Okay, well this is a little tricky as the book is already optioned by David Heyman’s Heyday Productions, and I have supreme confidence that David knows far better than I do the kind of movie it would make.īut I’m pretty sure every writer daydreams about how what once existed solely inside their own head could be projected onto the screen, and I’m no exception. While The Dead Fathers Club may well be coming to a cineplex near you in the not too distant future, Haig was good enough to share his thoughts on who might direct and star in such a film: Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest in the U.S.) and two novels for adults: The Last Family in England, which tells the story of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with the protagonists as dogs, and The Dead Fathers Club, which is based on Hamlet and is a 'hilarious and touching novel narrated by an eleven-year old boy who is visited by his father’s ghost.' could Aunt Eda be right, and what really happened to Uncle Henrik?This highly inventive fantasy is full of amazing characters and unexpected twists that will elicit both laughter and chills.Matt Haig is the author of a new novel for young readers Shadow Forest (in the U.K.

So when Sam starts seeing strange things venture past the treeline after dark, he can't help wondering.

can it?Samuel is skeptical, until he disobeys Rule #1?Never go up to the attic?and finds an unusual book: The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which gives scary descriptions of the fantastic creatures supposedly living in the forest. Sure, Uncle Henrik hasn?t been heard from since he disappeared into it ten years ago, but that can't be the forest's fault. And then there?s the most peculiar thing about her?her irrational fear of her own backyard. She has too many rules, no TV, and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer soup. Aunt Eda's Rule #9: NEVER?UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES? GO INTO THE FOREST.Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt Eda, and she's taking some getting used to.

Samuel blink and the forbidden forest