Gothic Feast and Reappraisal in Haworth

A couple of Haworth Festival alerts for tomorrow, July 18:

A Gothic Feast with Dr Alessandra Pino

Sat 18 Jul, 2:00pm

Brontë Event Space at the Old School Room, Haworth

Join us for a deliciously gothic event with Dr Alessandra Pino, co-author of A Gothic Cookbook. Alessandra’s book digs into food themes and motifs in a series of classic and contemporary novels from the 19th century to the present day. We will be looking into how gothic food manifests into the Brontës novels, what it might mean and how some of the adaptations portray food.

Alessandra is an expert on the intersections of the Gothic, food, and cultural memory. She worked with a Michelin-starred chef for nearly ten years before moving to academia, researching and publishing on food, cultural memory, the supernatural and the Gothic.

Emily Brontë Reappraised with Claire O'Callaghan and Michael Stewart

Sat Jul 18th 4:00pm - 5:00pm

The Old School Room

Join Dr Claire O’Callaghan & Dr Michael Stewart as they dismantle the myths that have long obscured Emily Brontë’s life and art, revealing a bold, passionate, and politically attuned writer whose work still resonates today. Rediscover Emily Brontë for our times.

Emily Brontë is one of our best-known writers, but also one of the most enigmatic. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, has been adapted across all media forms. The latest film adaptation, directed by Emerald Fennell, and starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, is yet another interpretation.

Dr Claire O’Callaghan’s Emily Brontë Reappraised brings new insight into how we read and remember one of literature’s most enigmatic writers. It has just been re-published in a new expanded form. Dr Michael Stewart is the multi-award-winning author of nine books, including, Walking the Invisible: Following in the Footsteps of the Brontës, and Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff. He is also the curator of the Brontë Stones and the director of the Brontë Writing Centre.