers, and The Wintermoor Lights by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social is a welcome party guest. The spirit of The Village of the Damned flows, wrapped up in a completely different mystery. Sharply paced,building to a terrifying crescendo. Love this series! ☠

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Just read THE WINTERMOOR LIGHTS by Dan Smith Mysterious lights in the sky affect kids in a terrible way & only one girl sees what’s happening. A great horror/SF book with a real sense of dread. Nice “investigative” feel to it too. Wonderful! @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Book: The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith. The next book in the Night House Files series.
Cover shows some kids in silhouette rising up mysteriously to the sky while being watched by a girl in the foreground.
Illustrated by Luke Brookes.

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The autumn nights are drawing in. The perfect time to learn the truth about what really happened in Wintermoor ... if you dare.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Just read THE DEADSOUL PROJECT by Dan Smith. Something awful invades a 1970s tower block & two kids fight for their lives. This is fantastic horror/sf book, scary & tense, with a clever “investigative” structure to the story. Brilliant stuff! @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Book: The Deadsoul Project, first book of The Night House Files, by Dan Smith.
Cover shows some kids looking up at a tower block with a helicopter flying overhead.

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Time Tunnellers @timetunnellers.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Today is the #DayofGermanUnity, the 35th anniversary of two German states becoming one again. Here is a fab classroom resource from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social to explain to kids what separation meant. A brilliant classroom resource! timetunnellers.com/2024/11/20/t...

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The Berlin Wall: Divided Lives

The Berlin Wall separated families, friends, and loyalties when it was erected in 1961, symbolizing the Cold War divide. Dan Smith’s book “The Wall Between Us” explores the impact…

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Why should The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights be on your radar? If you’ve enjoyed these books then you’ll love the latest from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social out now for 11+ 📖 #kidlituk

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Tara Fisher’s best friend Zoe is the first to see the lights over Wintermoor – and she’s never the same again. The adults dismiss what is happening, but will they finally listen when the kids start to disappear…? Terrifying thriller from master of sci-fi @dansmithauthor.bsky.social. bit.ly/4mFvzx3

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Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'll be at Waterstones in Durham on Saturday to sign books - including my new one! - to chat, and to make a nuisance of myself. Come and say hi! @wstonesdurham

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Super scary book post today in the form of The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social. Out 11/09 for 11+ readers, huge thanks go to Poppy @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

The book, the cover of which shows a gloomy scene with several silhouetted figures standing by a body of water, with 2 of them levitating upwards, and the title’s press release.

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Wendy Davis @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Watch @dansmithauthor.bsky.social talk about his new Night House Files book if you dare! I feel like I’ve been sent some subliminal messages and will be muttering numbers in my sleep tonight! 😵‍💫

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