Bob Dylan meets Emily Brontë

The Sussex Express is delighted that a local dancer will be in the cast of the upcoming (May 18) London Children's Ballet production of Jane Eyre:

Anu Ogunmefun, 14, from Park Croft in Polegate, beat 500 children in October to join the London Children's Ballet for a Jane Eyre production at The Peacock Theatre.
The Willingdon Community School pupil has been doing ballet pirouettes since she was seven.
Anu said: 'It is really good and I am very happy about it.
'I had an audition, then further recalls, and then another audition to see if I had got in.
'I love the state of moving in ballet, it is so different to other dancing.
'Nothing else matters when you start ballet dancing, it is such a good feeling.'
Foster parents Patricia and Victor Brooker said they were proud of Anu.
Mrs Brooker said: 'We are very pleased she got in after all the hard work.'
Anu trains four days a week after school at Sussex School of Dancing in Eastbourne.
She plans to become a full time professional dancer when she leaves school.

The Independent reviews Blackmoor by Edward Hogan. Say moor and a Brontë reference is waiting to surface:

Hogan's split time-frame is combined with multiple narrative perspectives which enable him to dig deep into his characters. He is aided by writing which is charged with a bite and passion harking back to his Northern forebears: DH Lawrence, most obviously, with a passing touch, perhaps, of Charlotte Brontë. His figurative language is neatly imaginative. When George thinks of Beth's mental state after her breakdown, he reflects, "the drugs coated her like a comorant in an oil slick". (Peter Carty)

An alert from the Jabberwocky Bookshop, Newburyport, MA:

Jabberwocky Bookshop is pleased to welcome best-selling Scottish-born author Margot Livesey for a reading from her latest novel, THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET.
An absorbing and provocative detective story of the heart, Livesey’s latest pays subtle homage to literary figures and works and offers multiple perspectives on the life of Dara MacLeod, a young London therapist. Her best friend, Abigail, says, "Everyone has a book or a writer who's the key to their life." Across four interweaving narratives, Livesey shows how that is true. The first section introduces readers to Sean Wyman, a Keats scholar who is Abigail’s boyfriend. The second section is set in Dara’s childhood and is narrated by her estranged father, who is fascinated by Lewis Carroll and shares his creepy fondness for young girls. The third section mirrors the plot of Jane Eyre and recounts Dara's meeting her boyfriend, Edward. The final section is reminiscent of Great Expectations and is told mainly from Abigail's college-era point of view.

The author and the book have appeared previously on BrontëBlog.

Erdeaka's book review is not very thrilled by Jane Eyre. Teddy's sports, politics, and pop culture blog has a (very) curious theory:

Bob Dylan’s song Lily Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts is my second favorite story telling song of all time after Jay Z’s Meet The Parents. Much has been debated and discussed about Dylan’s songs’ complicated plot, but I believe the characters in the song could be partially based on Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights. Lets look at the main character first. (Read more)

Categories: Alert, Books, Dance, Theatre, Wuthering Heights