When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween

Did you know that, after the Bible, Bram Stoker's Dracula is the best selling book of all time? Dubliner, Bram Stoker, was born in Clontarf and is said to have been inspired by visiting the crypts at St Michan's Church.


For a spooky spellbinder, a dastardly dissertation or a titillating tome check out some of the library's wierd and wonderful writers

• Bram Stoker
• Stephen King
• Edgar Allen Poe
• Mary Shelley
• Dean Koontz
• Ann Rice
• Sheridan Le Fanu
• JK Rowling