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Understanding Emily Brontë

In this episode, explore what makes arguably the most enigmatic of Haworth’s famous literary siblings, Emily Brontë, such an attractive subject for filmmakers and biographers.

About the Authors

Dr Claire O’Callaghan

Dr Claire O’Callaghan

Dr Claire O’Callaghan is a Lecturer in English at Loughborough University. She is the author of Emily Brontë Reappraised (2018) and has published widely on the Brontës lives and works. Claire is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brontë Studies, the journal of the Brontë Society.

MICHAEL STEWART

Dr Michael Stewart

Dr Michael Stewart’s debut novel, King Crow, was the winner of the Guardian’s Not-the-Booker Award and has been selected as a recommended read for World Book Night. Other books include Couples (poetry); Café Assassin (novel); Mr Jolly; Four Letter Words (short fiction); The Dogs (poetry); Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff (novel); Walking the Invisible: following in the Brontës’ Footsteps (hybrid memoir).
He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project, four monumental stones situated in the landscape between the birthplace and the parsonage, inscribed with poems by Kate Bush, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeannette Winterson and Jackie Kay, which he delivered in collaboration with Bradford Literature Festival.