22 Days to Halloween - Reading to Kids

On the 15th October Chris Lambert will be reading extracts from "Tales from the Black Meadow" to students between the ages of 11 and 18 at Theale Library.

Please can you help him by answering the following two questions.

1. Which stories suit Halloween the most?
2. Which stories do you think are suitable for a younger audience?

23 Days to Halloween - Make Black Meadow Jam

The main crop from Black Meadow used to be blackberries. Tales such as "Children of the Black Meadow", "The Blackberry Ghost" and "The Blackberry Swim" all celebrate this busy little industry.

So if you have any blackberries left (I'm sure many of you popped your spares in the freezer) then follow the recipe here and stick this label on your jar.

Alternatively buy a jar, steam off the label and replace it with this one!

24 Days to Halloween - The Black Meadow Wordsearch

Everybody loves a wordsearch.

So treat yourself to a little brain stretching and see how many spooky and strange things you can find.

You can download a lovely pdf of the wordsearch here...

25 Days to Halloween - Listen to "A Tale of Witches, Woodland and half Remembered Melodies..."

With a copy of "Tales of the Black Meadow" in one hand, a glass of port in the other, fire crackling in the grate I settle into my horsehair stuffed chaise longue and listen to the haunting sounds of Melmoth the Wanderer.

The wonderful Melmoth (aka Jim Peters) created a fantastic mix for the launch of Black Meadow that those of us who were lucky enough to attend were able to download.

So as we prepare for the creepiest festival of the year, make yourself comfortable and listen...

A Tale of Witches, Woodland and half-remembered melodies... by Melmoth_The_Wanderer on Mixcloud

26 Days to Halloween - Today write a review of Tales from the Black Meadow

26 Days to go to Halloween.

Now you've got through your copy of Black Meadow you could have a go at writing a review on Amazon.

Click on this link here scroll down to "Customer Reviews" and it will show you how...

Thank you

30 Days to Halloween - Tales from the Black Meadow

30 Days to Halloween - Can you think of someone that you could give "Tales from the Black Meadow" to as a perfect spooky gift?

Tales of the Black Meadow - For Dogs

"Papa, if you don't read The Black Dog immediately Caesar will bite off our faces."

If you have a dog we have the following advice...

It is a well known fact that all pets enjoy the Black Meadow Tales. For canine companions I would of course suggest "The Black Dog" to begin with. Many dogs have also expressed a great fondness for "The long walk to Scarry Wood" for obvious reasons.