Book description
For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from
ghosts and boggarts, but more especially from witches.
And here are five dark and terifying witch stories from the Spook's
own collection. There are child-eating witches, witch assassins,
Celtic witches, dead witches, and witches so beautiful they can break
a man's heart.
Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire.
He has three children and seven grandchildren and is a wonderful
public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events.
His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a
boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step
of a house near the church.
Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in
Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from
local ghost stories and legends.
The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse,
The Spook's Secret and The Spook's Sacrifice have all
been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year
Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton
Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.
