Forthcoming Events
Monday 10th July
Ways With Words Festival of Words and Ideas at Dartington, Devon
‘Demolishing the Myth of the Brontës’
Venue: 10am in The Great Hall, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EE.
Tickets: £10, available by telephone 01803 867373, online at www.wayswithwords.co.uk or in person during the festival from the Box Office at Dartington Hall
Saturday 20th August
Edinburgh International Book Festival
‘The Brontës in their own Voices’
Venue: 4pm in the Garden Theatre, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Sunday 21st August
Edinburgh International Book Festival
‘Reading Workshop: Juliet Barker on Jane Eyre’
Venue: 11am in the Writers’ Retreat, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Monday 26th September
Richmond Walking and Book Festival, Richmond, North Yorkshire
'Celebrating Charlotte Brontë'.
Venue: 7.30pm in Richmond School Sixth Form Centre, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, DL10 4BQ
Tickets: £8 available online at www.booksandboots.org or by post or in person from Festival Box Office: Castle Hill Bookshop, 1 Castle Hill, Richmond DL10 4QP
Wednesday 5th October
Warwick Words History Festival
Guest Speaker at the Launch of Warwick Words History Festival 2016
Venue: 7.30pm in The Great Hall, Warwick Castle, Warwick, CV34 4QU
Tickets: Invitation Only
Thursday 6th October
Warwick Words History Festival
‘Celebrating Charlotte Brontë’
Venue: 10.30am at the Lord Leycester Hospital, 60 High Street, Warwick, CV34 4BH
Tickets: TBA – on sale from July – Available by phone: 01926 33 44 18, in person from The Festival Box Office at the Royal Leamington Spa Town Hall Box Office, The Parade, CV32 4AT (opening hours Monday 10.00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am – 2.00pm) and online www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre following link to tickets
Confirmed dates for the diary … (details later)
Monday 3rd October: A Brontë Evening as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Brontë Season, 7pm at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UP
Friday 7th October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, 2.15pm at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2016, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Sunday 9th October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, 1pm at the Borderlines Book Festival, Carlisle, Cumbria
Tuesday 11th October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, 7.30pm at the Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Friday 14th –Sunday 16th October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, date, venue and time TBA, Isle of Wight Literary Festival, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Friday 21st October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, venue and time TBA, Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Saturday 29th October: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, venue and time TBA, The Irish Section of the Brontë Society, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Saturday 5th November: ‘”A Right Understanding” of Charlotte Brontë’, 11am-2.30pm, Brontë Society Annual Literary Lunch, Midland Hotel, Bradford
Saturday 19th November: ‘Fact or Fiction? Mrs Gaskell and her “Life of Charlotte Brontë”’, 3.30pm at the BBC History Weekend in York, York Museum and Hospitium, York
Sunday 20th November: ‘Charlotte Brontë’, venue and time TBA, Maryport LitFest, Maryport, Cumbria Thursday 24th November: ‘England, Arise’, venue and time TBA, London History Festival