Kate Atkinson in Haworth

A press release from Brontë Parsonage Museum. Kate Atkinson, a personal favourite of BrontëBlog, is visiting the Parsonage:

Kate Atkinson in Haworth

Bestselling novelist Kate Atkinson will be visiting Haworth to read from and discuss her latest novel When Will There Be Good News?, at the Old Schoolroom, Haworth on Thursday 23 April at 7.30pm.

When Will There Be Good News? won the coveted Richard & Judy's 'Best Read of the Year' at the British Book Awards 2009. It is her third novel to feature Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator.

Kate Atkinson was born in York and lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year Award. She is the author of a collection of short stories, Not the End of the World (2002) and critically acclaimed novels Human Croquet (1997), Emotionally Weird (2000), Case Histories (2004), which won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, and One Good Turn (2006).

Kate Atkinson’s visit to Haworth is part of the Brontë Parsonage Museum’s contemporary arts programme.

“Kate Atkinson is one of our most highly regarded and popular novelists – we’re delighted that she is able to visit the museum and hope that arts audiences across the region will come to hear her discuss her work. This kind of event is a wonderful testament to the Brontës’ enduring influence on other writers and is part of our aim to keep Haworth as a literary centre focusing on the contemporary world as well as the past”. Jenna Holmes, Arts Officer

Admission is £5.00. For further details and bookings contact the Brontë Parsonage Museum, 01535 640188/ jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk

The Old Schoolroom is located on Church St, Haworth, opposite the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

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