2016 sees the start of five years of Brontë 200th anniversary celebrations, marking the births of the sisters and Branwell, with a further year in honour of their father, Patrick Brontë. With the Brontë Society and the Parsonage at the heart of the celebrations, TSOTA’s Mike Farren caught up with Operations and Development Manager, Matthew Withey, to find out what’s in store for admirers of Yorkshire’s greatest literary family.
TSOTA: What was behind the decision to spread the Brontë 200 celebrations over 5 years?
MW: Charlotte’s bicentenary is this year, but the Brontës managed to get themselves born in consecutive years. We have Branwell’s bicentenary next year, followed by Emily’s. The year after that, we have a fallow year, and we’re going to use that to celebrate Patrick, the father, then we round it all off with a celebration for Anne in 2020.
Read all: thestateofthearts
TSOTA: What was behind the decision to spread the Brontë 200 celebrations over 5 years?
MW: Charlotte’s bicentenary is this year, but the Brontës managed to get themselves born in consecutive years. We have Branwell’s bicentenary next year, followed by Emily’s. The year after that, we have a fallow year, and we’re going to use that to celebrate Patrick, the father, then we round it all off with a celebration for Anne in 2020.
Read all: thestateofthearts
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