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Guest review by Shelley DeWees – The Uprising “A chorus of Happy Birthday roused her into greater awareness of the rest of the group. Her aunt, who’d managed to light candles on a big, chocolate, sprinkle-covered birthday cake, came forward in song and demanded Gwen’s attention. She thought about her wish: to be happy, secure,... Continue Reading →
HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY JANE AUSTEN! Welcome to our contribution to the Austen’s Birthday Soiree! We are participating in the Austen’s Birthday Soiree, hosted 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... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Christina Boyd Albeit Jane Austen first sold Northanger Abbey to a publisher in 1803 (at first entitled Susan), it did not appear in print until 1817 when it was published after her death as a four volume set with her final novel Persuasion. In Northanger Abbey, Miss Morland is a daughter of... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Week at Historical Tapestry, a celebration in honor of this week's release of Jane Austen Made Me Do It, starts off today with a kickoff post by co-blog mistresses Alex, Kelly Anna and Marg revealing recollections of their first experience with Jane Austen. Join the party every day this week, as they share... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict What do you get when you cross Pride and Prejudice with werewolves? You get a dark and adventurous tale that follows Lizzy and Darcy as they grapple with a definite twist that has arisen in their relationship. This time, Mary Lydon Simonsen takes us... Continue Reading →
Just in time to get you into a Gothic mood this Halloween season, please join us today in welcoming author Janet Mullany on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion, her second novel featuring Jane Austen as a vampire, published today by William Morrow. Janet graciously offers us a... Continue Reading →
Halloween season is upon us, and that includes paranormal novels arriving to get us in the mood for the spooky holiday. Please join us today in welcoming author Mary Simonsen on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Mr. Darcy’s Bite a new paranormal Pride and Prejudice-inspired story published on October 1, 2011,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Today we are celebrating the release of a new Pride and Prejudice inspired novel, by bestselling author Abigail Reynolds. Mr. Darcy's Undoing was published by Sourcebooks this week and is a variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The publisher has kindly shared an exclusive excerpt from the... Continue Reading →
Here is some gratuitous self-promotion for your Follow Friday fun! An excerpt of my new Jane Austen-inspired anthology, Jane Austen Made Me Do It, is now available on Scribd.com. It includes my full introduction and the first two pages of all twenty-two stories. Such a teaser.;-0 You will have to wait until October 11, 2011... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Juliet Archer on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Persuade Me, the second book in her Darcy & Friends contemporary series published today in the UK by Choc Lit. GUEST BLOG I’m thrilled to be here at Austenprose – thank you, Laurel Ann, for inviting... 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 →
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 →
