Dan Smith

Oh wow that’s awesome! Honoured to see The Deadsoul Project among those other great stories 😄

Front covers of the longlist of titles for the TMWS Book Award 2026. They are (left to right) The Foundation by Melinda Salisbury, The Witch in the Woods by Jennifer Killick, The Beck by Anthony McGowan, What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore, The Boy in the Suit by James Fox, Let's Split Up by Bill Wood, Birdie by J P Rose, Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson, Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock, Mondays Are Murder by Ravena Guron, The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith, The Boy I Love by William Hussey, The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick by Larry Hayes, The Zombie Project by Alice Nuttall and Jellybean by Eve Ainsworth.

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the TMWS Book Award 2026. This is for the best book written for young people in the last academic year, as chosen by TMWS students. Congratulations to all those on the longlist. We will be narrowing it down to a shortlist over the next few weeks.

Already up to date on the Night House Files? Never fear. The Nightwatchman has delivered another file. Keep your eyes peeled for details.

Sounds exhausting.

Thank you!!!

These are brilliant 🤩

Thank you!

Need something scary in yer life?

Well, that was wonderfully bloody and bonkers.

Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts. The next file is going to take you to some very dark places … 😱💀💀

Ahhh, we love this series!! 😍

The second of The Night House Files by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social (pub. @barringtonstoke.bsky.social) is the Wintermoor Lights, where some kids start behaving strangely after seeing lights in the sky. I won't tell you what happens but what a reveal it was at the end!

Seven years ago today, I was hosting a remembrance event & had a crazy idea to work alongside the Victoria Tunnels & have an author read a section of their war related book 55 feet underground. Who would be mad enough to help me? It was always the legend that is @dansmithauthor.bsky.social

Thank you!!

Congratulations @dansmithauthor.bsky.social as #TheDeadsoulProject shortlists for the 2026 Brilliant Book Award! bba.inspireculture.org.uk

In #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, Cody and his friends set off into the woods on #Halloween to search for the haunted McBride House. But what they find there is more terrifying than the three teenagers could ever have imagined... bit.ly/42nVPUO 🎃

What really happened at Alpine Heights, and why did the Wintermoor children disappear? Discover the truth no-one wanted you to hear in the #NightHouseFiles, a terrifying new series from master of sci-fi horror @dansmithauthor.bsky.social. bit.ly/4jW711S. bit.ly/4mFvzx3. ✨

Books by Dan Smith

Looking for some proper scary Halloween reads?
(Can be read at other times of the year, too!)

Thanks Kit!

Spooky season is underway at Magster Towers, and The Wintermoor Lights by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social is a welcome party guest.
The spirit of The Village of the Damned flows, wrapped up in a completely different mystery. Sharply paced,building to a terrifying crescendo. Love this series! ☠

Thanks for reading and sharing! So glad you enjoyed it 💀😱

Book: The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith. The next book in the Night House Files series. Cover shows some kids in silhouette rising up mysteriously to the sky while being watched by a girl in the foreground. Illustrated by Luke Brookes.

Just read THE WINTERMOOR LIGHTS by Dan Smith
Mysterious lights in the sky affect kids in a terrible way & only one girl sees what’s happening.
A great horror/SF book with a real sense of dread. Nice “investigative” feel to it too.
Wonderful!
@dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Wintermoor Lights

The autumn nights are drawing in. The perfect time to learn the truth about what really happened in Wintermoor ... if you dare.

Don’t have nightmares!!

Thanks so much Steve! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

Book: The Deadsoul Project, first book of The Night House Files, by Dan Smith. Cover shows some kids looking up at a tower block with a helicopter flying overhead.

Just read THE DEADSOUL PROJECT by Dan Smith.
Something awful invades a 1970s tower block & two kids fight for their lives.
This is fantastic horror/sf book, scary & tense, with a clever “investigative” structure to the story.
Brilliant stuff!
@dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

The Berlin Wall: Divided Lives The Berlin Wall separated families, friends, and loyalties when it was erected in 1961, symbolizing the Cold War divide. Dan Smith’s book “The Wall Between Us” explores the impact…

Today is the #DayofGermanUnity, the 35th anniversary of two German states becoming one again.
Here is a fab classroom resource from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social to explain to kids what separation meant. A brilliant classroom resource! timetunnellers.com/2024/11/20/t...

US editions are here!

Thank you!!

The Wintermoor Lights (The Night House Files 2) by Dan Smith, illustrated by Luke Brookes Cover illustration © Luke Brookes Spooky season is fast approaching once again and for those tricky tween readers, this new title from Dan Smith, author of the hugely popular middle grade Crooked O…

The perfect choice for 11+ readers in need of a short read for Spooky Season, The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social, illustrated by Luke Brookes, is out now from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

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Why should The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights be on your radar? If you’ve enjoyed these books then you’ll love the latest from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social out now for 11+ 📖 #kidlituk