Shades of Grey

The Swindon Advertiser has an article on the Fforde Fiesta which took place over the weekend.

The convention was held at the De Vere Hotel in Shaw Ridge - otherwise known as the Finis Hotel - which was the scene of a kidnapping involving Jane Eyre and a Dickens character in one of the famous books. (Avantika Bhargava)

Incidentally, Mr Fforde has moved the release of his new book - Shades of Grey, unrelated to both the Nursery Crimes and Thursday Next series - to July 2009, rather than July 2008, which places the release of the sixth installment of the Thursday Next series in summer 2010. We are pretty sure it will be worth it.

On the blogosphere. O Frugal Literário (in Portuguese) and Cocomademoiselle's weblog review Wuthering Heights. Rob Hardy writes about The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë by Daphne du Maurier and appropriately enough Bookersatz reviews Daphne by Justine Picardie.

Renata Cordeiro continues translating poems by Emily Brontë into Portuguese. It's Sympathy today.

Categories: Books, Branwell Brontë, In the News, Poetry, Wuthering Heights