Beryl Bainbridge Launches Brontë Weekend

A press release from the Brontë Parsonage Museum:

BERYL BAINBRIDGE LAUNCHES BRONTË WEEKEND

6 – 8 JUNE 2008


Dame Beryl Bainbridge, one of the nation’s most prolific authors, will be visiting Haworth on the afternoon of Friday 6 June 2008 to launch the Brontë Society’s annual weekend. Beryl Bainbridge will be reading from and discussing her work at the West Lane Baptist Centre at 3.30pm. Tickets cost £5.00 and will be available on the door.

An evening panel event on Saturday 7th June will see prominent authors Sally Beauman, Stevie Davies, Helen Dunmore and Toby Litt discussing Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights and how it has influenced their own writing. The event coincides with the Brontë Parsonage Museum’s special exhibition for 2008, No Coward Soul, which focuses on Emily Brontë. 8pm, Tickets cost £12.00 and should be booked in advance from jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk / 01535 640188.

Jane Eyre’s wardrobe is brought to life with the return of the popular History Wardrobe on Sunday 8th June at 3pm. Gillian Stapleton performs The Well Dressed Governess, using exquisite replica clothes and original items to examine Jane’s wardrobe in detail, following her fictional career from charity schoolgirl to governess then fairytale bride, and exploring just how close the sartorial links between Jane and her creator really were. Tickets cost £12 and can be booked from hedley.hickling@bronte.org.uk / 01535 640195

"Rich in historical detail and marvellously funny!" The Jane Austen Festival, Bath Theatre Royal

All events will take place at the West Lane Baptist Centre in Haworth.

“We have a great line up of events for this year’s Brontë weekend - from costume through to contemporary writers who’ll be discussing the influence the Brontës have had on their own work. Artists, writers and scholars travel to Haworth from around the world every year for the weekend so there is always a special atmosphere. We hope lots of people will join us to find out more about the Brontës and to hear these amazing writers in conversation”.

Jenna Holmes, Arts Officer, Brontë Parsonage Museum

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