"It is a pleasure to honour her in this modest way, in the coastal town she loved so much"

The Scarborough News covers the story of the recent ceremony at Anne Brontë's grave, including a video as well.

Overlooking the serene South Bay, nestled among the ageing headstones in what is now partly a car park, is the burial place of one of England’s great literary heroines.
However, the passing of time left Anne Brontë’s grave at St Mary’s Church almost undetectable, with weather scarring the headstone as crumbling chunks of lettering fell from the frontage.
The decaying dedication posed a dilemma for The Brontë Society, which wanted to preserve the grave but not disturb the tribute that had been put in place by Anne’s sister Charlotte.
The resolution was to place a new plaque at the site of the grave, carrying the wording of the original headstone as well as the correction of a few mistakes.
To mark the installion of the interpretive plaque members of The Brontë Society travelled from far and wide for a dedication and blessing service at the Scarborough church, paying respect to the author famous for writing Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Led by the Rev Martin Dunning, the service featured prayers and readings of several of Anne’s works by members of the Society.
Speaking from the graveside following the service, Sally McDonald, chairman of The Brontë Society’s council, said: “Today is the culmination of several years of decision work about what to do to make sure that the headstone is preserved but that the grave isn’t disturbed.
“We hope we have provided a neutral compromise so everyone who comes will know where she is buried.
“I’m very pleased to see so many people here for the dedication and blessing. It just shows, on such a cold and wet day, the value people place on preserving this grave. It is a pleasure to honour her in this modest way, in the coastal town she loved so much.” [...]
Rev Martyn Dunning said Anne’s grave is an important and popular site at St Mary’s Church. He said: “Her grave is very much visited. Lots of people very much enjoy visiting it and the church, they come from all over the world to see where Anne is buried.
“We have a Bronte corner in the church where we keep the words of Anne’s final poem. The space is a tangible link between the church and the grave.”

The Record reviews briefly the US release of Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights on DVD/Blu-ray.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (2012, Oscilloscope, R, $30) — Director Andrea Arnold, who brought so much energy and authenticity to "Fish Tank," stumbles with her adaptation of the Emily Brontë classic. Her mistakes are many and include casting novices in the roles of Heathcliff and Cathy, draining the drama of much of its dialogue, and employing cinematography so dark its hard to see what's going on. It's a great idea to bring a bit of dank atmosphere to this tale of passion on the moors but Arnold's "Wuthering Heights" is all atmosphere and not much else. Extras: featurettes. (Amy Longsdorf)

Le Télégramme (France) interviews costume designer Christian Gasc:

Quelles sont vos références pour «créer» un costume historique ? Les films de mon enfance m'inspirent, les livres et la peinture également. Parmi les auteurs qui nourrissent mon univers, Henry James, Edith Warthon, Stefan Zweig ou les soeurs Brontë. (Corentin Le Doujet) (Translation)

On USA Today's Happy Ever After, 'Sophie Moss explores the enduring appeal of romances'.

But these clandestine plots were forever altered with the phenomenon of companionship marriages introduced in 19th-century novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Instead of rapturous passions and betrayals, the 19th-century bourgeois romance is a story of the steady courtship and gradually developing love between the hero and heroine. These stories are more closely linked to our modern romances as they are tales of "falling in love." They almost always ended in a proposal of marriage, culminating in the promise of love and happiness in marriage.

Geek Exchange thinks there are at least '5 reasons anyone and everyone can enjoy free comic book day on May 4th'. One of which is:

A good shop owner will happily answer any questions you have without a defeated sigh.  If he wants your business, he’ll make the time to help you find something along the lines of Jane Eyre meets Vampire Diaries meets Patton Oswalt. (Doug Kline)

The Brontë Parsonage reports on Twitter that 'the house of Dr Amos Ingham, doctor to Patrick and Charlotte, is for sale'. If any Brontëite out there was wondering what to do with £450,000, they now have the answer. The Brontë Sisters links to Charlotte Brontë's birth chart. Daisy Dolls posts about pantaloons for  Jane Eyre the doll. GraphoMania shares the contents of page 69 of an Italian edition of Wuthering Heights. Summer Setting shares pictures from a trip to Haworth over 40 years ago. Bolo Books interviews author Joanna Campbell Slan.