Revisiting a Fierce and Fresh Feminist Dialogue with the Brontës The Jane and Bertha in Me is a poetry collection inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, written by fellow Brontëite and immensely talented poet Rita Maria Martinez. Originally published in 2016—though several poems had appeared earlier in literary journals—this is not just a tribute to… Continue reading Review: The Jane and Bertha in Me by Rita Maria Martinez
Reader, it's been a while. I've been so busy with my day job recently that every time the weekend has rolled around, I've had to use it to recharge my batteries rather than blog. That doesn't mean I haven't been productive though; I've recently started work on a novel inspired by Charlotte and Branwell's characters… Continue reading Hymns from the Sisters by Emma Conally-Barklem
One of the things I love the most about my blogging and writing journey is the connections I've made across the world and the friendships forged because of it. I've been privileged to connect with other admirers of the Brontës' works and even collaborate with some of them through anthologies and book clubs. The same… Continue reading Gold by Naomi B.
A walk around Haworth in bloom Will help to lift a sense of gloom.A Sunday stroll along Main Street Where my heroes placed their own feet Can calm the mind and soothe the soul Of those grieving or not quite whole. This is home to more than just threeSisters who dared to dream and beSo… Continue reading A Walk Around Haworth in Bloom
I recently came across a wonderful new Twitter account which asks for submission for 30 word stories. I’ve not been in the best of health recently and at times I’ve felt that nobody and nothing could ever pull me through – not even the Brontës. But whilst reading about flash fiction, an idea was born.… Continue reading I’m Just Going to Write Because I Cannot Help It – a Flash Fiction Tribute to the Brontës
What a year 2020 has been. It's safe to say that nobody was expecting anything quite like it. At the start of the year I had a lot of resolutions for 2020; things to do, places to see etc., however, like most bookworms I also had some reading resolutions. Following a mainly successful 2019 Reading… Continue reading Reading Challenge 2020: The Results
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... That's a phrase you may have heard a lot recently, and it's true. Now we're into December, there is a sense of Christmas in the air. Like so many others, this year I chose to put my Christmas tree up and dust off the fairy lights a… Continue reading How the Brontës Pulled Me Through 2020
A couple of years ago I penned what has turned out to be one of my most popular posts ever. I listed 30 books about the Brontës which have been particularly useful or enlightening during my research on the family over the years. To qualify the books simply had to be entirely about the Brontës… Continue reading 30 of the Best Books About the Brontës: Revised
Unprecedented is a word that seems to be on everyone's lips at the minute due to the very strange time we find ourselves living in. 2020 is a year that's thrown previously unimaginable things at us all and it's been a year of horror, bewilderment, separation, and loss. It's hard not to look at the… Continue reading There Was No Possibility of Taking a Walk That Day: A Collection of Poems from the 2020 COVID-19 Lockdown
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A British Invasion era twist on a Brontë classic novel
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Travels through the literary landscape: a guide to places of literary interest in the British Isles and beyond.
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Exploring library copies of the seminal nineteenth century novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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