The Herald does a roundup of recently-released books including This Dark Night: The Life of Emily Brontë, Deborah Lutz Bloomsbury, £20 This Dark Night: The Life of Emily Brontë (Image: Bloomsbury) The first comprehensive biography of Emily Brontë in over two decades, by an expert in Victorian literature. From its Proustian opening sentence, to her subject’s death bed at the age of 30, this is a captivating, feeling account of the most enigmatic of the Brontë family. By putting Emily and Wuthering Heights into a historical and political context and drawing closely on her writing, Deborah Lutz illuminates her intriguing personality and wildfire imagination. As Lutz tells us, it took Emily two years to write her masterpiece, and a further 100 for the world to begin to fathom it. That process continues with this biography. (Rosemary Goring)
MRC film chiefs Brye Adler and Jonathan Golfman mention Wuthering Heights 2026 in an interview for Variety. MRC has established itself as a champion of innovative filmmakers like Edgar Wright, Emerald Fennell and Chloe Domont. But the movies these auteurs deliver defy categorization and that presents its own challenges. “A lot of the movies we make don’t have a lot of obvious comps so they tend to be very difficult for the marketplace to properly evaluate,” admits Brye Adler, MRC’s co-president of film. “Something like ‘Wuthering Heights‘ is an R-rated period romantic drama, but describing it like that doesn’t reflect its potential to be distinctive, which is why it worked. Or you can’t put ‘Cruel Intentions’ and ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley in the same category, but that’s what ‘Saltburn’ is. The system does not compute what we make.” (Brent Lang)
A new production of Jordi Mand's Brontë: The World Without opens today, June 19, in Brockville, Eastern Ontario, Canada. Why a very ugly AI-created poster is used is beyond us.
Presented by Youth Opportunities for the Arts by Jordi Mand Fri Jun19, 700pn Sat June 20, 2pm Sun June 21, 2pm St. John's United Church & Brockville Arts Hub, 32 Park St, Brockville, ON K6V 1B3, Canada
Proudly presented by Youth Opportunities for the Arts, Jori Mand’s, Brontë: The World Without is a haunting, emotionally layered stage play that imagines the inner lives and shared creative spirit of the famous Brontë siblings—Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë—as they navigate grief, isolation, and the fierce need to create. Set within the confines of the Brontë family home on the Yorkshire moors, the play moves fluidly between reality and imagination. The sisters, along with their brother Branwell Brontë, conjure vivid fantasy worlds as both escape and expression—worlds that begin to blur with their lived experiences. Their stories and characters seep into their daily lives, reflecting their desires, frustrations, and unspoken fears. As illness and loss encroach, the siblings confront the fragility of their ambitions and the limits imposed on them by society and circumstance. The “world without” becomes a poignant metaphor—suggesting both the external world they long to explore and the internal worlds they risk losing. Through poetic dialogue and shifting timelines, the play explores themes of artistic legacy, sibling bonds, and the cost of imagination. It ultimately asks what remains when the creators are gone—and whether the worlds they built can outlive them.
Further information in Brockville Daily. An alert from the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton for today, June 19: Friday 19th June 2026, 6:30pm Brontë Birthplace Tearoom, 72-74 Market Street, Thornton, BD13 3HF
Step into the candlelit quiet of the Brontë Birthplace for an evening that blends creativity, history, and a touch of old-world intrigue. In this special Verse & Sip workshop, guests are invited into the intimate world of historic correspondence. Beginning with an introduction to letterlocking, a centuries-old practice of folding and securing letters before the use of envelopes, guests will discover how messages were once carefully constructed, protected, and imbued with meaning through folding techniques and wax seals. We’ll explore historic examples, including the method famously used by Mary, Queen of Scots for her final letter, before arriving at Victorian-era practices, such as those used by the Brontës.
Guests will then enjoy a hands‑on session of writing, folding, and sealing their own letters, guided in the very rooms where the Brontë siblings first opened their eyes to the world. The atmospheric setting of their birthplace adds a unique depth to the experience, inviting visitors to slow down, savour the moment, and rediscover the pleasure of written correspondence.
Verse & Sip is a celebration of slow correspondence, a space where creativity and connection meet. Through events, workshops, and a monthly snail mail club, we invite you to rediscover the beauty of sending and receiving meaningful post. Verse & Sip is open to individuals from all backgrounds. We are committed to fostering a supportive, inclusive, and welcoming environment where everyone feels encouraged to create and share. In a digital age, we believe there is still something powerful about paper and ink. We’re so glad you’re here to be part of it!
The Telegraph and Argus reports that the plans to build a giant windfarm on the moors at the heart of Brontë country have contrived to unite politicians from across the political divide against it. They all have their different reasons, but their responses, including some officially submitted to the statutory consultation organised by Calderdale Energy Park, are clear in their opposition to the proposals. Calderdale Energy Park plans to put 34 giant wind turbines on Walshaw Moor, which is located between Hebden Bridge and Haworth, the village associated with the Brontë sisters. [...] Keighley and Ilkley Conservative MP Robbie Moore has long opposed the proposals and has lodged a ten-page document with the consultation outlining his concerns. “To make it clear, I’m not against renewable energy and understand the important role it plays in our energy mix. “But I cannot simply stand by to see the construction of wind turbines being installed and constructed on protected peatland and on world-renowned heritage landscapes such as Walshaw Moor, which is the beating heart of Brontë country. “This scheme will have lasting effects on our community, our landscape and environment. “On paper, it sounds like a triumph for renewable energy, but in reality, it is anything but,” he said. Mr Moore said he did not relish the prospect of 34 200-metre high turbines – “roughly twice the height of Big Ben” – and said his objection latter raised “grave concerns.” “It harms our environment, our ecology, our wildlife and our bird population. “It harms our precious peatland, our peat bogs and its carbon storage potential, it harms our heritage, our landscape, and our communities and neighbours,” he said. Mr Moore has long-pressured fellow West Yorkshire and Lancashire MPs to come out in opposition to the proposals. After considering his response carefully, Calder Valley Labour MP Josh Fenton-Glynn, in whose constituency the project would be sited, has done. Mr Fenton-Glynn has always argued that the issues need careful consideration rather than immediate opposition, but says the science has led him to oppose Calderdale Energy Park in his response. “I continue to have concerns about the impact of the Calderdale Energy Park on peat. “I believe in net zero but I don’t think we get there by damaging carbon stores. “Peatland is our Amazon rainforest and we should follow the science and protect it. “That is why I have stated my opposition in response to the consultation,” he said on his social media pages. Hebden Bridge and Todmorden East councillors from different parties have also responded in the negative. Green Party and Labour politicians have been pressed for their view, and have now given it. Councillor Hannah Mickleburgh-Benn (Green, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden East) is opposing the proposals in her consultation response. “I remain – based on the most recent updated information provided by Calderdale Energy Park – strongly opposed to the Walshaw Moor wind farm proposal,” she said. This is because the provided literature does not provide information on key parts of the construction and decommission in order to form a complete opinion on the environmental and ecological effects, she said. In her response she asks dozens of questions of the company on a range of aspects of the proposal. These include concerns about the impact on peatland, challenging assertions that the wider region and this site in particular is among the best for siting wind power, questioning its operational capacity and predicted carbon savings, assessment of flood risk potential impacts, and questions about the proposed cabling arrangements. Coun Mickleburgh-Benn said in her consultation response: “Besides the implausibility of restoring a peat bog that’s been upearthed and in storage for up to 35 years, leaving turbine bases and roads on the site could have a legacy of negative impact for local ecology.” And Labour’s Coun Sarah Courtney has said: “I am aware that we absolutely need to be supporting sustainable energy production, and that it is important that we are not NIMBYs and embrace opportunities for our area to contribute to renewable electricity production. “However, having read information available, the scientific evidence in terms of water and peat, appears to indicate that this moor may not be the right site for these turbines.” Calderdale Council’s ruling Reform UK group have long been clear in their opposition to the scheme. “We will fight to scrap Net Zero, protect our countryside, and put local people before profiteers.” (John Greenwood)
Variety has interviewed The Other Bennet Sister star Ella Bruccoleri. Based on the book by Janice Hadlow, “The Other Bennet Sister” retells Jane Austen‘s “Pride and Prejudice” from the viewpoint of overlooked Mary. Surprisingly, Ella had never read the Austen novel before she landed the part. “It’s mad, isn’t it?’ she laughs. “But I’m from North Yorkshire and I just thought Jane Austen wasn’t a writer for me. She was more for posh southern people. I used to read loads of Brontë because that was the world I was from.” (Simon Button) China Daily features the 2026 Beijing International Book Fair. The fair also marks the debut of two new releases: I Hide Myself within My Flowers, a commemorative poetry collection published to mark the 140th anniversary of American poet Emily Dickinson's death, and a deluxe gilt-edged hardcover edition of Emily Bronte's classic novel Wuthering Heights. (Xing Wen) According to Express, the 1996 adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is ''better than' Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre'. An alert from the Brontë Parsonage Museum for today, June 18:
Thursday, 18 June
In-person, 2pm, Free with entry to the Museum and for residents in BD20, BD21 and BD22 Brontë Space at the Old School Room Online, 7:30pm
During her lifetime and through the subsequent years, Anne has been seen as the baby of the family, and her legacy has too often been overlooked and in the shadow of her siblings. However, her qualities are now increasingly appreciated by new generations of Brontë fans. This talk will explore those qualities and her courage to shine attention on often controversial subjects through her work, no matter the consequences to herself.
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