Episode 104: The Haunting of Hill House | A Haunting on the Hill

Happy new year! On this first episode of The Writer and the Critic for 2024, your hosts Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, begin by with a very brief discussion of recent reads and whether writing a 'young' or an 'old' voice might be more ... ah ... challenging.

The books up for dissection this month are The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson [5:10] and A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand [39:20].

If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:02:00 for final remarks - including a surprise anecdote involving Evelyn Waugh!

Next episode, the two books on the slab will be:

• A Helping Hand by Celia Dale
• Monsters by Emerald Fennell

Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!