It’s me, it’s Cathy!

Essie Fox and Jess Kidd, chaired by Amanda Mason Passion. Revenge. Ghosts. Windswept moors. Few novels have cast a spell quite like Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë's masterpiece has inspired generations of readers, artists and filmmakers, from Kate Bush's unforgettable anthem to countless screen adaptations. Now acclaimed novelist Essie Fox dares to revisit one of literature's most enigmatic heroines in Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights, giving Cathy Earnshaw the chance to tell her own story and reclaim her voice. Joining her is bestselling author Jess Kidd, whose haunting new novel Little Spark blends gothic mystery with Victorian invention. Set in a shadowy house where brilliant minds are attempting to create lifelike automata, it follows a young girl with extraordinary electrical powers through a world of dark secrets, strange science and supernatural wonder. Who better than Whitby own’s Amanda Mason, acclaimed for her atmospheric supernatural fiction, to chair the event - exploring the enduring appeal of gothic fiction, doomed love, restless spirits and the irresistible pull of the uncanny. A richly imagined celebration of gothic fiction at its finest.