The Brontë Society's Annual Lecture was delivered this weekend by @drclaireocall.bsky.social 'A happy Heathcliff and Cathy': The influence of Emily Brontë on Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes. Claire is also Editor of Brontë Studies, the journal of the Brontë Society. www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...

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Thank you Hannah! X

I know! It’s incredible! Am flabbergasted! Hope you can both make the launch? If not, we’ll see you soon xx

The contributors are AMAZING! 💚💚💚

This anthology is a love letter to the moors—a celebration, a lament, and a protest against the industrial threats to our (protected) landscapes. It shows our moors and bogs as ecosystems to protect and as archives of memory, culture, and imagination.

My chapter explores… Emily Brontë: her love for the moors, her scientific curiosity about moorland ecology, and the haunting presence of bog bodies in Wuthering Heights. 🌿📖

I’m honoured to be included in the forthcoming anthology The Book of Bogs: Stories from the Yorkshire Moor and Other Peatlands, edited by the brilliant Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw. It’s published by Little Toller Books. 💚

www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

Don’t worry if you’ve not read it before—you can read ahead, keep pace week by week, or join in and be inspired to pick it up after.

Grab your copy from the Museum’s shop and a ticket (link in bio). We can’t wait to read with you!

#bronte #brontë #brontës #charlottebronte #literature #book

The Brontë Parsonage Museum’s very first read-along begins in October. We’re reading Charlotte’s second novel, Shirley.

We’ll dive into the novel’s three volumes over the first three weeks of the month. In the final week, there is a live discussion to explore your thoughts questions & responses.

We're offering 2-for-1 tickets on our upcoming event with the brilliant Liz Williams!

Liz will be in conversation with @drclaireocall.bsky.social to discuss all things folk Britain.

Use code 2FOR1TOWN at checkout (link to tickets below)

@reaktionbooks.bsky.social
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social

I just really want AI to go the way of MiniDisc players.

Er, no, it’s not, it’s really not.

Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.

But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.

Today marks Emily Brontë's birthday 📚💙

Discover more about Emily in Emily Brontë Reappraised by @drclaireocall.bsky.social

The book conjures a new image of the great writer by looking at her afresh from the vantage point of the new millennium

saraband.net/sb-title/emi...

#Booksky #EmilyBronte

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

Our wonderful researchers are exhibiting 'Materials of pandemic care across time' today and tomorrow at the British Academy Summer Showcase. Tickets are free and available through the link below 👇

This was the first of many highlights at the Summer Showcase - the British Academy's free festival of ideas.

Discover our full programme through the link below:

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...

Sneak peak at slide: isn’t it great we have images of Patrick Brontë!

We are deeply disappointed that the Data Bill will not include the necessary provisions to keep creators' works safe from being used without their knowledge or permission by AI companies, despite clear and unified calls from across the creative industries. (1/3)

Really looking forward to this! #healthhumanities

💥 'Violence, Health, and the Health Humanities' workshop, hosted by @uniofreading.bsky.social Centre for Health Humanities! Join us for this event, feat. an in-person & online keynote by @drclaireocall.bsky.social, on health, ageing, and violence. 

📣 All welcome! See poster for details.

Our petition to Parliament to ban wind farms on protected peatland in England has 10000+ names! Thanks to all who’ve signed so far - let’s keep on keeping on and #protectourpeat #stopcalderdalewindfarm #teampeat #teamnature #teambat #teamnewt #walshaw #moor #peat #blanketbog