Jane, Actually on sale now!
Jane, Actually is now on sale at Amazon for the Kindle, as a paperback, and at Barnes & Noble for the Nook. It should shortly …
Jane Austen documentary double feature
I’m late to the post in writing this (almost everyone has shared or seen this on facebook), but I feel it incumbent …
Silly, silly Supersizers Go Regency
This has to be one of the silliest shows ever to pose as a food documentary on the BBC. Restaurant critic Giles …
Sense and Sensibility The Musical review
Perhaps the worst person to review Sense and Sensibility The Musical is a Janeite. It’s a little hard …
Jane Austen and textiles
U.K. Janeite Christopher Sandrawich sends me this link to the blog Textile Stories: The Fabric of Everyday Life. It’s the work of four …
First-day cover Austen stamps arrived
Sometimes I doubt just how much of an Austen fan I am (my friends will shake their heads at this), but my …
Death Come to Pemberley … and now the BBC
UPDATE: Now there seems to be speculation that Dan Stevens is a likely candidate to play Darcy in Death Come to Pemberley. …
Austen at Altitude banner
Here’s the official web banner for Austen at Altitude, a conference in Denver, Colorado on April 13, that coincides with the world …
Pride and Prejudice board game/Austen stamps
I subscribe to the blog Embarking on a Course of Study, the home of author Chris Stewart, and normally I don’t try …
Mr. Collins’ blunder
He was interrupted by a summons to dinner; and the girls smiled on each other. They were not the only objects of …
éclat:
This is a word that I have to look up every single time, for I keep confusing it with élan, éclair and …
Taking the 2013 P&P Bicentenary Challenge
Laurel Ann Natress at AustenProse.com has suggested a Pride & Prejudice challenge to mark the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s second published and …
Re-evaluating Mansfield Park
Even a hard-core Janeite, pressed to rank Austen’s novels, will probably list Mansfield Park in fifth or sixth place, and many of …
Lost in Austen available on Hulu
Good grief, I only just learned this minute that Lost in Austen is available to watch for free on Hulu. Follow this …
The House of Hanover
Here’s a great documentary that’s quite informative for Janeites, the House of Hanover episodes that are part of David Starkey’s great Monarchy …
Austen at Altitude/Sense and Sensibility Musical
Austen at Altitude, the conference being planned by both the Pike Peak and the Denver-Boulder JASNA regions, gets more real every day. …
Jane and Sherlock
Two new additions to my work place, Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes refrigerator magnets, although they’ve found a home on the side …
Austen birthday quiz
My friend in the Midlands, Christopher Sandrawich, sent me the quiz he prepared for his society’s Austen birthday dinner, and with his …
Austen at Altitude
I mentioned it to many of the people I met at the Decatur Book Festival, but now I can release some specifics …
Holmes, Austen calendars
I’m trying to be better at keeping the Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes calendars updated, but it’s a difficult task. And so …
Oh to be in England next June at Cambridge
Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge will be hosting a Pride and Prejudice Conference June 21–23 in 2013. This information …
The Royal Crescent museum closing
The museum at No. 1 Royal Crescent will be closing Oct. 14 this year, but don’t worry, it’s not being threatened by …
Update on the Library Passage in Worthing
From Chris Sandrawich, Membership Secretary Jane Austen Society Midlands If you have received this e-mail it means that I have written to …
What I’m reading: Mercy’s Embrace by Laura Hile
Following on Karen Aminadra’s Charlotte Collins, where she rehabilitates one of the less appealing Jane Austen characters, I have found Laura Hile’s …
An excerpt from Jane Austen’s completed Sanditon
It is with much trepidation that I offer you an except from Jane Austen’s completed Sanditon. It is the conceit of my …
What the heck is a chamber-horse?
I found myself re-reading the small scrap of Sanditon for the umpteenth time because I am again tackling the job of writing …
Ask Jane Austen
My book in progress, Jane, Actually or Jane Austen’s Book Tour, follows Jane as she promotes her latest book, the finally completed …
Christopher’s brainwave regarding Jane Austen’s Library Passage: Emma Thompson
Actually, this is not so much an update on my friend Christopher Sandrawich’s efforts protect Jane Austen’s Library Passage in Worthing as …
Book cover mockup for Jane, Actually
< < Click to open in new window There is nothing I enjoy so much as making a book cover. There’s something …
Another preview of “Jane, Actually or Jane Austen’s Book Tour”
This preview needs a little setup—actually it needs a lot of setup. Jane Austen is that famous disembodied Regency author we all …