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Matt Blake

@mattblakeuk

Author/Journalist | My first book HEARTH OF DARKNESS (publisher @eandtbooks) out 30 OCT 2025 | Agent: Dotti Irving @greyhoundlitag

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‘Reading to children has magical powers.’ Separated from his daughter by the lockdown, Matt Blake was forced to figure out a new way to read to her, from afar. Read his touching essay in full here. bit.ly/ReadingBedtime…

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So, I did a bit on reading stories to The Kid while we're separated by coronavirus, and the magical powers of children's books. Also, Burglar Bill is a vital morality tale and the best picture book ever written, imho! | via Penguin Books UK penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/…

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Fortnightly 79: #CoReadingVirus Nan Shepherd's 'The Living Mountain' with Robert Macfarlane | Thinking about 'Hamlet' | Funny stories via Martin Doyle | Tayto crisps & Róisín Lanigan | Bedtime stories with Matt Blake | Steinbeck with @kennypieper | mailchi.mp/3cadae10e0bc/n…

Fortnightly 79: #CoReadingVirus Nan Shepherd's 'The Living Mountain' with <a href="/RobGMacfarlane/">Robert Macfarlane</a> | Thinking about 'Hamlet' | Funny stories via <a href="/MartinDoyleIT/">Martin Doyle</a> | Tayto crisps &amp; <a href="/rosielanners/">Róisín Lanigan</a> | Bedtime stories with <a href="/mattblakeUK/">Matt Blake</a> | Steinbeck with @kennypieper | mailchi.mp/3cadae10e0bc/n…
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I wrote about what happens when you find out your house has a dark past. Because it happened to me | via The Guardian theguardian.com/money/2022/nov…

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"All houses have histories. But how much thought do we give to what happened in them before we moved in?" #longreads Matt Blake The Guardian theguardian.com/money/2022/nov…?

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Les dimanches sont faits pour ce genre de lectures : comment réagit-on quand on emménage dans une maison où a vécu un criminel ? Par Matt Blake : theguardian.com/money/2022/nov…

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4. “Lying at the intersection of real estate, horror, and murder mystery is this gripping essay by Matt Blake. Have you ever considered your house’s past?” —Carolyn Wells spotlights this fascinating The Guardian story on the history of Matt Blake’s house: theguardian.com/money/2022/nov…

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Today's history article pick courtesy of the free monthly Damn History newsletter for readers & writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer Matt Blake and The Guardian! Like history? Check out Damn History: tinyletter.com/jelhai theguardian.com/money/2022/nov…

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Poetry is often in thrall to innovation and complexity. So I have been trying to write something incredibly simple about a really commonplace experience...

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If your home had a dark past... would you want to know? #HearthOfDarkness by @mattblakeuk is a true story of how it feels to find out that your house was once the home of an evil killer - the #E17 Night Stalker. Out 30 October. Pre-order Waterstones: bit.ly/4nU6nEf