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Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Little Book’, written as a teenager, to come home to Haworth

Helena Fairfax13 Comments

I’m lucky to live only half an hour’s drive from the home of the Brontë sisters in Haworth, West Yorkshire, one of my favourite places in the world. (If you’re a Brontë fan, you might like to visit my post containing new photos of the parsonage, or my article on a writers’ workshop held at…… Continue reading Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Little Book’, written as a teenager, to come home to Haworth

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The Brontë sisters, Haworth and Jackie Kay

Helena Fairfax17 Comments

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a writers’ workshop at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth.  The workshop was run by the Scots poet Jackie Kay.  Jackie Kay is the writer in residence at the Parsonage (what a brilliant job that must be!)  She is also Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle Uni,…… Continue reading The Brontë sisters, Haworth and Jackie Kay