Matt Blake

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

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

1/3 I’m happy to announce that, a year after signing with @eandtbooks, my book is coming out on 30 OCTOBER 2025

HEARTH OF DARKNESS is a true story about the secrets houses keep, and how little we know about their mysteries.

Pre-order
@Waterstones: https://t.co/3rU8LfOtmG

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

Here's the link to the article: https://t.co/kWVCt5OoEs

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

Hello. I wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph today, based on my book, about some creepy things that happened in my house after I learned a notorious killer once lived there. I will be responding to comments under the story for the next hour or so...

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

3/3 So I set out to make sense of it all. Can a house’s history really reach through time to affect the present? And, if so, how?

More to come… but for now, you can pre-order a copy in the link above. Thanks! x

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

1/3 I’m happy to announce that, a year after signing with @eandtbooks, my book is coming out on 30 OCTOBER 2025

HEARTH OF DARKNESS is a true story about the secrets houses keep, and how little we know about their mysteries.

Pre-order
@Waterstones: https://t.co/3rU8LfOtmG

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

2/3 This book was born in the dark when, after a sticky divorce, I moved into a new home with my daughter. Then I discovered that the E17 Nightstalker used to live there. Soon, as strange things began happening, the weight of the past started to suffocate the present...

[Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks]

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: https://t.co/T9i4EgtRXR

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@DavidRachford It’s not true, read a book

[Graeme Richardson @MrRavoon]

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

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@ameliargh Fantastic and original piece! Loved every word. I’m interested to know tho: what crisp flavour would you describe yourself as?

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@SophieHaydock Thanks Sophie!

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

This is just… a devastatingly beautiful work by @morwennastar. So painful, so honest, so touching. READ IT

[Morwenna Ferrier @morwennastar]

In today’s @GdnSaturday - this is the story of the first year of Ivan’s life which was also the last year of my mother’s. Caring for them both was magical and utterly unbearable at the same time. It’s also the story of having a bf like @oscarrickettnow https://t.co/V5QxBrR3bJ

[Jack El-Hai @Jack_ElHai]

Today's history article pick courtesy of the free monthly Damn History newsletter for readers & writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @mattblakeuk and @guardian!

Like history? Check out Damn History: https://t.co/wKlJpCXlIU

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[Longreads @Longreads]

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?”

—@wells_ca spotlights this fascinating @guardian story on the history of @mattblakeUK’s house: https://t.co/Xiaz1vQpG7

[Amandine Schmitt @amandecherie]

Les dimanches sont faits pour ce genre de lectures : comment réagit-on quand on emménage dans une maison où a vécu un criminel ? Par @mattblakeUK : https://t.co/VPjJ2vdmXW

[Longreads @Longreads]

"All houses have histories. But how much thought do we give to what happened in them before we moved in?" #longreads @mattblakeUK @guardian https://t.co/VPt3hOCdp8?

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@chris_mandle @guardian Thank you Chris!

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

I wrote about what happens when you find out your house has a dark past. Because it happened to me | via @guardian

https://t.co/M3Qy7mEGhB

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@Sophy_Grimshaw @guardian Thanks Sophy!

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@lewisbazley Thank you mate

[Matt Blake @mattblakeUK]

@louisedonovan @guardian Thanks Louise!

[Morwenna Ferrier @morwennastar]

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