Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg – Bronte ImagiNations in graphic novel form

Now at the top of my reading list, the new Bronte juvenile ImagiNations in lively graphic novel form – Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115589/glass-town/9781787330832.html

There is more about the author here and sample pages on her website: https://www.isabelgreenberg.co.uk/glass-town

This book is all very useful and inspiring for my ongoing Bronte inspired ImagiNations game. I am currently about halfway through this pleasingly hefty full colour hardback graphic novel:

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/gaming-the-bronte-family-imaginations-of-glasstown-angria-gondal-and-gaaldine/

Blogposted by Mark Man of TIN, 23 March 2020

Save a Bronte Tiny Book!

As a big fan of the Bronte Imagi-Nations for my games table, I was interested to read about a campaign to save one of the Bronte tiny books designed in matchbox size for the toy soldiers that inspired their juvenile fictions:

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/gaming-the-bronte-family-imaginations-of-glasstown-angria-gondal-and-gaaldine/

You can read more about the Bronte Society Appeal / Bronte Parsonage Museum:

https://www.bronte.org.uk/support-us/donate/7/charlotte-brontes-little-book

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/actress-judi-dench-and-the-brontë-museum-call-on-public-to-help-fund-bid-for-miniature-manuscript-by-a-14-year-old-charlotte-bronte/

This how tiny these books really are!

Thanks to Hugh at the appropriately titled Small Scale World blog for flagging this up:

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/actress-judi-dench-and-the-brontë-museum-call-on-public-to-help-fund-bid-for-miniature-manuscript-by-a-14-year-old-charlotte-bronte/

So if you have a spare £650,000 …

P.S. Me and the tiny tin men had a quick whipround and sent them an appropriately tiny amount …

Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN 26 October 2019