…If you have not, please allow me to introduce you to her, and her fantastical genius now. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916. When she was seventeen (and had already been writing for several years), her family moved east, and Shirley enrolled in the University of Rochester. She withdrew after a … Continue reading All-Hallows Read: Have You Met Shirley Jackson?
The time has come again, beloved patrons, for All Hallows Read, a monthly indulgence in all things spectacularly spooky, deliciously dark, and gloriously ghoulish! All Hallows Read was started by the Great and Good Neil Gaiman in 2010 with this blog post, which called for a new Halloween tradition, and stated, in part: I propose … Continue reading Happy All-Hallows Read!
Books, like people, are made up of layers and contradictions…and flaws and strengths….the list goes on….but the point is that, like people, books aren’t just one thing. This can make them difficult to shelve, or to choose which of those little genre stickers to affix to the spine: …But it can also be glorious for readers, because there … Continue reading A Genre-Bending All-Hallows Read
The time has come again, beloved patrons, for All Hallows Read, a monthly indulgence in all things spectacularly spooky, deliciously dark, and gloriously ghoulish! All Hallows Read was started by the Great and Good Neil Gaiman in 2010 with this blog post, which called for a new Halloween tradition, and stated, in part: I propose … Continue reading Happy All Hallows Read!
Halloween is here! A happy All Hallows Read to all! In honor of the day, let’s talk about horror.* Horror as a genre has been around for 250 years (though elements of horror have been around much, much longer), but horror itself, essentially, is an emotion, which means that horror books belong to a genre … Continue reading Scaring strong for 250 years: Saturdays @ the South – All Hallows Read edition
Only one week left until All Hallows Read, a event that we here at the blog have been celebrating all month long, frankly because it’s worth celebrating for such a span of time. It’s also one more week until we’re able to open that trick-or-treat candy that’s been taunting us (also worth celebrating in my … Continue reading Countdown to All Hallows Read: A spooky Saturdays @ the South
As we mentioned on Monday, the books here at the Library are quietly assembling for All-Hallows Read, a celebration of all things literary, eerie, chilling, and delightful. Our staff is getting involved, too, selecting some of their favorite spooky reads for your All Hallows Read list. From the classics to new releases and back again, … Continue reading An All-Hallows Read If/Then Post