Tartarus Press

26/05/2026

Thank you to David Longhorn at Supernatural Tales for his considered review of The Sanctuary and Other Strange Stories:
"...while the tales may be disconcerting at times, there is satisfaction to be had in the fact that the prose is elegant and the ideas are interesting." http://suptales.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-sanctuary-and-other-strange-stories.html

26/05/2026

Wuthering Heights Rediscovered celebrates the lost 1920 film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s iconic novel. Using the only known surviving copy of the script, as well as photographs previously unseen by the public, this touring exhibition will help to recreate and reimagine a film whose original prints have been lost to time.

Searching for A V Bramble's lost film

15/05/2026

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new collection of twenty-eight short stories by Ray, "The Sanctuary and Other Strange Stories". The first hardback edition is limited to 350 signed copies. http://tartaruspress.com/russell-the-sanctuary.html

27/04/2026

A Monkey With Cymbals theatre company is performing their show, Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit, at Skipton Town Hall on 9 May 2026.
Claire Louise Amias is very impressive in this engrossing one-woman show, which we highly recommend. This particular performance will be followed by a Q&A with Claire and Ray.
https://skiptontownhall.co.uk/whats-on/haunted-shadows-the-gothic-tales-of-edith-nesbit/

27/04/2026

T. Lobsang Rampa and Other Characters of Questionable Faith receives a five-star review in the new (May) issue of The Fortean Times from Christopher Josiff (author of Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose). Josiffe writes:

"Russell recounts Hoskin's claims in a dry, laconic manner, allowing the facts to speak for themselves . . . Yet the subtlety of Russell's narrative style also asks the reader to consider whether Hoskin may have sincerely believed his own fictions."

http://tartaruspress.com/russell-rampa.html

10/04/2026

We are delighted to announce the publication of Mark Valentine's latest collection of essays, "Tea & Gargoyles". Orders are now being taken, and the book is officially published 16th April 2026. http://tartaruspress.com/valentine-tea-gargoyles.html

01/04/2026

Some of you may be interested in a very worthwhile project by some good friends, Paul Chapman and Mark Jones: an annotated edition of the manuscript of a classic tale by M.R. James:

A beautiful annotated facsimile manuscript edition of M.R. James's classic ghost story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.

27/03/2026

A thoughtful review of a complex set of short stories:

The scariest thing about war isn’t the violence, it’s how quickly ordinary life learns to live beside it.

25/03/2026

Ten Minutes with John O’Donoghue in The Irish Post:

JOHN O’Donoghue is an author across several disciplines — poetry, short stories, novels. His lat...

13/03/2026

Ray has written a blog post about our local telephone box library.

In the 1980s and 1990s many communities struggled to retain their red telephone boxes as British Telecom did their best to replace them wi...

03/02/2026

We have a new publication! This new edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray presents Wilde’s singular blend of elegance and menace with renewed clarity, reinstating text that the author and his editors removed from various drafts, for fear of offending contemporary readers. http://tartaruspress.com/wilde-dorian-gray.html