“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 of a Jane Austen Addict. Now she can add an original comedy web series on Babelgum.com to her Janeite accolades. Read all about Sex and the Austen Girl on her blog and tune in next month for the first episode! Congrats Laurie. Brava!
Noteworthy:
Brooding Brontës replace Jane Austen as the bonnet drama remakes of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights return to the BBC and Film4 in the UK next season. Jane considered too tame and the Brontës are right for the times!
Interview of Austenesque author Amanda Grange (Mr. Darcy’s Diary, et all) at Dark Angel Review & Writing Blog about her experience getting published for the first time.
The Republic of Pemberley continues its group read of Pride and Prejudice through May 23rd, 2010
Great deal on bargain priced editions of Amanda Grange’s Austen Heroes Series at Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com
Get local with Jane — news from AustenBlog on local Austen events
Julie at Austenonly discusses the new quilt exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and ties in Jane Austen and her famous quilt that reside at Chawton Cottage.
Interview of Skylar Hamilton Burris, Austenesque author of Conviction at Austenesque Reviews
Jane Austen’s World discusses activitist Caroline Norton and a Woman’s Legal Rights in the 19th-century
JASNA members watch for the spring issue of JASNA News in your mailbox this week. News on the Annual General Meeting in Portland in October, a great book review by Diana Birchall of The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet and part three of Jane Goes Digital by Mags of AustenBlog
Entertainment:
Just for fun: video mashup of Iron Man vs. Bridget Jones!
Inside news on the new indie movie Pride and Prejudice (2010) currently being filmed in Colorado at Pride and Prejudice 2005 Blog
Anil Kapoor’s Aisha the new Bollywood modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma starring his daughter Sonam Kapoor in the title role is set for an August 6th, 2010 release in India
Announcements:
Preview of Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine’s May/June 2010 issue
Austenesque author Beth Pattillo’s new book The Dashwood Sisters Tell All: A Novel with Sense and Sensibility
GirleBooks announces a new print edition of The Sylph, by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire with foreword by Heather Carrol of The Duchess of Devonshire’s Gossip Gude to the 18th-century. Join the group read of The Sylph that begins on May 1st.
The paperback edition of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler goes on sale on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 just in time for summer beach reading.
The restored & remastered DVD edition of Pride and Prejudice 1995 goes on sale on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010. Huzzah! Now we can see the dripping Darcy emerging from the pond with more clarity and finer detail then every before!
Check out the new cover of Bespelling Jane Austen a new Austen inspired paranormal novel featuring four novellas from authors Mary Balogh, Janet Mullany, Susan Krinard, and Colleen Gleason. Very classy!
Book/Movie Reviews:
- The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe at Reading, Writing, Working Playing
- A Walk with Jane Austen, by Lori Smith at Semicolon
- Janes’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World, by Claire Harman at Isak
- Really Angelic, by Enid Wilson at Austenesque Reviews
- Bride and Prejudice movie review, by Michelle Pannecoucke at Suite 101
- Pride and Prejudice 1995 Restored Editon movie review at DVD Corner Blog
Until next week, happy Jane sighting
Austenprose 
Could have sworn that I just watched two very recent BBC versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights that came out in the last 5 years? I guess that’s enough time to warrant new versions.
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The actress who is to portrary Elizabeth Bennet looks perfect for the role. She’s absolutely lovely, and the actor who is to play Mr. Darcy has a satirical look and a firm jaw. Based on their promo shots, they look the parts.
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Thank you for the tattler bit! Once again, I am so please you’ll be joining in!
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I got my JASNA newsletter and haven’t opened it yet–thanks for the preview. Now I can’t wait to read the review of Independence of Mary Bennet, truly one of the worst books I’ve ever read.
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Jane, I didn’t make it past the second chapter of the Mary Bennet book. I had to return it to the library, and never bothered to get it out again.
The cover of the Bespelling book bears a remarkable resemblance to the cover of the U.S. edition of Mr. Darcy, Vampyre*–which might be my favorite Austen paralit cover ever.** Seriously, the font’s similar, the colors are similar, it’s a similar feeling with the necklace. Bespelled’s not a Sourcebooks title, is it?
*Hope Vic doesn’t mind me linking to her image!
**The U.K. edition, on the other hand, is one of my LEAST favorite covers!
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