Bit Lit?: The Appeal of Vampire Novels

The Guardian books blog examines what’s so appealing about vampire fiction, beginning with a short history of the theme and comparing older and seminal fictional works about the blood-drinkers with modern vampire lit, which tends to humanise and glamourise the vampire. As always, the comments offer more titles and food for thought ….

New Readers Advisory Blog

Becky Spratford, co-author of Horror Readers’ Advisory: The Librarian’s Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (2004), has a new blog called ‘RA for All.’ She defines RA as “a patron oriented, nonjudgmental public library service that strives to help fiction and nonfiction readers find books to read for enjoyment” […]