BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Have you a gap in your summer schedule? Peak Experience has launched a Jane Eyre Hathersage Trail . Follow the footsteps of Charlotte Bronte who visited Hathersage and was inspired by its places and people to write Jane Eyre. You can download and print this PDF self-guided trail to explore the places that found their way into Charlotte's novel. You can also recreate the famous scene from the Pride...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
We present today a poetry chapbook by Rita María Martínez quite inspired by Jane Eyre: Jane-in-the-box : March Street Press is proud to announce the publication of Rita María Martínez ’s First Chapbook Of Poetry, Jane-in-the-box Rita Maria Martinez ’s first poetry chapbook, Jane-in-the-Box , has just been released by March Street Press. In Jane-in-Box , the literary Jane Eyre is updated and unleashed...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The Globe and Mail reviews The Prairie Bridesmaid by Daria Salomon: This subversive ChickLit title raises some intriguing questions about marriage, friendship, commitment and the modern gal's perpetual quest for independence. Domestic novels are often overlooked due to their sole focus on cloying topics like relationships, shopping and girlfriends. The cutesy pink covers don't help, either. Yet there's...
Semicolon (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
I’ve decided that on Mondays I’m going to revisit the books I read for a course in college called Advanced Reading Survey, taught by the eminent scholar and lovable professor, Dr. Huff. I’m not going to re-read all the books and poems I read for that course, probably more than fifty, but I am going [...]
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Reuters reports that Thomas Jane has landed the lead role in HBO’s dark comedy pilot Hung. The story focuses on Ray (Jane), a well-endowed struggling middle-age high-school basketball coach who figures out a way to use his best asset. The pilot is being directed by Alexander Payne who is also executive producing the series if [...]
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
With some delay, we report the auction of a first edition of Jane Eyre some weeks ago. Lot 94 Bell (Currer) Jane Eyre, 1847, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles present but bound without adverts, 19th century half calf, marbled boards and edges From AuctionPublicity : On Wednesday the 25th June, Yorkshire auctioneers Tennants , brushed away current economic fears with its most successful ever book...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Polly Teale's Jane Eyre is opens today, July 16, in Wellington, New Zealand. These are the details: Stagecraft: a non-profit theatre society in Wellington, New Zealand Jane Eyre Gryphon Theatre, 22 Ghuznee Street Dates and times: Wednesday 16 July 2008 to Saturday 19 July at 8 pm, Sunday 20 July at 4 pm, Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 July at 6.30 pm, Thursday 24 to Saturday 26 July at 8 pm Cast: * Mr...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Let's begin with news for the Brazilian fans of Gordon and Caird's Jane Eyre musical. It looks like it will be premiered in 2009 in São Paulo. Enteatro posts some details. Saulo Vasconcelos translates the lyrics and plays Rochester and Sara Sarres plays Jane Eyre: No Brasil, será trazido por Saulo Vasconcelos (de “O Fantasma da Ópera”) e Sara Sarres (de “West Side Story”), que compraram os direitos...
Semicolon (Free subscription) | yesterday
I can’t remember where I copied this list. I really like book lists, don’t you? 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you love. 4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school and [...]
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
More editions of Brontë novels: Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte ISBN: 9781604594119 ISBN: 160459411X Paperback Wilder Publications , Limited June 2008 An Indian adaptation for children of Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte ISBN 812191566X Publication date 30 Jun 2008 ISBN13 9788121915663 Pages 152 Publisher Chand (S.) & Co Ltd ,India Published in New Delhi Imprint Chand (S.) & Co Ltd ,India Academic...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | yesterday
No, this isn't an indie sequel to Threesome. "SNL" Alum Jimmy Fallon and "Arrested Development's" Alia Shawkat want in on the roller derby flick, Whip It!. /Film is reporting that the former Weekly Update funnyman will be playing Hot Tub Johnny, a drunken announcer who heckles the roller derby racers. Sounds ...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The Anniston Star reviews Jane Eyre: When I was about 10, my family and I sat down together to watch a television movie. It was Jane Eyre starring George C. Scott as the brooding Mr. Rochester. I was hooked; I loved Mr. Rochester, I loved Jane, I loved the moving score by John Williams. Later, I pulled my mother's school copy of the novel from the bookshelf and started reading. My 10-year-old self...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
An alert from Salem, Oregon. From The Salem News : The Theatre of Light's Student Theatre Ensemble, a community children's theater, will present "Broadway in Salem" with songs and scenes from favorites including "West Side Story," "Beauty and the Beast," "Narnia," and "Jane Eyre," 3 p.m. matinee, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, St. Peter Street, Salem. Dinner Theater at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m.,...
Dear Author.Com (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
A while back we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book — a DVD set called “The Romance Collection: Special Edition.” The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, usually retails for $99.95 but is currently on sale for $59.97, and contains nearly 30 [...]
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reviews (very) briefly Wide Sargasso Sea 2006 DVD : Less sensational than the 1993 film version, "Sea" manages to be sensual and harrowing as Antoinette descends into madness. You'll never guess what is mentioned in a new review of the Arena Stage's performances of The Mystery of Irma Vep : The three men [Patrick Noonan, Brad dePlanche and John Helsinger], describe the...
