The Brontës in Tennessee

An alert from Maryville in Tennessee.

On Monday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m., a program at the Blount County Public Library, "The Bronte Sisters," will be presented by Randall Grimsley and the Bronte Society, Knoxville Area Chapter.

Randall Grimsley, Knoxville Writers' Guild member, and resident of Blount County, is group facilitator for a local chapter of West Yorkshire's (England) Bronte Society. He helped bring together those in the Knoxville area who are fascinated by the lives and writing of the Brontes. Other duties include responsibility for publicity and distribution of a newsletter. His membership in The Bronte Society began about 1990, followed by three trips to the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Grimsley's speech pleasures include reading, writing and talking about the Brontes, in addition to sharing his Bronte library.The program is free and open to the public. The Blount County library is located at 508 N. Cusick St., Maryville.For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.korrnet.org/bcpl.

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