Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers

<p>King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend in support of industrial action</p><p>Horror authors are used to pushing the boundaries of fiction, but for some in the field there’s one boundary they won’t cross – a picket line.</p><p>Several writers including Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King – who has just released his first novel in a decade, King Sorrow – have withdrawn from a seasonal spooky event at the British Library this weekend over worker pay at the central London institution.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/31/writers-boycott-british-library-striking-workers-joe-hill-tales-of-the-weird">Continue reading...</a>