Eibhlís Carcione: My 10 favourite spooky books for children and adults

As Halloween approaches, the Cork author recommends some reading options for adults and children who want to dip a toe in the dark side 

It's the time of year when thoughts turn to the supernatural. 

The evenings are darkening. The leaf fall is gold, red and varying shades of brown. It’s the time of year when I love to sit by the fire with a ghostly tale. Our ancestors believed that the veil between the fairy world and the human world was at its thinnest at this time of the year. The autumn winds are blowing and it’s the perfect time to chat about scary and gothic books.

There are some wonderfully creepy and spine-chilling books for children being written like The Aveline Jones series by Phil Hickes, The Beast And The Bethany series by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, and The Boy Who Cried Ghost by Ian Eagleton.