🎉HUZZAH! Today marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. I am honored to be included among a list of amazing Austen fans who are collaborating on a cyber party in her honor December 16 – 19, 2025 on Instagram. There will be discussion and a chance to win fabulous Austen-inspired books & gift items.... Continue Reading →
Pride and Pyramids Blog Tour with Authors Amanda Grange & Jacqueline Webb & Giveaway
Please join us today in welcoming authors Amanda Grange and Jacqueline Webb on their blog tour of Pride and Pyramids, a new Austenesque sequel to Pride and Prejudice that takes Elizabeth, Darcy and their family to Egypt. Leave a comment to enter a chance to win one of three copies of the book available. Welcome... Continue Reading →
What’s the Big Deal about Mr. Darcy?
Join me today as I guest blog on Darcyholic Diversions, author Barbara Tiller Cole's blog about our favorite romantic icon, Mr. Darcy. I broach the loaded question, "What's the big deal about Mr. Darcy?" and offer a signed copy of my new Austen-inspired short story anthology, Jane Austen Made Me Do It. Visit Darcyholics Diversions... Continue Reading →
Austenesque Author of the Month – Laura Hile: Guest Blog & Giveaway!
We are very happy to introduce Austenesque author Laura Hile as our featured author in May on Austenprose. Laura has written a trilogy to Jane Austen’s last novel Persuasion which continues the story of Elizabeth, Sir Walter Elliot’s eldest, unmarried daughter. Those of you who have read Persuasion or seen the great movie adaptations of... Continue Reading →
The Jane Austen Guide to Life blog tour with author Lori Smith & giveaway!
Happy May Day everyone! Please join us today in welcoming author Lori Smith on the launch of her blog tour in celebration of the publication of The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman, released today by Globe Pequot Press. Lori has generously shared with us some insights on her inspiration... Continue Reading →
The Three Colonels Blog Tour with Author Jack Caldwell & Giveaway
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 →
Q & A with Midnight in Austenland Author Shannon Hale, & a Giveaway!
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 →
In Celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday: From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens: Guest blog by Lynn Shepherd, & a Giveaway
We are basically a tried and true Janeite, but quietly confess to admiration of another nineteenth-century novelist also born in Hampshire; - Charles Dickens. His style is entirely different than the witty underpinnings of our beloved Miss Austen, but one cannot ignore his fabulous characterizations and amazing plot twists. Today is the bicentenary of Dickens’... Continue Reading →
A Jane Austen Devotional, by Steffany Woolsey – A Review & Giveaway!
Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP This book is crafted with the hope that readers would take the opportunity to get lost in the world of Jane Austen—a place where we can all pause in solitude, as though we’ve just finished a stroll in the garden with Jane and are now sitting down with... Continue Reading →
Austenprose’s Jane Austen Birthday Soiree – December 16, 2011 – with tons of Giveaways!
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 →
Expectations of Happiness Blog Tour with author Rebecca Ann Collins, & Giveaway!
As 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel Sense and Sensibility, it is a great pleasure to see a new sequel to it arrive from Pemberley Chronicles author Rebecca Ann Collins. Please join us today in welcoming Rebecca Ann on her blog tour in celebration of the release of... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion Blog Tour with author Janet Mullany, & Giveaway!
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 →