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• Angel of the Centerfold Blog Tour - Read an Excerpt and Win an Ebook Copy!

  

  Book Blurb Disguise of every sort creates difficulties for recent Yale grads Elizabeth and Jennie Blackwell, who are eager to begin the next chapter of their... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Because Teachers Matter: Happy World Teachers' Day!

  

  I still remember my primary school teacher, her sweet, authoritative style and her fundamental teachings. I owe to her my starting reading books very early,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Charlie Lovett's First Impressions in out in Paperback. Read an Excerpt and Win ...

  

  Charlie Lovett’s FIRST IMPRESSIONS is now out in paperback! To celebrate the event, here's a great excerpt to read and the chance to win a copy! Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• To Read Or Not to Read - Author Greg Johnston Introduces Us to the Shocking...

  

  The Cast of a HandAt dawn on the outskirts of Paris in 1869, Hortense Kinck lies buried alive and surrounded by five of her children. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• A CONVERSATION WITH JULIETTE WELLS, EDITOR OF EMMA: 200th ANNIVERSARY ANNOTATED...

  

  A gorgeous new Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of one of my favorite books of all time, Jane Austen’s EMMA, with a new introduction and notes by Goucher... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Special Announcement from Laughing with Lizzie

  

  Sophie AndrewsThank you very much Maria Grazia for allowing me to visit your blog today, My Jane Austen Book Club, to make my very special announcement! Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Guest Post - Lizzie Lamb, Travelling Around and Writing About Scotland

  

  Do you recognize this shop? A clue: Claire in ep. 1 of Outlander Readers, I have discovered, are drawn to the mystical, dreamy highlands of Scotland as the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Walking Home Blog Tour - Interview with Author Arleen Williams: Seeking to...

  

  The BookWalking Home is a compelling glimpse into the lives of emigrés in modern day America – refugees from genocide and war. The book journeys from loss and... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Giorgia Hill, Author of "while i Was Waiting": What Come First? the Story Or...

  

  Tricky – in so many ways. If you write you have to do some, even if you’re following the well-worn adage, ‘write what you know.’ If you write fiction with any... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Let's Celebrate International Literacy Day

  

  UNESCO celebrated the very first International Literacy Day on September 8, 1966. Since then plight of millions of people around the world has improved through... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Yours Forevermore, Mr Darcy - Karalynne Mackrory's Blog Tour Starts Today!

  

  Hello Readers-Of-Impeccable-Taste!Welcome to the first stop on the blog tour of Yours Forevermore, Darcy and to your first JAA meeting. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Match Made in Austen - Let the Game Begin! Interview with Marjolaine Lafreniere

  

  Hello Marjolaine and welcome to My Jane Austen Book Club. A Match Made in Austen is the new card game you created for Renaissance Press, which will be released... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It Won't Be Easy to Choose Between My Sam and My Leo! Interview with Victoria...

  

  Hello Victoria and thanks for accepting to answer my questions. Welcome to my FLY HIGH Blog! The Book Lovers is your new release and it is the first in a new... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• An Interview with Sarah Sundin, Author of Through Waters Deep - Win a Copy of th...

  

  About the bookWith the first book in her new Waves of Freedom series,Through Waters Deep, Sarah Sundin transports readers back to the 1940s — a fascinating... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Summer Readings with Some Issues: Do You Ever Want to Love a Book but Simply...

  

  On reading Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander saga books 4/5. Torn between love and boredom. I know, it’s always a question of personal tastes. De gustibus. Do I love... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period - Scandalous Lives from the Past

  

  BBC spicies up and bets on period drama after their huge hit show, Poldark, set on a popular literary saga set in 18th century Cornwall and starring Aidan Turne... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• How Romantic is Far from the Madding Crowd? from the Book to Vinterberg's Movie...

  

  The storyIndependent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Croeso Cymru! Soraidh, Alba! Travelling Through Wales, the Lake District,...

  

  I never miss a chance to travel to Britain, I've been there a few times only this year - Yorkshire in March, Bristol in April and then a summer tour in July.... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Should Elizabeth Have Accepted Darcy's First Proposal?

  

  (guest post by Victoria Grossack)I always want to play “what-if” with stories. Juliet should not have faked her death; Romeo should not have swallowed the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Victoria Kincaid, Why Mr Collins? Read an Excerpt & Win Your Copy of Mr Darcy...

  

  Mr Darcy to the Rescue When the irritating Mr. Collins proposes marriage, Elizabeth Bennet is prepared to refuse him, but then she learns that her father is ill... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE