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Writing Jane Austen, by Elizabeth Aston – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 30 April 2010 | 14 Comments »

Stepping into the 21st-century, Elizabeth Aston’s new novel Writing Jane Austen offers a completely different vintage of Austen inspired paraliterature than her previous six books based on Pride and Prejudice characters and their families from the early 19th-century. Set in present day London, readers will immediately discover that Austen’s influence of three or four families [...]

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Masterpiece Mystery PBS 2010 Season Preview

Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged , , , , , on 29 April 2010 | 27 Comments »

The game is afoot as crime season begins again on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS this Sunday, May 2nd. The 2010 line-up offers the best in British mysteries presenting a great selection of super sleuths to feed any whodunit addict’s desire for murder and mayhem. Returning in new episodes will be Michael Kitchen in Foyle’s War, Julia McKenzie [...]

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The BBC Pride and Prejudice: It DOES Get Better Than This (+ a book giveaway)

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen Adaptations, Pride & Prejudice Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on 27 April 2010 | 52 Comments »

Please welcome author and admitted Jane Austen addict Laurie Viera Rigler who joins us today to chat about one of her favorite obsessions, P&P 95 and the paperback release of her book, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict.  (Don’t ya just luv the cover?) How many of us will resist buying the newly remastered [...]

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Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Net: Issue No 10

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 25 April 2010 | 5 Comments »

“All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 April 19-25, 2010 Hot News of the Week: Austenesque author Laurie Viera Rigler’s addiction to Jane Austen has inspired two best selling books: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Rude Awakenings [...]

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Winners announced in The Darcy Cousins Giveaway

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on 24 April 2010 | 3 Comments »

Congratulations go out to Katy and Lynne M. our lucky winners of one copy each of The Darcy Cousins, a new Austenesque novel by Monica Fairview. To claim your prize please email me at austenprose at verizon dot net with your full name and address by Friday, April 30, 2010. Shipment is within the continental US and Canada. Enjoy! [...]

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Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine May/June 2010 Preview

Posted in Jane Austen Merchandise, tagged , , , on 21 April 2010 | 4 Comments »

Hot off the presses is the May/June 2010 (No 45) edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the official magazine of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England and the ultimate Austen reading indulgence. Spotlighted in this issue is Bright Star, the 2009 movie based on the relationship of John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Here are the featured articles:  [...]

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