Book review: The Dark Secret of Weatherend

August 21, 1959 : Fifty years ago today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state. Hawaii had been...

It’s time for another look at the cover art that Polish publisher Amber used when they released the Lewis Barnavelt series last decade. The...

Filmmaker and Bellairs-fan James Strayer got in touch with us late last year about Widow's Walk Lake , a film inspired partly by some o...

We mentioned a year or so ago that the Cronin House was for sale . Hearing nothing since then, we sort of figured the house was again servi...

A sort-of animated, three-dimensional version of the Gorey’s  Gashlycrumb Tinies  – although we just tend to hover around Fanny and the leec...

Occasionally there are comments about great books of children’s literature being made into the latest Hollywood craze (or perhaps even some ...

Magic Mirrors , the new John Bellairs omnibus, is now available for purchase from the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA). Wan...

Spirit Pictures has picked up the rights to the book Kong: King of Skull Island , a prequel to the well-known tale of the big ape.

by Amy Martin (Jul. 4, 2009) ( Originally published at bookstove ) It seems little recognition is given to the late John Bellairs who ...

Book review: The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull 

Review: Wicked Will

Book review: The Face in the Frost

Book review: The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder

We caught this bit of news from the Fort Walla Walla Museum World blog about its Living History Company and individuals portraying some of ...