Emma: A Modern Retelling, by Alexander McCall Smith – A Review

From the desk of Katie Patchell:  Two years ago The Austen Project launched their first reimagined Jane Austen novel in the series, Sense and Sensibility (by Joanna Trollope), that has so far included Northanger Abbey (by Val McDermid), and the most recent, published in April of this year—Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith.... Continue Reading →

Austen Project Announces McCall Smith for Modern Reimagining of Emma

Those folks at HarperCollins really know how to make Janeites scream with joy—well—at least this Janeite, who is over the moon from their announcement last Friday that Alexander McCall Smith is slated to re-write Emma for The Austen Project. One of my favorite contemporary authors, McCall Smith is renowned for his delightful No 1 Ladies... Continue Reading →

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