"Jane Eyre" Blogs & Blog Posts

A new upcoming novel about Charlotte Brontë is announced in The Irish Times, Charlotte by Martina Devlin:Lilliput Press have acquired world rights for Charlotte by Martina Devlin. The novel explores the life of one of the world’s most famous liter...

The Guardian thinks that the pleasure of reading needs to return to classrooms.Too much of what is valuable about studying English was lost in the educational reforms of the past 14 years. A sharp drop-off in the number of students in England taking...

Of course, the death of Paul Auster (1947-2024) is all over literary news today. Even with some Brontë mentions:While to some critics such experimentalism brought to mind the deconstruction approach of Jacques Derrida, Mr. Auster often described him...

Gay Times reviews Underdog: The Other Other Brontë.Directed by Natalie Ibu, it moves at a punchy pace, with two acts of about an hour each. Stylistically it’s an unusual period-modern blend, featuring some traditional costuming and very much...

Everything Theatre interviews the actor James Phoon, Branwell in Underdog. The Other Other Brontë Sister at the National Theatre:Dave B.: What can you tell us about Underdog: The Other Other Brontë?J.P.: It’s a contemporary retelling of the Bront...

This is Local London has a young reporter review Underdog: The Other Other Brontë.‘Underdog’ explores the relationships of the Brontë sisters beneath their authorial works and any preconceived notions about their sisterhood. Sarah Gordon’s pl...

Keighley News reports that a public forum is to be debate the controversial plans for a wind farm near Brontë country.Campaigners say the planned 65-turbine development on Walshaw Moor, between Stanbury and Hebden Bridge, would have a "profound" env...