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Archive for June, 2011

In 2007 bestselling young adult novelist Shannon Hale ventured into adult fiction and brought us the enchanting Austenland – a trip to a fantasy vacation resort in England with a Regency theme. The heroine Jane Hayes gets a chance to live her “secret addiction to the 1995 A&E television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and [...]

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Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict There are many reasons why books published well over a hundred years ago are still relevant and well loved today.  One of these reasons is that as a reader you become so invested in the lives of the characters that you can’t help but [...]

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Austenalia panelist, left to right: Diana Birchall, Syrie James, Laurie Viera Rigler and Karen Joy Fowler Last February, (on a whim, because that is the only way to live, right?), I flew from Seattle to Los Angeles to attend an Austen-inspired event that I just could not pass up. Authors Syrie James, Laurie Viera Rigler [...]

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In the winter of 1807, we find Jane Austen in the seaport of Southampton living in hired lodgings while her brother Francis Austen’s new residence is made ready for them at Castle Square. The Austen women (Jane, sister Cassandra, their widowed mother and a dear family friend Martha Lloyd), will all be residing together under [...]

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Another Jane Austen related item up for auction in London. We may never know if this watercolor portrait is of Jane Austen – but my Marianne-ish sensibilities want it to be so. Christie’s Sale 8021:  Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts 8 June 2011 London, King Street  [Jane Austen? by James Stanier Clarke] James Stanier Clarke’s [...]

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The ‘Jane in June‘ extravaganza is under way at Book Rat. The whole month has been dedicated to Jane Austen. Many Janeites will be contributing book & movie reviews, special blogs in honor of our favorite author and an incredible amount of swag (giveaways). My contribution, ‘Jane Austen Inspired Miniatures,’ has been posted by the [...]

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Please join us today in welcoming Austenesque author Belinda Roberts for the official launch of her book blog tour of Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard: A Tale of Tide & Prejudice, a new Pride and Prejudice contemporary retelling that was released on June 1, 2011 by Sourcebooks. Salcombe is a lively, fashionable seaside town on the [...]

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