On October 9, 2025 the Folger’s virtual book club returns with a discussion of A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Shakespeare, horror, and Book Club’s spooky past.
DISCOVER related collection material
- Companion to the I Put a Spell on You poetry reading, October 2019
- The Discouerie of Witchcraft in the Vaults
- Hares, conies, and rabbits: The hunted and the melancholy
LEARN more about Shakespeare’s contemporaries
- Shakespeare Unlimited Episode 251: Shakespeare and his contemporaries, with Darren Freebury-Jones
- New resources, old plays: expanding A Digital Anthology of Early Modern Drama
EXPLORE connections between Shakespeare and horror
- Comic book casts Shakespeare’s First Folio in a horror story
- “Steeped in blood”: The doomed youth of Shakespeare and Stephen King
REVISIT past October Book Club picks
- I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (witchcraft)
- Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch (witchcraft)
- Shadowplay (Bram Stoker)
- Warm Bodies (zombies)
- Edith Holler (ghosts)
We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program
Join us for a future event
The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling
The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling
Join us for a virtual talk on the rich tapestry of Welsh stories preserved in medieval and early modern literature, with Mhara Starling, a Welsh author, folklorist, and modern-day Witch.
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, at 7pm
Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand
Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand
Our October 2025 selection takes a trip to Shirley Jackson’s infamous Hill House, where four theater-makers are attempting to adapt a Jacobean witchcraft play under unique conditions…
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:30pm
Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse
Early Music Seminar: Virtuosos of Violin and Verse
Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming concert Virtuosos of Violin and Verse.
Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 6pm ET
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