Please join me and fourteen other Jane Austen bloggers and Austenesque authors next Thursday, December 16, 2010 for a celebratory blog tour, Happy Birthday Jane. Yes. Our dear Jane Austen will be 235 year old! Born on a bitterly cold day on the 16th December 1775 at Steventon Rectory near Alton in Hampshire, England, she would later go on to write six major novels that are considered literary masterpieces and the delight of many readers.
Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club and Fly High blogs is sponsoring the event, which should prove to be a fitting tribute to our favorite author. There will be posts at each of the blogs in celebration and giveaway prizes. Here is the list of the Happy Birthday Jane blog tour:
- Adriana Zardini at Jane Austen Sociedad do Brasil
- Laurel Ann at Austenprose – A Jane Austen Blog
- Vic Sanborn at Jane Austen’s World
- Katherine Cox at November’s Autumn
- Karen Wasylowski at Karen Wasylowski Blog
- Laurie Viera Rigler at Jane Austen Addict Blog
- Lynn Shepherd at her Lynn Shepherd Blog
- Jane Greensmith at Reading, Writing, Working, Playing
- Jane Odiwe at Jane Austen Sequels Blog
- Alexa Adams at First Impressions Blog
- Regina Jeffers at her Regina Jeffers Blog
- Cindy Jones at First Draft Blog
- Janet Mullany at Risky Regencies Blog
- Maria Grazia at My Jane Austen Book Club Blog
- Meredith at Austenesque Reviews
Visit each of the blogs on the tour and discover Happy Birthday posts and tributes to Jane Austen on December 16th displaying the lovely Happy Birthday Jane graphic created by Adriana Zardini (JASBRA) just for the occasion. If you leave a comment at any or all of the blogs you will enter a chance to win one of the wonderful gifts we are being giving away:
Books – (1 signed copy):
- Willoughby’s Return, by Jane Odiwe
- Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
- Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
- Murder at Mansfield Park, by Lynn Shepherd
- Intimations of Austen, by Jane Greensmith
- Darcy’s Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through His Eyes, by Regina Jeffers
- First Impressions. A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice, by Alexa Adams
- Jane and the Damned, by Janet Mullany
- Bespelling Jane Austen, by Janet Mullany
Other gifts:
- Austen bag offered by Karen Wasylowski
- DVD of Pride & Prejudice 2005 offered by Regina Jeffers
- One package of Bingley’s Tea. (flavor “Marianne’s Wild Abandon” ) offered by Cindy Jones
- DVD of Jane Austen in Manhattan offered by Maria Grazia
- Three issues of Jane Austen Regency World offered by Maria Grazia
The giveaway contest ends on December 22nd, 2010. Winners will be announced on the My Jane Austen Book Club Blog on December 23rd.
Let the celebration begin. Happy Birthday, dear Jane!
Cheers,
Laurel Ann
© 2010 Laurel Ann Nattress, Austenprose
Fun!! The tour looks amazing — as do the prizes! Can’t wait to celebrate!
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I’d love to tour the blogs. Just asking whether we have to do this on the 16th December only?
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No, you can visit and leave comments up until December 23rd, 2010 to qualify for the giveaways. Thanks for asking. LA
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It’ll be great to celebrate Jane Austen’s B-day together. You are all invited, the more the merrier! Thanks, Laurel Ann, for joining.
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Happy birthday, Auntie Jane!
I’m currently finishing the annotated edition of your P&P, edited by Patricia Spacks, and I’m thrilled to gain new insights into this delightful work of yours.
Your books are gifts that keep on giving… so thank you.
And thanks for all the lovely ladies that share this joy with me! =)
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Hi Laurel Ann, thanks for joining us!
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Oh, I would love to join the birthday blog tour as well!
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This sounds great-looking forward to Jane’s birthday with even more delight than before!
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Hi all
Looking forward to the blog tour.
If any one would like to join a three day Jane Austen tour of England in 2011 please see http://www.tours-international.co.uk/Jane+Austen+Tour.
Regards
Aaron
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Happy birthday Jane!!!
This a happy day for all your fans!
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Jane is my all time favourite author and it’s so wonderful to see how much her books are still loved even 235 years after she was born.
Had to enter the competition – what a FABULOUS set of prizes!
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Where are the free sourcebook links? Please advise. Thanks!
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Happy birthday, dearest Jane!
I cannot commend you enough on your blog; keep up the good work!
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