BySA Jones

SA Jones is the author of the novel Red Dress Walking and a widely published essayist and commentator. She holds a PhD in History and was recently named one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence.

  1. Wuthering Heights changed everything. Without it, my life would be very different. I first read Wuthering Heights when I was fifteen. The book was assigned in English Literature and I had a deep curiosity to read it. There was something about the word ‘Wuthering’ that intrigued me. I loved how it made storm and tumult incarnate; a so much more evocative word than merely ‘stormy’ or ‘wild’. I also knew that Emily Brontë was…

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