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Season two of Downton Abbey has concluded and we are left in limbo until it returns next Fall in the UK and January 2013 in the US. *deep sigh* For those like myself, who have watched and re-watched every blessed minute, yet, just can’t get enough of the award-winning ITV/PBS television mini-series and are in... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Lucy Warriner: Imagine the Bennet family’s worst fears—the death of Mr. Bennet and the loss of his entailed estate to his cousin Mr. Collins—had come true in Pride and Prejudice. How would Mrs. Bennet and her five almost dowerless daughters survive? Would the unconventional Miss Elizabeth Bennet abandon her resolution to... Continue Reading →
In the final novel in the Jane Austen Vampire trilogy (or is it???) we find our favorite two hundred year old undead authoress challenged by her condition, her past, and the future she is trying to make in Brakeston, New York with fiancĂ© Walter Fletcher. After thoroughly enjoying the first two novels in the series,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â We have long believed that everything we ever needed to know about life and love, we learned (and are learning) from Jane Austen. She has been our life coach for over thirty years and has not failed us yet! It appears that other authors think so too. We... Continue Reading →
Gentle readers: We are happy to add the story of another conversion to Jane to our monthly column, Reading Austen. Today’s guest blog is by Lucy Warriner, who shares her personal story of how she discovered Jane Austen and why reading her novels is so special for her. It took me a while to give... Continue Reading →
Hot off the presses is the March/April (No 56) edition of Jane Austen's Regency World magazine, the ultimate Austen reading indulgence. Here are the featured articles! Romance of the East: how the Regency travelers of Jane Austen's time were fascinated by Islam and the Orient In Jane Austen's footsteps: enjoy our tour of Chawton village... Continue Reading →
Today is World Book Day, and what better way to celebrate the printed word than with an Austenesque author? Please join us today in welcoming Jack Caldwell on the first stop in his blog tour in celebration of the release of his second novel, The Three Colonels, published today by Sourcebooks. Jack has generously shared... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Christina Boyd: At last, at last. It’s arrived at last. Fans of Jan Hahn, author of An Arranged Marriage, winner of 2011 Best Indie Book award by Austenprose, have been all anticipation for the release of The Journey. This Pride & Prejudice twist begins shortly after the Netherfield Ball. After Miss... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laura A. Wallace: Pistols for Two is a collection of eleven short stories first published in 1960.  Throughout her writing career, Heyer published her novels in serial form in various periodicals and published short stories in them as well. This is the only collection published as a book; otherwise, her short... Continue Reading →
Happy news for Janeites and gaming fans… The venerable BBC, who have brought us the monumental mini-series of Pride and Prejudice in 1995 and 1980 and many other classic film adaptations, announced today that they will be releasing a new Jane Austen-inspired interactive game, Rogues and Romance, for Facebook next month. Developed in partnership with... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Lucy Warriner: If your lost love returned with no recollection of the dispute that separated you, how would you react? If you had a second chance at happiness with him, would you divulge your tumultuous past? Anne Elliot faces these questions in Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea, Mary Lydon Simonsen’s... Continue Reading →
We have a special treat in store for you today. Please help us welcome New York Times best-selling author Shannon Hale. She has graciously fit us into her very busy promotional schedule and answered a few probing questions about her new Austen-inspired novel, Midnight in Austenland, and the new movie in production of her first... Continue Reading →
