Twilight-style Wuthering Heights Book

Saw this at Tesco tonight. Wuthering Heights being marketed to teens on the basis that their fave fictional characters like the book.

The red seal/sticker/stamp reads “Bella & Edward’s Favourite Book” and the cover design is similar to the Twilight series covers.

Marketing reading as sexy is good. Ugly visions of cynical marketers trying to make a few bucks off the back catalog also maybe not bad if it allows them to keep publishing in tough economic times.

I have one question – Is this actually working?

Buy it on amazon.co.uk if you want it to match your set of Twilight books from here »

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Finally finished uploading pictures to flickr of Dockfest. The full set is available here »

Photos include a reenactment of the Hartlepool Monkey Hanging Legend (Read more: 1, 2, 3).

Some of my favorites are below:

Hartlepool Dockfest - Natural England

Hartlepool Dockfest - Monkey Legend

Kev fave - Hartlepool Dockfest - Break Static - Turbo Jones

Hartlepool Dockfest - Break Static - Turbo Jones
I want to be the woman in the flowered skirt when I grow up.

Hartlepool Dockfest - The Lightning Seeds - Ian Broudie

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Just got back from opera – The Barber of Seville broadcast live from the Royal Opera House onto the big screen in Middlesbrough. Joyce DiDonato who plays the female lead did so in a wheelchair and was amazing!

Joyce DiDonato in The Barber of Seville on the Big Screen in Middlesbrough

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