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Please join us today in welcoming author David Liss on his blog tour in celebration of the release of The Twelfth Enchantment, a new Regency-era novel featuring Jane Austen’s character Mary Crawford and a bit of magic, published by Random House. GUEST BLOG There’s no bad girl like a Jane Austen bad girl. I’m not... Continue Reading →
There is a trail that winds through the edge of the grand country estate of Godmersham Park in Kent owned by Edward Austen-Knight, elder brother of the authoress Jane Austen. Pilgrims have traversed this foot-path for centuries on their way to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Chaucer based his... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Karen Doornebos on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Definitely Not Mr. Darcy, a new contemporary Austen-inspired novel published tomorrow by Berkley Trade. Thank you, Laurel Ann, for inviting me into your drawing room here, and hosting the beginning of my Grand Tour—my Grand Blog... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Kimberly Denny-Ryder: When you think of Rock ’N’ Roll, two things besides music come to mind: sex and drugs. Now think of Rock ‘N’ Roll and throw in the characters of our beloved Pride and Prejudice. Yes, you read that right, Pride and Prejudice plus sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. ... Continue Reading →
88 Austen-inspired stories were narrowed down to the Top Ten finalists last March in the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest. One lucky winner was chosen and announced yesterday. My congratulations go out to Brenna Aubrey, a talented new voice in Austenesque fiction. A contest to win one of four copies of... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Heather Lynn Rigaud on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, a new contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice published today by Sourcebooks. It's so nice to be here on Austenprose today. It's the first stop on my very first every blog... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Aia A. Hussein: Following in the footsteps of her previous works Murder at Longbourn and Murder on the Bride’s Side, author Tracy Kiely has just released Murder Most Persuasive. Wherein she previously drew plot inspiration from such Jane Austen classics as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, in this new... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Tracy Kiely on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Murder Most Persuasive: A Mystery, a new Persuasion-inspired mystery novel published today by Minotaur Books. Murder, Jane Austen, and Me I’ve wanted to be a writer ever since I was little. That’s not to say... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Please join us today in welcoming author Stephanie Barron on her book blog tour in celebration of her eleventh novel in the Being a Jane Austen Mysteries series, Jane and the Canterbury Tale to be released tomorrow by Bantam Books. Walking Godmersham in Search of a Tale... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Kimberly Denny-Ryder: Historical fiction? Check. Magic? Check. Awesome heroine? Check. Lord Byron?! Check! Did you ever imagine those four items to be in the same novel together? I sure didn’t, so I was in for a definite surprise when I started reading The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss. Set in the... Continue Reading →
Thanks Deb at Jane Austen in Vermont for sharing the news! Look forward to reading the new issue of Jane Austen's Regency World. News direct from the publisher – the latest issue of Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine, No. 53 September / October 2011 is in the mail! KATE MIDDLETON AND JANE AUSTEN ~ How... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Br. Paul Byrd, OP: It was about thirteen years ago when I first met and fell in love with Jane Austen. I was up late flipping through the channels on T.V., when I came across the 1996 adaptation of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale. From the moment I began watching the story... Continue Reading →
