I really love Halloween, especially here in Ireland. I can imagine the dead spirits intermingling with the living, dancing around the Samhain-bonfires, and the Tuatha Dé Danann leaving their hills and riding across the land in a wild, unwordly hunt. Therefore I am bit sad that this year I’ll be in Germany for Halloween. But the good thing is: I can buy scary stuff for niece and nephew (and other people). And what better scary stuff to give away than books! So i’ve decided to follow Neil Gaiman’s example and celebrate All Hallow’s Read.

So what is All Hallow’s Read?
All Hallow’s Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book.

Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post.

Here’s Neil explaining the idea, with people getting murdered in the background:

So, who are you giving a scary book to this year?