It's happened: Wuthering Bites

Well, it's happened. The complete Twilight-Wuthering Heights crossover has finally happened. Publishers Lunch Deluxe reports the following 'very nice deal':

Sarah Gray's WUTHERING BITES, a retelling of Wuthering Heights in which Heathcliff is a vampire, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a very nice deal, for publication in September 2010, by Evan Marshall at Evan Marshall Agency (World).

We were rather expecting zombies to get there first, though.

The MinnPost is looking back at the history of book clubs in the area:

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the majority of book group programs centered on literature, world history, American history and the fine arts. Reading circles' basic literary curriculum centered on the classics of imaginative literature, and their canon was overwhelmingly Anglophile, favoring authors such as Robert and Elizabeth Browning, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, John Stuart Mill, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and, of course, Shakespeare. (Audra Otto)

We suppose that when in the future they take up from where they left off writing, the beginning will say something like, 'the last years of the 2000s and early 2010s centered on the then fashionable crossovers between sci-fi and the classics'.

And now for the Brontë Country train, named after historian Ian Dewhirst. From the Yorkshire Post:

A train which features stunning images of Yorkshire's famous Brontë Country has been unveiled.
Northern Rail yesterday showed off the train, which also includes images of Keighley, at the town's station.
The train operator has teamed up with Keighley Town Centre Association to design a new livery for one of its Class 158 trains. Steve Butcher, area director east, Northern Rail, said: "We're delighted to team up with Keighley Town Centre Association to help promote the town and surrounding area to the many communities we serve across the north of England."
The train was named "Ian Dewhirst" in honour of the Keighley historian who was awarded an MBE in 1999 for services to local history.
It is part of the Love Keighley brand launched in February which seeks to help attract new visitors to the town, as well as providing an information point for residents through a new website lovekeighley.com
Susan Mendoza, chair of Keighley Town Centre Association, said: "I'm delighted to see the launch of the Keighley train, a physical symbol of successful partnership working in Keighley. I'm sure that the train will take a positive message of the town to a wider audience. The train is proof of how passionate we all are about Keighley." (Fiona Evans)

The Telegraph and Argus adds:

The train is decked out in a new livery of images of the town and countryside and of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. And inside there is a series of panels featuring locations around Keighley and a potted biography of Mr Dewhirst who was made an MBE in 1999 and has an honorary doctorate from Bradford University.
He said: “I feel very honoured and humble. But I can’t treat it too seriously – it’s just a bit of fun. I can say that I was flabbergasted when I was approached about it.” (Clive White)

On the blogosphere, Collecting Songs & Other Uncommon Wonders is giving away a spare copy of a Region 1 DVD of Jane Eyre 2006.

Categories: Books, Haworth, Wuthering Heights