How they illuminate passion!

Keighley News reminds us of an upcoming Haworth & Yorkshire Creatives event at The Old School Room:

We are very excited to announce this new arts and crafts workshop programme," said a spokesperson.

"It is a creative platform for local talent – artists, designers, makers and crafters; a perfect opportunity for stallholders to host sessions at pop-up workshops and enjoy an interactive experience surrounded by like-minded individuals."

The first event in the series takes place at the Old School Room on Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free. (...)

In addition to the workshops, the venue will host the monthly makers' market featuring items for sale including landscape and abstract art, metal signs, wooden bird boxes, hand-stitched crafts, plant terrariums, signed books and Bronte-inspired goods. (...)

Further events are planned on May 4 and 5, June 8 and 9, October 12 and 13, and November 9 and 10. (Alistair Shand)

The Washington Post reviews Everywhere the Undrowned: A Memoir of Survival and Imagination by Stephanie Clare Smith:

That Smith survived that summer in New Orleans is remarkable. That she found the drive, space and courage to turn that experience into this book is what makes “Everywhere the Undrowned” not only a compelling memoir but a work of literature, the kind she was reading that horrible summer. She recalls staying up late to read Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre”: “One morning, I found a dent on my cheek from where her bound corner slept into me all night.” Describing how Jane survived, because of “her resilient heart cave,” Smith is also describing herself. (University of North Carolina Press, $20) (Jessica Ferri)

iNews reviews Carol Atherton's Reading Lessons: 

Each chapter in Reading Lessons is shaped round a different work of literature (or two in the case of Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea). The authors covered range from Charles Dickens to Jeanette Winterson to Maya Angelou; from Shakespeare to Malorie Blackman. We learn how Atherton first came to the book and reacted to it, and then how she teaches it, and what her pupils thought. It is one of those structures that is so simple and so clear that you think it must have been done before, but Reading Lessons is original and clever and at times very moving. (Moira Redmond) 

The Atlantic rescues an article of E.M. Forster from 1925 where he says:

The instincts of Emily Brontë — how they illuminate passion! 

Times Now News lists characters from literature we wish were real:

Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 

Jane Eyre's journey from a difficult childhood to becoming an independent and strong-willed woman in Charlotte Brontë's novel is a powerful narrative of self-respect, morality, and love. Overcoming adversity and asserting her values in a rigid society, Jane's story inspires readers to remain true to themselves while navigating life's challenges.

The Times explores the best shows in Paramount+, including the reboot of Frasier:

Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier’s old friend Alan, Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David and Toks Olagundoye as Roz analogue Olivia promise to become more than makeweight substitutes for the original cast, while jokes about Oedipus and the Brontë sisters prove there’s been no shedding of wit. (Tim Glanfield & Joe Clay)

The New York Times explores the titles of books:

 This kind of appropriation seems to be a relatively modern phenomenon. Before the turn of the 20th century titles were more descriptive than allusive. The books themselves may have been stuffed with learning, but the words on the covers were largely content to give the prospective reader the who (“Pamela,” “Robinson Crusoe,” “Frankenstein”), where (“Wuthering Heights,” “The Mill on the Floss,” “Treasure Island”) or what (“The Scarlet Letter,” “War and Peace,” “The Way We Live Now”) of the book. (A.O. Scott)

Brownwood News announces that:

 The Brownwood High School (BHS) Theatre program is thrilled to announce that the Lion Varsity Players and their One-Act Play (OAP) had an exceptional day at the UIL Bi-District contest on Wednesday. The BHS OAP “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Robert Johanson, has advanced out of the Bi-District round and is headed to the Area Contest. 

Today includes a quote by Anne Brontë in a list of motival quotes for Thursdays. On today's  USA Today's crossword appears Eyre.