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• Are You a Writer? Here's Top Books to Amp up Your Writing Skills

  

  (by guest blogger Rachel Bartee) If you want to be a successful writer, there’s no room for stagnation. You must continuously learn new stuff and improve your... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period: Poldark is Back - Are You in for Some More Cornish Delight...

  

  Autumn usually brings new series and new shows on TV. Summer is going to end soon, this means we must get ready to some excitement. Are you waiting for... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Books & More Books - 'me Before You' and 'after You' by Jojo Moyes

  

  PrologueI did it again. It was around the end of the school year in May. I saw one of my students fully-immersed in the reading of a book during the break and... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Books Under the Spotlight

  

  New books under the spotlight, ebooks to be more precise. The latest downloaded in my iPad and added to my TBR list. A book for each of my favourite genres.... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Reading Italian: Fabio Stassi & Alessandro D'avenia

  

  Fabio Stassi, La lettrice Scomparsa (2016)La Lettrice Scomparsa (The missing reader) is a literary mystery. A book which contains an entire shelf of good books... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Scotland, at Last!

  

  Loch Lochy, the Highlands, ScotlandAfter an exciting experience it is not easy to go back to your everyday life. After a journey, you download, order and archiv... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• 6 Must-see Places Jane Austen Fans Can't Miss

  

  (by guest blogger Cassie Phillips) Wanderlust goes hand in hand with reading an Austen novel. Every time I turn a page I can’t help but want to follow Mr.... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rage Blog Tour - a Special Excerpt from a Great Thriller

  

  ... dark – and darkly humorous – European crime fiction at its best... (Reader Dad Blog)Rage is a book by Poland’s number one crime writer, Zygmunt... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Book Review - House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne

  

  What if the life you were remembering wasn’t your own?Pamela Hartshorne knows how to intrigue her readers. This is the fourth of her time slip, historical... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Nanette Littlestone, If Wishes Were Horses

  

  What’s your wish? When I was a girl I wished for a pony. My wish was impractical as I lived in the city, had nowhere to keep a horse, and no means of caring... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Summer Reading List: 5 Great Books to Read This Summer

  

  (by guest blogger Cassie) Summertime is a beautiful season and what better way to spend it than sitting back in the sunshine with a good book. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Intrusion Blog Tour - Author's Guest Post: Advice You'd Give to People Looking t...

  

  The world of the short story is a varied and fascinating place right now. Experimental collections, flash fiction, connected stories that read like novels... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Dear Jane Project: Bringing People Together One Story at the Time

  

  My name is Gabrielle, and I am entering my third year of university. I am studying Honors English Literature and Psychology. I have always been passionate... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Victoria Grossack, for the Love of Lydia

  

  Miss Lydia Bennet! What can we say about the youngest of the Bennet beauties? The first thing we notice is that she is determined to have fun. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Careers for Tech Lovers

  

  (by guest blogger Vera Reed) It’s a good time to be a tech lover because trends show that the demand far outpaces the supply when it comes to well-paying job... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Elizabeth Papers Blog Tour - Jenetta James Reveals Who's Who

  

  A huge thank you to Maria Grazia for welcoming me back for part 2 of The Elizabeth Papers blog tour stop at My Jane Austen Book Club. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review - Nicola Cornick, House of Shadows

  

  London, 1662 There was something the Winter Queen needed to tell him. She fought for the strength to speak.‘The crystal mirror is a danger. It must be... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Love & Friendship the Janeite Blog Tour - Whit Stillman Reimagines Austen's...

  

  · Love Friendship by Whit Stillman - Book descriptionWhit Stillman has taken Austen’s never-finished epistolary novella, Lady Susan, reimagined it as a... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Storytelling Quotes of Great Writers

  

  (from guest blogger Lucy Adams) We easily notice the changes new technologies bring into our world. But do we think about their origin? Obviously, we don’t. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• 4 Tips on Making a Short Movie

  

  (by guest blogger John Montana) Making a short film, or any film for that matter can be a lot of amazing fun. But most of the time, making a movie is very... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2016 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES