Presented as Part of Red Line Book Festival 2025
When a call from the dead shatters reality, where do you turn?
Join journalist Ben Machell and author Sophie White as they explore Chasing the Dark — a gripping journey through ghost sightings, psychic phenomena, and the chilling case files of renowned paranormal investigator Tony Cornell. A thought-provoking look at our enduring fascination with the unknown.
There will be ISL interpretation at this event.
There will be a return bus service from Lucan Library to this event. Bus from Lucan Library leaving at 7pm, pickup from The Civic at 10.15pm.
Ben Machell has worked for The Times since 2005, and is a principal feature writer, interviewer, and columnist for The Times Magazine. His debut book, The Unusual Suspect, was widely acclaimed and shortlisted for the Golden Dagger at the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association Awards. The drama rights to The Unusual Suspect have been acquired by Pathé UK, who are to produce the story into a major TV series.
Sophie White is a novelist, essayist and podcaster from Dublin. She also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Sculpture from NCAD. She is the author of seven books. Her first four books, Recipes for a Nervous Breakdown (Gill 2016), Filter This (Hachette, 2019), Unfiltered (Hachette, 2020) and The Snag List (Hachette, 2022) have all been bestsellers and award nominees. Her fifth book, the bestselling memoir Corpsing (Tramp Press, 2021), was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award and the Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Her sixth book, Where I End (Tramp Press, 2022) was described as “brilliantly visceral” by the Guardian and “exquisite and disturbing, brutish and beautifully crafted” by The Irish Times. It won the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. Her seventh book and fifth novel, My Hot Friend (Hachette, 2023) won the An Post Irish book Award for Popular Fiction. Her latest book, Such A Good Couple has just landed in shops. Sophie writes a weekly column ‘Nobody Tells You’ for the Sunday Independent LIFE magazine and her journalism has been nominated for numerous media awards. A TV adaptation of her first book is in development and she co-hosts the chart-topping comedy podcasts, Stop The Madness and The Creep Dive.
Presented By: Red Line Book Festival
Duration: 90 mins.
