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

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 life, her novels and the era in which she lived at each of the 31 blogs!

And, what birthday would not be complete without presents, and there will be gifts for Jane – and the visitors of the blogs. Just leave a comment to qualify for the great giveaways being offered in celebration of the Janeite holiday.

Participants in Austen’s Birthday Soiree

• Sharon Lathan
  Blog: Sharon Lathan
  Giveaway: one copy of Miss Darcy Falls in Love
• Emily Snyder
  Blog: O! Beauty Unattempted
  Giveaway: one copy of Letters of Love & Deception 
• Laurel Ann Nattress
  Blog: Austenprose
  Giveaway: one signed copy of Jane Austen Made Me Do It
• C. Allyn Pierson
  Blog: SemiTrue Stories
  Giveaway: one copy of Mr. Darcy Little Sister (open internationally)
• Cindy Jones
  Blog: First Draft
  Giveaway: one signed copy of My Jane Austen Summer and a package of Lily Berry’s Pink Rose Tea by Bingley’s, Ltd.
• Farida Mestek
  Blog: Regency Sketches
  Giveaway: one copy of I was Jane Austen Best Friend, by Cora Harrison
• Marilyn Brant
  Blog: Brant Flakes
  Giveaway: A canvas ACCORDING TO JANE tote bag and a pair of A SUMMER IN EUROPE luggage tags
• Prue Batten
  Blog: Mesmered’s Blog
  Giveaway: one copy of Georgiana Darcy’s Diary: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice continued, Anna Elliott
• Erin Blakemore
  Blog:  The Heroine’s Bookshelf
  Giveaway: Pride and Prejudice notecards, by Potter Style
• Blog: vvb32 reads
  Giveaway: Jane Austen’s Little Instruction Book (Charming Petites), by Jane Austen, edited by Sophia Bedford-Pierce, illustrated by Mullen & Katz, introduction by Barbara Paulding
• Karen Doornebos
  Blog: The Fiction vs. Reality Smackdown
  Giveaway: 2 Jane Austen candles and 2 signed copies of Definitely Not Mr. Darcy plus drink coasters and tea!
• Regina Jeffers
  Blog: ReginaJeffers’s Blog
  Giveaway: one signed copy of Christmas at Pemberley
• Alyssa Goodnight
  Blog: Alyssa Goodnight   
  Giveaway: one Jane Austen Action figure
• Deb Barnum
  Blog: Jane Austen in Vermont
  Giveaway: 2012 calendars from the Wisconsin JASNA Region
• Laura Hile, Susan Kaye, Pamela Aidan, and Barbara Cornthwaite
  Blog: Jane Started It!
  Giveaway: one copy of Young Master Darcy: A Lesson in Honour, by Pamela Aidan; one set of Frederick Wentworth, Captain (Books 1 and 2), by Susan Kaye; two copies of Mercy’s Embrace: So Rough a Course (Book 1), by Laura Hile; one copy of George Kinghtley, Gentleman (Books 1 and 2), by Barbara Cornthwaite
• Juliet Archer
  Blog: Choc Lit Authors’ Corner
  Giveaway: one copy each of Persuade Me and The Importance of Being Emma
• Jane Greensmith
  Blog: Reading, Writing, Working, Playing
  Giveaway: one copy each of Intimations of Austen, and Sense & Sensibility (Marvel Illustrated)
• Jenny Allworthy
  Blog: The Jane Austen Film Club 
  Giveaway: a copy of Northanger Abbey DVD starring Felicity Jones and JJ Feild (The winner will choose region 1 or 2 DVD)
• Sitio Jane Austen
  Blog: El Salón de Té de Jane
  Giveaway:  one copy of the Spanish edition of Sense and Sensibility and one copy of  DVD package with adaptations of Jane Austen. (It’s only zone 2, but it’s in Spanish and English ), and one copy of BBC’s Emma with Romola Garai (Blue-ray)
• Kaitlin Saunders
  Blog: Kaitlin Saunders
  Giveaway: one copy of A Modern Day Persuasion
• Becky Rhodehouse
  Blog: One Literature Nut
  Giveaway: selection of Austenesque Reads
• Patrice Sarath
  Blog: Patrice Sarath
  Giveaway: one copy of The Unexpected Miss Bennet
• Adriana Zardini
  Site: Jane Austen Brasil
  Giveaway: DVD – Sense and Sensibility (1995) – English / Portuguese subtitles
• Jane Odiwe
  Blog: Jane Austen Sequels 
  Giveaway: one mug with one of Jane Odiwe’s illustrations and one copy of Mr. Darcy’s Secret
• Courtney Webb
  Blog: Stiletto Storytime
  Giveaway: one copy of Noble Satyr by Lucinda Brant (Regency Romance)
• Jennifer Becton
  Blog: Jennifer W. Becton
  Giveaway: one copy of the eBook of the Personages of Pride and Prejudice Collection, which contains Charlotte Collins, “Maria Lucas,” and Caroline Bingley. Open internationally.
• Vera Nazarian
  Blog: Urban Girl Takes Vermont
  Giveaway: a copy of Vera Nazarian’s gift hardcover edition of her inspirational calendar and diary, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
• Abigail Reynolds
  Blog: Pemberley Variations
  Giveaway: one signed copy of Mr. Darcy’s Undoing
• Blog: AustenAuthors
  Giveaway: one copy of Georgette Heyer’s Regency World, by Jennifer Kloester
• Katherine Cox
  Blog: November’s Autumn
  Giveaway: one $10 B&N Gift-card (US only)
• Maria Grazia
  Blog: My Jane Austen Book Club
  Giveaway: A selection of Austenesque reads

Don’t miss out on all the fun and fabulous giveaways!

Cheers, Laurel Ann

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