Simply, Patiently, Quietly is a 2025 book by Charlie Rauh. Like Rauh's other works, this is a unique and beautiful experience; part reflection, part music companion, and entirely intentional. Rauh writes with deep sensitivity about the creative process, and what shines through most is his unwavering love for art, sound, and stillness. My favourite parts… Continue reading Simply, Patiently, Quietly: An Approach to Creating Intentional Music by Charlie Rauh
Four Dreamers and Emily by Stevie Davies is the story of four individuals whose paths cross thanks to the Brontës and a literary conference in Haworth. The dreamers are Marianne, a lecturer and overworked wife and mother; an elderly and lonely widower named Timothy; a young waitress called Sharon; and Eileen who is a sixty-something… Continue reading Four Dreamers and Emily by Stevie Davies
My latest read was something a little different from my usual preferences. Or at least I thought it was. No bonnets, no time travel, no moors, and no Brontës. However, An Ayah's Choice is not as different to all that as I thought and spoke to me in a way I wasn't expecting. A 2022… Continue reading An Ayah’s Choice by Shahida Rahman
As we're now halfway through the year, it's time for an update on my 2022 Reading Challenge. How am I doing so far? Let's revisit the challenges I set for myself at the start of the year and assess. A Piece of Brontë-Inspired Fiction. I completed this task by reading the wonderful Wildfell Summer by Tracey… Continue reading Reading Challenge 2022: Update
It's been a little while since my last post on here so I thought it would be nice to get back to basics with another look at a piece of Charlotte Brontë's juvenilia. "The Keep of the Bridge" is a short tale, little more than a fragment, but like other pieces of her early fiction,… Continue reading The Keep of the Bridge by Charlotte Brontë
Last year I was given the opportunity to read and review Mr R. by Tracy Neis, Brontë-inspired fiction which is based on Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Neis's novel sees Mr. Rochester as Eddie, an ageing rock star who finds himself falling in love with Jenny Ayr, a sort of modern governess who has arrived on the scene… Continue reading Restless Spirits by Tracy Neis (Rock and Roll Brontës Book 2)
I've said it before and I'll say it again; Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre is my favourite novel of all time. It's hard to sum up exactly why I love it in a single post (hence why I've never attempted it) but in a nutshell: Jane's fiery and independent spirit, issues of morality, Jane's quip… Continue reading Brontë Inspired Fiction with a Twist: The Governess of Thornfield by Charlene DeKalb
Here's a post with few words and lots of photos of various Brontë books that I own or have come across in libraries over the past few years. I'm mainly steering clear of Brontë inspired fiction though as I blog about this quite a bit. Reader, do you own any of these editions? … Continue reading Beautiful Brontë Books
In my last post, Two Romantic Tales by Charlotte Brontë -Part One: The Twelve Adventurers, I looked at the origins of the Brontës' famous twelve toy soldiers both on and off the page. Presented to Branwell in 1826 by the siblings' father, Patrick, these characters kickstarted the Brontë juvenilia on the page and were arguably the literary… Continue reading Two Romantic Tales by Charlotte Brontë -Part Two: An Adventure in Ireland
In addition to reading texts by the Brontës, I also like to track down fiction inspired by this remarkable family. This includes re-tellings of their work, historical fiction about their lives, and literature inspired by the worlds of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal. So step forward May Sinclair and her spooky story, "The Intercessor" (1911).… Continue reading May Sinclair’s The Intercessor: A Brontë Inspired Tale of Terror
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