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Events/Interviews

Lesley has given talks at Harvard University, the Gonson Lecture Series (Cambridge, MA), Forest Hills Cemetery, the St. Louis Museum of Art, the National Arts Club (NY), Morbid Anatomy Museum (Brooklyn), Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and many libraries, bookstores, and conventions. She set the Guiness World Record for Halloween gathering in 2007 and held it until 2009, and was a master of ceremonies for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Harvard Yard. She helped kick off the Greenwich Village Halloween parade in 2008.

To book Lesley for interviews or readings please write lesley.bannatyne@gmail.com

To see an interview with Lesley on the craft of writing, click here: Author Spotlight, Harvard Extension Alumni Association, 2024

Selected Appearances

Television

Tile Films (Ireland), Halloween 2024
Good Morning America, digital version 2021
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt 2021
WGBH Curiosity Desk w/Edgar Herrick, Why do we carve pumpkins? 2021
Shock Docs: This is Halloween, Travel Channel 2020
CNN Halloween broadcast 2017 (Halloween history)
30 Odd Minutes with Jeff Belanger.,Episode 74.
History Channel: The Haunted History of Halloween 1997
History Channel: The Real Story of Halloween 2010

This is Halloween, Travel Channel 2020

The Real Story of Halloween, History Channel 2010

Haunted History of Halloween, History Channel, 1997

Radio/Podcasts

Illinois Public Radio, 2024
Chris Kimball's Milk Street Radio, 2022
The Why, Newsy, 2022
Why Halloween Matters, CNN, 2020
WCCO-TV CBS, Minneapolis, 2020
MysteriousRadio.com 2022
Chitchat Cafe 2022
I've Got Questions w/Mike Simpson 2022
Getting Schooled w/ Abby Hornacek 2021
Our American Stories, iheartradio, 2021
I Am Heretic podcast w/Douglas Little, 2021
Aspire with Osha: art, nature, humanity, WKSVY, 2021
Chasing Prophecy radio, New Orleans, 2020, 2022
Jay Talking, WBZ Boston 2019
Brian Lehrer show, WNYC 2019
Talk Radio, Howard Hughes Show, BBC, 2018
Caravan to Midnight w/ John B Wells 2017
WGBH Radio: Haunting the Lynn Public Library, 2015
Iowa Public Radio: The Power of Costuming, 2015
Spirit Talk: Interview with Chris Fleming (Dead Famous)
Scary Visions: My Interview with the Halloween Goddess
Geekspeak radio interview
WBGH The Callie Crossley Show: “Halloween’s Haunted History”

Print/web

Milaukee Journal Sentinel, Full Moon on Halloween 10.26.20
Today.com, Halloween History for Kids 10.23.20
New York Times, 2019, Pop Culture Costumes
History.com, 2019 Costume Trends
atlas obscura, 2019, Scottish Singles Used to Spend Halloween Picking Kale
Readers Digest, 2019, Costumes
Time Magazine: Why We Carve Jack-o-lanterns
The Atlantic: Trick or Treating Isn't What It Used To Be
Global News Canada: Sexification of Halloween
Wall Street Journal: How the Grinch Stole Halloween
Harvard Gazette: After Five Books...
Chicago Tribune: What do you say if your neighbor's decorations are too scary?
HuffPost Live: Halloween History
BBC News: The Translatlantic Halloween Divide
Time Magazine: The definitive history of sexy halloween costumes
National Geographic: Vintage Costumes
Houston Chronicle: Bring on the Halloween FantasyS
Slate Magazine: When did Halloween gets so tawdry?

Author Events

Arlington Author Salon, Kickstand Cafe, with Hank Phillippi Ryan and Grace Mazur 2024

Book Launch of Unaccustomed to Grace, Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA 2022

Reading Grace in your book club? Lesley is happy to join you when you discuss the book - zoom or in real life.