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The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration at My Jane Austen Book Club Concludes

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , on 27 December 2011 | 4 Comments »

For those following the Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration at My Jane Austen Book Club, featuring monthly contributions by Austen bloggers and authors through the year in honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense and Sensibility, I had the honor of the final post, Marianne Dashwood: A Passion for Dead Leaves and [...]

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The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen Airs in the UK

Posted in Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , on 24 December 2011 | 7 Comments »

Historian and television celebrity Amanda Vickery’s documentary on the fandom of Jane Austen aired in the UK yesterday on BBC. The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen contains Vickery’s observations on Austen’s fame with interviews of scholars and fans. To mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility, [...]

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Winners Announced in the Jane Austen Birthday Soiree Giveaway!

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , on 22 December 2011 | 14 Comments »

118 of you left comments in the Jane Austen Birthday Soiree qualifying you for a chance to win an assortment of Jane Austen, and Austen-inspired books and note cards. The winners drawn at random are: Jane Austen Made Me Do It, edited by Laurel Ann Nattress (signed) – KatrinaKate who left a comment on December [...]

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Beach Blanket Northanger Abbey

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , on 20 December 2011 | 6 Comments »

We loved the cover of Marvel Comics Northanger Abbey #1. Catherine Morland looks intense and Gothic. Northanger Abbey #2 was just released on December 14th, 2011. We are a bit puzzled by the artists new direction. Our first impression was that Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland had morphed into Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello from [...]

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Austenprose’s Jane Austen Birthday Soiree – December 16, 2011 – with tons of Giveaways!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen Quotes, Jane Austen's Letters, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 16 December 2011 | 120 Comments »

HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY JANE AUSTEN! Welcome to our contribution to the Austen’s Birthday Soiree! We are participating in the Austen’s Birthday Soiree, hosted by Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn & Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club. The daylong blog hop will feature a post in celebration of Jane Austen, her life, her novels [...]

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Holiday Austen Potpourri

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen Merchandise, JASNA, tagged , , , , , , on 15 December 2011 | 18 Comments »

I am so behind in blogging, so here are the whirlwind highlights of what I have been doing at Woodston Cottage and in California these past two weeks… My Trip to California I left my snug cottage in Snohomish and flew to Los Angeles for a quick Jane Austen-inspired long weekend. On Friday, author Syrie [...]

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Mr. Darcy, er, Colin Firth waxwork unveiled…

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , on 14 December 2011 | 10 Comments »

Okay, this requires no explanation! Follow this link to watch the video at The Telegraph online!

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Join the Birthday Soiree for Jane Austen on December 16, 2011

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , on 13 December 2011 | 31 Comments »

Yes. Jane Austen is 236 years old this Friday! Thirty one Austen bloggers, authors and literature enthusiasts are joining forces for an Austen Birthday Soiree. Organized by Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn & Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club, the daylong blog hop will feature a post in celebration of Jane Austen, her [...]

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