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Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio director) showing some love for DISCOMANIA:

"A deliriously dizzy blend of memoir and the wider cultural craziness of the ‘70s - bathhouses, giallo, disco and punk."

The super shiny signed Special Edition is still available…
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Stellar line-up at Abertoir this year. FAB Press will be there. Come and say hello. And if you can only put aside one day we’d strongly suggest the Friday, which will be crowned with an epic Simon Boswell stage production, full live band, projections, light show and all.

Simon Boswell: Live in Concert - Abertoir BUY FESTIVAL PASSES(only £85) BUY DAY PASSES(only £35) BUY SINGLETICKETS Simon Boswell is a British composer, producer, and musician whose career spans

Still time to book a trip to Aberystwyth! Come along to the amazing Abertoir horror festival, experience the Simon Boswell live show (standalone tickets for this event only £15.00!), and check out the FAB Press stall while you’re there!… abertoir.co.uk/event/aberto...

Signed Books, Creepy Images, Little Shoppe of Horrors Special Edition Brand new Little Shoppe of Horrors, Creepy Images Anthology, and some signed edition warehouse finds all on sale now

We've found a few boxes of rare signed books, all of which have been unavailable for some time. They're now back in stock at our web store. Also on Pre-Order now, the epic new Little Shoppe of Horrors, plus a new Creepy Images Anthology. Check out our newsletter here:
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Last chance to grab a ticket for this momentous event tonight!

Two days till Hisayasu Sato's nightmarish tale of gore and grotesquery REWIND / CELLULOID NIGHTMARES premieres in pristine new restoration in London @thenickelcinema.bsky.social Thurs 16th at 6:30pm with my intro + Behind the Pink Curtain book signing ticketlab.app/event/35372#/

And coming to London's Nickel Cinema next week on 16th Oct. @thenickelcinema.bsky.social thenickel.co.uk

Behind the Pink Curtain book signing with me and UK premiere of the new restoration of Hisayasu Sato's RE-WIND / CELLULOID NIGHTMARES / ABNORMAL INGYAKU Thurs 16th October 2025, at London's @thenickelcinema.bsky.social - book here for a night you won't soon forget! ticketlab.app/event/35372#/

We’re thrilled to announce that FAB Press author Josiah Howard (Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide) will interview Fred "The Hammer" Williamson onstage in Los Angeles, following a screening of BLACK CAESAR on Tuesday September 23! Here’s the info:
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It's raining, I'm making hot chocolate, my cat is being super cuddly and the postman just delivered these. I couldn't dream up a more perfect day. Thank you to Fab Press, Bubbles and Jasper.
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Boswell, Lowry, The Keep + more at abertoir 2025! - Abertoir With passes for the 20th edition of the festival going on sale today, we’re unveiling a mammoth slate of programme announcements.

To celebrate passes going on sale we've unveiled...

Classic films - The Keep, Phenomena, The Crazies…

Premieres - Touch Me, Bokshi, Theatre of Horrors…

Special guests - Simon Boswell (performing live!), Lynn Lowry, Victoria Price…

…and more! Read all about it: abertoir.co.uk/news/boswell...

A graphic featuring information about tickets available for this year's festival, including the full festival pass, at £85, that goes on sale 12pm 12th September.

Passes for Abertoir 2025 will go on sale from 12pm, 12th September!

The full festival pass will be £85, and includes all special events.

Full details, including other ticket options on sale at a later date, are on our website. abertoir.co.uk/tickets/

Ten years ago yesterday, I was at BFI Southbank for the launch of the FAB Press book The Act Of Seeing with the book's authors, Nicolas Winding Refn and the fabulous @alanfrightfest.bsky.social ... #NicolasWindingRefn #TheActOfSeeing #BFI #BFISouthbank

ASAP after FrightFest

Day 5 of @frightfest.bsky.social 2025 features the 4th and final book signing of the weekend. @alanfrightfest.bsky.social will be signing copies of his epic autobiography Discomania (plus other books of Alan’s inc. Starburst and his FrightFest Guides). 5:00pm-6:00pm, upstairs Odeon Leicester Square.

Day 4 of @frightfest.bsky.social 2025 features the 3rd of 4 signing sessions this bank holiday weekend. @jaspersharp.bsky.social will be signing copies of the Updated and Amended re-issue of his acclaimed book Behind the Pink Curtain. 2:30pm-3:30pm upstairs at the Odeon Leicester Square.

Day 3 of FrightFest 2025 features the second of four signing sessions this bank holiday weekend. Meet Mancunian Man documentary director Jake West and Blu-ray box set producer Marc Morris, who will be signing copies of the new Cliff Twemlow collection, Bloody Legend. 5pm-6pm.

Day 2 of @frightfest.bsky.social 2025 features the first of 4 signing sessions this bank holiday weekend. I’ll be hosting author John Hamilton at the FAB Press stall in the Odeon Leicester Square as we reissue his acclaimed Tony Tenser book Beasts in the Cellar. 5pm-6pm.

We’re set up at FrightFest, and here’s our schedule for this year’s guest signing sessions. Looking forward to seeing everyone over the coming days.

A rave review for my latest book COCKFIGHT in @sightsoundmag.bsky.social!! Now available from @fabpress.bsky.social and in regular distribution catalogues in North America courtesy of SCB. So grateful for such a thoughtful piece, I've been lucky with the few reviews it's gotten so far.

The Beasts in the Cellar re-issue is shipping soon! We're taking delivery of books this coming week, and all Pre-Orders will ship the first week of August. Limited number of copies come with an original Tony Tenser autograph! Pre-Order now direct from FAB Press: www.fabpress.com/books/forthc...

Interview with Jasper Sharp - Blueprint: Review Guy Adams interviews the author, disc producer, filmmaker and Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp about Japanese sex cinema.

The updated 3rd edition of Behind the Pink Curtain is out from @fabpress.bsky.social in a few weeks and to mark the occasion, @guyadams.bsky.social chatted with me about pink films, @88films.bsky.social Roman Porno releases and other stuff for Blueprint: Review blueprintreview.co.uk/2025/07/inte...

My book Sonic Sewer got four out of five stars in the brand new issue of Shindig!! "completely snobbery free" wrote reviewer, Peter Gallagher, who went on to call it "a hugely fun labor of love". You can buy Sonic Sewer in better bookstores everywhere, as well as from cinemasewer.storenvy.com

On this flaming July day here’s a cool update on Michael Doyle’s hotly anticipated book BRINGING DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT. The delay is due to all the surprises we have in store. Be assured we'll continue to toil on it throughout the summer to ensure we deliver every John Carpenter fan’s dream.

Snapshot of Revue Cinema website showing poster and trailer for Monte Hellman's COCKFIGHTER (1974) with ticket link to screening July 18th at 6:45pm

TORONTO! July 18th I'll be at the Revue Cinema to present a screening of COCKFIGHTER (1974) with copies of my book about the film on hand, recently reprinted by @fabpress.bsky.social . Get tix here: revuecinema.ca/films/revue-...

SEASIDE SCREAMS: TONY TENSER & TIGON
Saturday 21 June 2025, 10am-7pm
We’ll be launching the 20th anniversary re-issue of John Hamilton’s book BEASTS IN THE CELLAR. Screening WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE, THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR & BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW!
Tickets here: southportbijoucinema.co.uk

Paul Thompson (aka pdbass) whom I consider to be one of the most talented music teachers today, and also one of my fave YouTubers, called my book Sonic Sewer "the coolest music history book ever". Pretty stoked and proud ❤️🥰 so blessed that he wanted to be a part of this project.

Beasts in the Cellar 20th Anniversary Edition (new cover art, new foreword, limited number with Tony Tenser signature plate), and Behind the Pink Curtain Updated and Amended Edition (new foreword, new final chapter) are both now on Pre-Order: www.fabpress.com/may-pre-orde...

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Behind the Pink Curtain is back! Jasper Sharp’s genre-defining text was first published in 2008, now it’s being reissued with a new Afterword summarising the development of pinku eiga over the intervening 17 years. Pre-Orders go live next week at www.fabpress.com, on sale date & time info to follow!