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The
best-loved book turned out to be Lord of the Rings but our very
own Brontë sisters, Charlotte
and Emily, both reached the top 21 with Charlotte's Jane Eyre just
scraping into the Top Ten by a whisker.
Bradford's
great man of letters, J.B. Priestley, did not get a mention. Perhaps
his books are no longer read.
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Tolkien in Oxford |
Thirty
years ago West Yorkshire writers like Stan (A Kind of Loving) Barstow
and John (Room at the Top) Braine would almost certainly have featured
on such a list.
We
believe
West Yorkshire is a hot-bed of good writing. Joolz Denby, Yunis
Alam, Sophie Hannah, David Peace and Robert Craig are amongst the
authors we have featured on this site, and we know we've only touched
the tip of the iceberg.
Tell
us which authors you think should be included in West Yorkshire's
very own Big Read by emailing us at:westyorkshire@bbc.co.uk
Many
of the most popular books are also great films and during 2004 we
will be asking you for your comments on film adaptations, good or
bad and starting with Girl with a Pearl Earing in February the National
Museum of Film, Photography and Television, in association with
Bradford Libraries, have a new regular strand of films based on
great books and lots of more. Watch out for further details!
West
Yorkshire Book Reviews and Writers
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