The last issue of
The Brontë Society Gazette is now out (Issue 47. January 2009. ISSN 1344-5940).
ARTICLES
Chairman's Letter by Coreen Turner, Chairman
John Fennell and Casanova by Ian and Catherine Emberson
One of the minor characters in the Brontë story who has always fascinated us is John Fennell (1762-1841), the Brontë sisters' great uncle by marriage; his first wife having been Jane Branwell, Maria Brontë's aunt.
A musical meeting at Casa Verdi in the name of the Brontës by Maddalena De Leo
Check this post of ours
Do you want to be a trustee of the Brontë Society? by Coreen Turner
Conference at York 2009
An opportunity to stay in a beautiful city visited by the Brontës, and to hear the views of leading authorities on Men in the Brontës' lives - Influences, Critics, Publishers and Characters. (Friday 31 July - Sunday 2 August at the University of York). With talks by Professor Christine Alexander, Jane Sellars, Professor Margaret Smith, Professor Michael O'Neill, Dr Richard Mullan, Lucasta Miller, Dr Patsy Stoneman, Professor Sue Lonoff, Dr Paul Edmonson, Robert and Margaret Cochrane, Professor John Mullen, Professor Miriam Bailin and Dudley Green.
New year Events at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:
The Fragmented Orchestra, Alter Ego Exhibition, Alter Ego Artists Workshop, Alter Ego Graphology Day.
Wuthering Heights in Brussels by Helen MacEwan
Check this post on the Brussels Brontë Blog.
District 8 News by Elaine Bauer Zabriskie
The American Brontë Society, District 8, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, hosted a Brontë gathering on Saturday 1 November 2008. The group gathered at Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey(...) Dr Mary Frances Meeks presented recent writings on the dialogue of the Brontë Sisters' novels in relation to each other.
Farewell Greetings by Theresa Connors
The American Region 7 representative Theresa Connors gives way to the new representative, Randall Grimsley.
A Visit to Shirley Country (9 June 2008) by Alan Maxwell
About sixty members gathered at 9am outside Haworth Baptist Church in typical local weather - 75 degrees Fahrenheit, sunny and cloudless!
Kirklees Group by Imelda Marsden
This year we have startedd the first Kirklees Brontë group, holding our first meeting at Mirfield Library in November. The next will be at Red House in Gomersal in December.
An incredible Brontë Society meeting in Amsterdam by Maddalena De Leo
Check this post on the Brussels Brontë Blog.
Categories: Brontë Society, Journals
The last issue of The Brontë Society Gazette is now out (Issue 47. January 2009. ISSN 1344-5940).
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