The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians is the newest compilation between James Patterson and Matt Eversmann.The sub title is True Stories of the Magic of Reading. I actually liked this better than the 'secret lives'.Having work...
Two new retellings for young adults (13+) of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights that were first published in 2020, are now republished:Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heightsretold by Tanya LandmanUnion Square & Co (Everyone Can Be a Reader series)ISBN: 9...
The British author Lynne Reid Banks (1929-2024) passed away a few days ago. She was best known for her debut novel The L-Shaped Room (1960) and the children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard (1980). Both of these works were adapted into films and sp...
Travel+Leisure and famous authors' homes you can visit:The Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire, EnglandAdmirers of Brontë and Victorian literature must visit The Brontë Parsonage Museum, providing insight into the lives and creative s...
A new novel about the Brontës has just been published:The Brontë Girl by Miriam HalahZunTold PublishingISBN-13 : 978-191575806424 March 2024“I am just going to write because I cannot help it.”...
The first (well, technically the second because the very first one was already released some weeks ago) installment of the Brontë Parsonage podcast is already available. An interview with the author Rowan Coleman, aka Bella Ellis, in which she choos...
The Yorkshire Post's Village of the Week is Thornton.Although Thornton, six miles west of Bradford but heading towards the hills, was mentioned in The Domesday Book, there is little mention of a simple life of agriculture and country ways.Thornton de...