We Lit the Lamps Ourselves

We Limp the Lamps Ourselves is the title of a new poetry book by Andrea Potos with more than one Brontë reference: We Lit the Lamps Ourselv...

Comparing Villette to Nietzsche: apparently not useful

The Times comments on British films and Sundance Film Festival: Many British films have opened there, from Four Weddings and a Funeral lon...

Ellen Dean returns to Rome

Tomaso Sherman and Patrizia La Fonte's Ellen Dean is performed again in Rome, Italy: il Carro dell'Orsa presents Ellen Dean by Tomas...

The Reverend Brontë into Fair Trade

Keighley News covers Fair Trade Day. Patrick Brontë himself made an appearance: The walkers then travelled to Haworth on the Keighley &...

Brontë Society Spring Walk

The traditional Spring Walk organized by the Brontë Society takes place today, April 29th: Spring Walk Sunday 29th April 2012 To Thornton (...

Independence of Mind and Courage

Irish Central is thrilled that an Irish actress will play Charlotte Brontë in the Off-Broadway revival of William Luce's Brontë opening...

Brontë Society Gazette. Issue 57

The latest issue of The Brontë Society Gazette is now out (Issue 57. April 2012. ISSN 1344-5940). ARTICLES Letter from the Editor by Hele...

"They were just too busy producing great literary works to be great gardeners"

In view of the forthcoming Brontë Yorkshire Garden at the  Chelsea Flower Show (May 22-26), The Independent digs deeper on the subject of ...

Contemporary Arts Programme. Spring, Summer 2012

A press release from the Brontë Parsonage Museum : Brontë Parsonage Museum announces new spring/summer Contemporary Arts Programme Costumes ...

Withdrawn from auction

We are quite intrigued by this new development concerning this portrait said to be of the Brontë sisters . As reported by the BBC (and quit...

Spondon Heights

An amateur production of Wuthering Heights opens today in Spondon, Derbyshire, today, April 26: Locko Amateur Dramatic Society Wuthering He...

The literary north

The Guardian's Northerner Blog has an article on the many - and widely varied - literary connections of the north of England. Living in...

Conquest

More recent poetry books with Brontë content. The poet Zoë Brigley, who was poet in residence in the Brontë Parsonage for the 2009 National...

Jane Eyre needs to be re-read every couple of years

Yesterday was William Shakespeare's birthday and a couple of websites' celebrations included Brontë mentions. Ben Arogundade wondere...

Oxenhope Revisited

A poetry book with a Brontë-related poem: The Pursuit of Happiness Laurie Duggan Published 15 April 2012 Shearsman Books ISBN: 9781848612228...

Discarded copies and apps waiting to happen

We sincerely hope that someone takes John Sutherland at his word when he comments on a new Frankenstein app in The Independent . John Suther...

Angria and Villette in Czech

The three-volume novel edition is resurrected in this Czech translation of Villette : Villette I - Nemilovaná ISBN 978-80-86983-95-0 Daranus...

That book made me want to read

Jupiter Courier celebrates tomorrow's International Book Day : " Jane Eyre " was the first real book I could call my own. I s...