September Bookmonger Diaries (YA Bookclub): Featuring Author Scarlett Dunmore in Conversation with Shelly Mack

🎬 Survive the Night with Author Scarlett Dunmore

In Conversation with Author Shelly Mack

The Bookmonger Diaries Back-to-School YA Book Club · Ages 12–16

Class is back in session… and someone is picking off the senior year, one by one.

The Bookmonger Diaries is kicking off the new school year the only way we know how,  with a scream. Join us for a deliciously spooky evening with author Scarlett Dunmore, celebrating her fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek YA horror book How to Survive a Horror Movie.

🔄 The tables are turned!

You might remember Shelly Mack as our featured author at our last Bookmonger Diaries book club, when we all stepped into the world of Landis. This time, the tables are turned, Shelly swaps her author's chair for the interviewer's seat and puts the questions to Scarlett Dunmore. From featured author to host: it's a full-circle Bookmonger moment.

About How to Survive a Horror Movie

Horror-movie enthusiast Charley just wants to keep a low profile at her remote island boarding school. Then someone starts killing off her senior class, elaborate scares, severed heads in the fridge, the works, and Charley finds herself trapped at the centre of a real-life teen horror movie. Worse still? She's now seeing the ghosts of her murdered classmates.

Haunted by her peers and suspected by everyone, Charley and her best friend Olive set out to solve the murders before graduation… if only those pesky ghosts would quiet down and lend a hand.

Perfect for fans of Fear Street, The Midnight Club, and the SCREAM franchise.

📖 …and there's a sequel!

While we won't be diving into it in detail on the night, How to Survive a Horror Movie: The Sequel carries the scares on where book one leaves off. Want the whole story? You can grab both, preorder the sequel with your ticket (see options below), or pick up a copy on the night (while supplies last).

 What Awaits You

• Scarlett Dunmore interviewed by author Shelly Mack 
• Behind-the-scenes insight into writing teen horror, the scares, the ghosts, and all
• Audience Q&A
• Book signing
• 🍕 A pizza party — now included in your ticket price
• 🧠 Themed trivia with prizes
  
• Everything you need to know about surviving a horror movie… should you ever find yourself in one.

🎟 Choose Your Ticket

📚 YA Admission + How to Survive a Horror Movie Book — £15
Entry to the event, a paperback copy of book one, a signing opportunity, plus a pizza party included in the ticket price, complimentary sweet treats & soft drinks, and trivia with prizes. 🍕

📚📚 YA Admission + Both Books (Book 1 & The Sequel) — £20
Everything above, plus a copy of How to Survive a Horror Movie: The Sequel to take home.

👪 Free Parent Entry Ticket — £0
Parents are welcome to join the fun this time! Entry is completely free, but please add a parent ticket when booking so we can keep track of numbers and account for seating.

📚 Books can be collected once your ticket is purchased, if you'd like to read in advance.

 Event Details

• 📅 Sunday 20th September
• 🕠 5:30 PM
• 📍 The Bookmonger
• 👥 For readers aged 12–16
• Limited spaces available

About Scarlett Dunmore

Scarlett Dunmore studied English and Creative Writing before falling for YA literature. When she's not writing, you'll find her watching scary films or seeking inspiration among Scotland's abandoned abbeys, old cemeteries, and ruined castles. She lives in the UK.

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The Bookmonger team, a welcoming, inclusive space for teen readers to connect, chat, and have fun together.

Questions?

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Refund Policy (Event Cancellation)

As the ticket price reflects the retail cost of the book, tickets are non-refundable, but the book is yours to keep in the event of cancellation.