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On the Tuesday (10 June) of the annual June weekend of the Brontë Society, a ...

The current Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, read from his work in Haworth not so long ago. Now the next one (a good bet) will be at the West L...

This Saturday, the current President of the Brontë Society, Rebecca Fraser , chaired the Annual General Meeting for the last time. A popular...

The title of the annual lecture at 11am on Saturday was The Originality of Wuthering Heights . It was given by Heather Glen , a frequent vis...

Beryl Bainbridge started off the annual June Weekend today, talking to a large audience of Brontë Society members in the West Lane Baptist C...

Alan Bentley (pictured) writes: I am leaving the Bronte Society on the 31st May to work freelance and to develop my consultancy business. It...

Today, the Parsonage opens a special exhibition of photographs by Fay Godwin from her collaboration with Ted Hughes, Elmet. The evocative...

An activity day for families entitled Chaffinches and Churchyards was held today at the Parsonage Museum. Spring was in the air this May b...

Imelda Marsden writes: The 7th June 1861 was the date Rev Patrick Brontë died. The BrontëSociety is holding its usual June weekend church se...

Helen MacEwan writes: It's been a long cold winter in Brussels but the sun finally came out in time for our guided walk around Brontë pl...

Director Alan Bentley writes: There will soon be chances to see behind the scenes at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, by taking advantage of a ...

Classical Comics reports that Jane Eyre is progressing well. Sample pages can be seen below. Click on an image to enlarge it. These are de...

There has been a rush to get hold of a slice of a tree said to be planted by Charlotte Brontë as part of her wedding celebrations in 1854. T...

A reminder from Parsonage Director Alan Bentley : Today at 2.15pm BST - Afternoon Play - I Believe I Have Genius This play by Judith Adams ...

Helen MacEwan writes: One of the main Brussels public libraries, Bibliothèque Riches Claires, has organised an excellent exhibition on Charl...

Alan Bentley , Director of the Parsonage Museum, writes: Why not join the Facebook Brontë group? There are now fifty-four members. The link ...

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents the American premiere of Brontë , 20 March to 4 May at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theatre, 2257 N ...

For information on the forthcoming Brussels Brontë Weekend (18 to 20 April) please scroll down a little and click on the link on the right f...

This one-day conference is on 28 March, organised by l'Université Toulouse II-le Mirail, France (see previous post), with Catherine Lan...

On Friday 18 April
 at 7.30pm, at the Parsonage, Justine Picardie will be reading from her new novel Daphne 
 and discussing the Brontës a...