What’s happening this week in the Janeite and Bronteite universes:

• Happy 202nd birthday to Charlotte Brontë: The author of Jane Eyre – Devdiscourse
• Unthanks to play Bronte song cycle – Keighley News
• A Walk around the Home of Emily Brontë – The Daily Star
• The truth about the Brontes’ beloved aunt – Keighley News
• The Unthanks: ‘We’re known for not shying away from dark material but we’ve been completely out-darkened by Emily Brontë’ – Yorkshire Evening Post
• The Emily Brontë Song Cycle: wandering in the wuthering heights – The Guardian
• Last chance to see legacy of Emily Bronte’s 200th year – Keigley News
• Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics – The New York Times
• Winchester Cathedral unveils Jane Austen statue plan – Hampshire Chronicle
• David Baddiel on the genius of Jane Austen – The London Times (paywall)
• Insights From ‘Persuasion,’ Jane Austen’s Last Novel – The Epoch Times
• Daughter of the house: Cassandra Hill, Jane Austen’s Irish great-niece – The Irish Times
• Jane Austen’s pride and prejudice and the East India Company connection – Samaa
• Reading Jane Austen as a teenager taught me to make my own choices, no matter what society told me to do – HelloGiggles
• Jane Austen, Identity Thief – National Review
• Persuasions Vol 39, No 1 – The Jane Austen Journal On-line
• Issue #48: Presenting our newest Ambassador! – Pride & Possibilities