Horror bookshop to open in York before Halloween

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 13:32 · Archive

Horrifically Good Books will open in York city centre on 26 October, with public opening the following day.

Horrifically Good Books will open in a Grade I listed building at 60 Goodramgate in York city centre on Monday, 26 October, with a special horror-themed event. The shop will then be open to the general public from Tuesday, 27 October.

The bookshop is run by the team behind Criminally Good Books in Colliergate. Owner Isla Coole said the team had searched for two years for the right location. She described being 'blown away' by how suitable the Grade I listed building would be for a horror bookshop, particularly given that it overlooks a graveyard next to Holy Trinity church.

Coole said: 'Crime was always my first love, but there is a real appetite for horror with an increase of 21 per cent of horror sales in the UK last year alone.' She noted that the crime bookshop already sells horror crime titles, making the new shop 'a natural progression'.

Horrically Good Books will stock classic and gothic horror, folk horror, historic horror, young adult horror, translated works from around the globe, and titles from smaller publishers.

How it is being reported

• SNEAK PEEK - New horror bookshop to open before Halloween in York city centreA much-anticipated new York book shop has revealed that it will be opening its doors next week – just time in for Halloween.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 20 Oct, 13:00
• SNEAK PEEK - New horror bookshop to open before Halloween in York city centreA much-anticipated new York book shop has revealed that it will be opening its doors next week – just time in for Halloween.York Press · 20 Oct, 13:00

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