Stephen King's home will become a museum and writers' retreat.
Today in “Stephen King is a good literary citizen” news: the writer’s home in Bangor, ME (the AKA the real-life Derry, where the sewers are perfectly normal thank you very much) will soon house an archive of his work and a writers’ retreat. According to Rolling Stone, “the Bangor City Council unanimously approved a request by King and his wife Tabitha to rezone their home as a non-profit.”
Access to the archive will be available by appointment, and up to five writers at a time will be able to stay in the house. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that the retreat will be up and running by Halloween, but there’s always next year!
[h/t Rolling Stone]
Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is a senior editor at Lit Hub whose writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The Glow was published by Random House in 2023. You can buy it here.
