Cathy's Diary: Heathcliff gone (v. bad)

PopMatters has an article on '5 Trends That Have Made the Leap to Subgenre Status'. One of them is Chick Lit:

1. Chick Lit
Lighthearted and easy-going, chick lit is the paper version of Friends. Every now and then it addresses a big issue (divorce, empty-nesting, single life), but in a witty and amusing way. Although some folk consider Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights the beginning of the genre, most agree Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel Bridget Jones’ Diary defined modern chick lit and brought it into the mainstream. (Peta Jinnath Andersen)

The 'folk' who consider Wuthering Heights the beginning of Chick Lit are also definitely in the categoy of 'folk who haven't read Wuthering Heights, not even a synopsis of it'.

The Mirror quotes James Corden as saying of Katie Price,

“We’re lucky enough in this country to have so many wonderful, wonderful writers...Jane Austin [sic], Charlotte Brontë, Katie Price, to name but two.”

Doesn't sound too offensive to us, given that even that Wikipedia article linked above says that at least her first two novels were ghostwritten. Look at the bright side: it's probably the only time she's ever going to be sharing printed space with two such great authors.

The Telegraph and Argus lists several events taking place in and around Bradford as part of the MelaMatik:

There’s more folk at the ‘Wuthering Heights all-dayer’, at Stanbury near Haworth (Emma Clayton)

It's a pub in Stanbury, not to be confused with Top Withins!

On the blogosphere, Aneca's World has completed the All About the Brontës Challenge. Everything. Everywhere. All the Time. discusses Wuthering Heights and Twilight. Les Brontë à Paris writes - in French, of course - a fictional tale of Patrick Brontë's short stay in Lille. On YouTube Michael Hemmings posts a reading of Emily Brontë's Remembrance.

Categories: Books, Haworth, Wuthering Heights