Age Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on March 4, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
Program Description
Haunted Headphones is a book club for fans of horror fiction who just so happen to do their reading via audiobooks.
Librarian Jesse Keljo will lead a discussion of A. M. Shine’s audiobook The Watchers, which was adapted into the 2024 film directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to listen to the audiobook in advance, and those who read the book in another format are welcome as well. The audiobook is available free with your library card on the Hoopla app. Please visit the Information Desk if you need assistance with the app.
From Booklist:
Irish author Shine takes a common trope from Irish myths and folktales and expands it to creature-feature territory. Near Connemara, a region in the west of Ireland, there is a black forest that is not on the map. Cell phones, cars, and bicycles stop when a person reaches the forest's edge, and there's no turning back. A couple, John and Ciara, ended up there after a wrong turn. Then, Madeline, a lean, scruffy fighter, helps artist Mina survive her descent into the forest. Their lives exist in a concrete shelter where they eat, rest, and try to plan how to make it through each day. Readers get an intimate glimpse into the fraying edges of each character's psyches, the constant hunger, the paranoia, the loss of hope, and far worse. Eventually, the four find a method of escape, but Mina learns the hard way that some creatures will never stop trying to hide the truth. A combination of supernatural and psychological horror, The Watchers will appeal to fans of Kealan Patrick Burke, Josh Malerman, and Scott Smith.
