Hot off the presses is the July/August 2010 (No 46) edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the official magazine of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England and the ultimate Austen reading indulgence. The highlight for me will be Maggie Sullivan’s article on Austen or Bronte. (the ultimate literary throwdown, right?) Here are the featured articles:

The Bath Bugabo, or little green man (cover story):

Cathryn Spence, from the American Museum in Bath, writes about G. Bond an eccentric man who was ejected from balls in both Bath and Brighton for allegedly staring at ladies.

Austen or Bronte?:

Maggie Sullivan, editrix of AustenBlog.com, discusses media suggestions that ‘Bronte is the new Austen’

Where there’s a Will:

A look at the final wishes of some of Jane Austen’s family

Only a Grandmother:

Maggie Lane talks about Jane’s treatment of grandparents in her writing

Queen Adelaide:

She gave her name to an Australian city, but what do we know about the wife of King William IV?

Smuggling ways:

A dangerous occupation, but a thriving trade in Georgian times

Pride & Progress:

Reading Jane Austen’s books on an e-reader

Book Reviews:

Regency Cheshire by Sue Wilkes; Murder at Longbourn by Tracy Kiely; Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing

Plus:

My Jane Austen featuring the pianist Keith Snell, news from JAS and JASNA, News and Letters

Visit Jane Austen’s Regency World at their stand during:

– Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 10 and 11

– JASNA’s annual general meeting in Portland, Oregon, on October 29 and 30

Jane Austen’s Regency World is published this week and is available by subscription from www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

Hot off the presses is the March/April 2010 (No 44) edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the ultimate Austen reading pleasure. The issue is devoted to music in Jane Austen’s time. Here are the featured articles:

Franz Joseph Haydn

The Austrian composer describes his visit to Bath in 1794 in his own words

Jane Austen, music lover?

Maggie Lane explores the author’s knowledge of music

What was on Jane’s iPod?

David Owen Norris examines some new musical discoveries

Thomas Linley: Mozart’s boyhood rival

The young composer who was considered as talented as Mozart

Tidings of my harp

The significance of the harp as an instrument of social status in Jane’s time

A golden time

Kelly McDonald chronicles the work of the Knyvett family of musicians

Matters of Taste

Sense and Sensibility examined

My Jane Austen

Professor Richard Jenkyns, a descendant of Jane’s brother James, who recently appeared on a BBC radio programme called Jane Austen’s iPod

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Plus news from JAS and JASNA; quiz; competition; and CD reviews

The March/April 2010 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World comes with a FREE CD of music that would have been performed in Bath during Jane’s time in the city. Limited additional quantities will be available for late subscriptions.

Visit the Jane Austen Regency World Magazine website for details.

Enjoy!

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