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The Haunted Library: Tales of Cursed Books and Forbidden Shelves
By (Author) Tanya Kirk
British Library Publishing
British Library Publishing
11th February 2026
United Kingdom
Fiction
Occult fiction
Paperback
A manuscript on loan delivers doom to its seeker. An uncanny tome enthrals its reader to a course of evil. Welcome to the Haunted Library, a collection of cursed tales steeped in the arcane secrets and dark psychic traces to be found in the stacks and shelves of libraries, museums and other treasure troves of hidden knowledge. First published by the British Library in 2016, this expanded edition features several new stories and an updated introduction by Tanya Kirk, now ensconced in the realm of Jamesian terrors as librarian at St John's College, Cambridge.
Tanya Kirk is a librarian at St John's College, Cambridge and was a curator of the Western Heritage collection at the British Library. She has edited many seasonal collections in the British Library's Tales of the Weird series including Haunters at the Hearth, Sunless Solstice, Chill Tidings and Spirits of the Season.