Bellairsia: 1968

January

8 - Elizabeth Bartelme, John's editor at Macmillan, writes the Fitschen that she had lunch with John in New York, where they "discussed The Face in the Frost at some length and he is going to do revisions." She notes that The Pedant and the Shuffly will be published on February 26 [1].
24 - Bellairs and Marilyn Fitschen attend an autographing party at Staver's Booksellers (57th and Kimbark, Chicago) to celebrate the publication of The Pedant and the Shuffly. Author Saul Bellow is unimpressed, according to Bellairs [2][3].
26 - The Pedant and the Shuffly is published.

24 - John Bellairs marries Priscilla Braids at Christ Church, Cambridge.
26 - Bellairs writes to Dale and Marilyn Fitschen about leaving Emmanuel College [5]:

"Got a tumble from Emmanuel College, a good Catholic girl’s school out on the Hagway in Boston near Hagway Park.”
Bellairs also mentions he went to a rally for Eugene McCarthy where actor Alan Arkin read from Catch 22.

Unknown- Bellairs moves into Priscilla's apartment at 11 Ellery Street, #6, Cambridge, where she had been living for two years [4].

Bellairs begins work as instructor of English at Emmanuel College, Boston (until spring 1969).

[1] Correspondence from Elizabeth Bartelme to Fitschens (Feb. 8, 1968).
[2] Correspondence with Alfred Myers.
[3] Correspondence with Marilyn Fitschen.
[4] Correspondence with Priscilla Bellairs.
[5] Correspondence from John Bellairs to Dale and Marilyn Fitschen (June 26, 1968).