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
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New Ways into Romeo and Juliet with the Folger Method
New Ways into Romeo and Juliet with the Folger Method
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Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 8pm ET
Teaching Othello with the Folger Guide
Teaching Othello with the Folger Guide
This two-hour professional development session for teachers focuses on teaching Othello using the Folger Guide.
Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 10am ET
Folger Book Club: 'Diavola' by Jennifer Thorne
Folger Book Club: 'Diavola' by Jennifer Thorne
Our traditional spooky reads asks the question, what’s scarier: a Renaissance ghost bent on destruction, or spending a week-long vacation with one’s own family?
Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:30pm
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