In this episode of Bookable Space, we’re joined by Andrew Clay Clark. Andrew reads from Where Dark Things Rise. It’s an engaging discussion about the stories that are ours to tell, and those that aren’t, writing inspired by readers, writing about beautiful places with ugly histories, the Southern writer’s burden of telling the truth, and more.
About the Book
Think Carrie meets Stranger Things in Southern Appalachia. Sixteen-year-old Mina wants to escape her Appalachian trailer park, but when her crush is hunted by a shapeshifting preacher, she must wield her secret powers to save him—and her best friend—from a twisted world of magic and exploitation.
About the Author
Andrew K. Clark is a writer from the Western North Carolina mountains. His debut novel Where Dark Things Grow was shortlisted for the Wellman Award and won an IPPY. The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise, was released by Quill & Crow in 2025. Learn more at andrewkclark.com.
About the host
Yvonne Battle-Felton is an author, academic, and podcaster. Her debut, Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Not the Booker, and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Winner of The Shirley Jackson Award, Curdle Creek is her second novel. Yvonne was a finalist in the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Zora Award for Fiction, has been awarded the RSL Scriptorium Award, and lives in West Yorkshire, England. She aims to create a literary community bringing readers and writers together over words.
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