Home from the Netherlands

Publishers Weekly, The Contrarian and many other sites are reporting the huge number of books banned across 114 U.S. school districts, but only the US edition of The Mirror makes the connection: 'China makes Jane Eyre mandatory reading to teach teenagers about love - as Trump's US bans it', even if it doesn't really delve into it beyond the headline.

The Telegraph and Argus features today's event at the Old School Room in Haworth: Bringing the Brontës Home with David McKay.

David McKay will speak at the Brontë Parsonage Museum on Wednesday, October 7, as part of an event exploring the translation of The Song of Stork and Dromedary, an award-winning novel by Dutch author Anjet Daanje.

The event 'Bringing the Brontës Home with David McKay' will take place at 6pm in the Brontë Event Space in the Old School Room. [...]

The novel, widely acclaimed in the Netherlands and described by some critics as "the best Dutch novel of the century," is inspired by the life and legacy of Emily Brontë.

It follows Eliza May Drayden, a fictionalised version of Emily Brontë, whose controversial novel Haeger Mass is initially condemned as immoral before being recognised as a masterpiece.

Told through 11 interconnected chapters, the story unfolds through letters, notebooks, biographies and the accounts of individuals whose lives intersect with Drayden’s across generations.

The novel explores themes of love, loss, memory and storytelling, arguing that stories can preserve human experience long after death.

Much of the narrative takes place in Bridge Fowling, a fictional stand-in for Haworth, placing the Brontë sisters’ world at the heart of the story. (Amelia Short)

YorkshireLive boasts of Yorkshire having 'UK's prettiest town full of independent shops - no chain store in sight', ie. Haworth. TV Line features Wuthering Heights 2009.