The University of Notre Dame Magazine published an article last week (April 15) highlighting the final semester of the century-old Howard H...

Join us in celebrating what would have been the 88th birthday of John Bellairs !  His dancing soul doth celebrate !

2026 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dial Books publishing  John Bellairs 's  The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring , the third book in ...

We're celebrating the 100th birthday of Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000) today.

The Gothic Dispatch (Feb. 19) ran through a list of some of Edward Gorey's influences :

Emily Temple discussed this week (Feb. 19) at Literary Hub those trying to "figure out" what makes some people - like Edwa...

David Templeton, the Community and Arts and Entertainment Editor of the Petaluma Argus-Courier (California) shared some thoughts about ...

John Bellairs ’s long-time friend from college, Alfred Myers , shared with us once how he and John were both “attracted to the rogues, e...

First, some souring news -- It seems that the campaign for a 2025 Gorey postage stamp, to be issued on Feb. 22, the centen...

Some recent comments (Jan. 15, 2025) about noted author and illustrator Edward Gorey from the Ironton (Ohio) Tribune :

Actually, it's  Groundhog Day here in the United States. February 2 is the only day of the year when "figure in the shadows"...

The calendar rolls around again as we celebrate the 87th birthday of John Bellairs .

Melanie Lea Alford Hayes of Carbondale passed away on Dec. 31, 2024. She was 48.