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Chawton House Library Announces the Jane Austen Short Story Competition 2011

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , on 3 November 2010 | 5 Comments »

© Austenprose Take up your quill pens Austenesque writers and set your cap at the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2011 sponsored by the Chawton House Library in Alton, Hampshire. This contest celebrates the “life and work of Jane Austen by inspiring and encouraging new writers” and follows the very successful 2009 competition in honor [...]

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Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House, edited by Sarah Waters – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 17 October 2010 | 15 Comments »

In celebration of the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s arrival at Chawton in Hampshire, the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009 Competition was sponsored by the Jane Austen House Museum and Chawton House Library. Dancing with Mr. Darcy is a collection of winning entries from the competition. Comprising twenty stories inspired by Jane Austen and or [...]

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Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009 Winners Announced

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , on 30 July 2009 | 5 Comments »

The winners of the 2009 Jane Austen Short Story Award were announced by author and Chair of Judges Sarah Waters at Chawton House Library on Saturday July 18th during the New Directions in Austen Studies Conference. First prize of £1000 went to Victoria Owens with her winning entry Jane Austen over the Styx. Sarah Waters described the [...]

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Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Blogosphere

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 17 October 2008 | 3 Comments »

“All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Jane Austen around the blogosphere for the week of October 13th The movie The Duchess staring Keria Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005) opened in national release this last week and I am [...]

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