What’s happening this week in the Austen and Bronte universes:

• New research into Brontes and Duke – Keighley News
• 5 Classic Love Stories You Should Add To Your Reading List – Swirlster
• Why I’ve collected 15 copies (and counting) of ‘Wuthering Heights’ for my private library – Scroll.in
• The best love stories in literature – Today
• Books in brief: From ‘dissembling minx’ Jane Austen to jailed Markiewicz – The Irish Times
• 5 romance novels that are perfect for Valentine’s Day reading – AM New York
• 5 rom-coms to kindle — or rekindle — romance this weekend – USA Today
• The long and lovely history of the rom-com – The Daily Campus
• READER LETTER: ‘Winchester has enough Jane Austen tributes’ – Hampshire Chronicle
• Carnegie to celebrate 19th century author Jane Austen – Journal Review
• ITV reveals casting for Jane Austen’s Sanditon – Entertainment Focus
• Dancing to Jane Austen’s Beat – The New York Times
• The Physical Pleasures of Jane Austen’s Persuasion – JStor Daily
• ITV announces cast for adaptation of unfinished Jane Austen novel Sanditon – Housekeeping UK
• Kris Marshall lands role in ITV’s Jane Austen drama Sanditon two years on from Death in Paradise exit – Digital Spy
• ‘Reign’ Star Rose Williams & ‘Divergent’s Theo James To Front ITV & PBS’ Jane Austen Adaptation ‘Sanditon’ – Deadline
• Jane Austen News – Issue 153– Jane Austen Centre