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• Remembering Sigfried Sassoon and His Protest Against the War by Guest Blogger...

  

  "I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period: Looking Forward to Outlander, Poldark, the Musketeers 2 &...

  

  Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon's best selling saga, premieres on Starz on August 9th. Sam Heughan - 6' 3" of Scottish handsomeness - wears Jamie Fraser's... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Sarah Price, Author of First Impressions, an Amish...

  

  Join Sarah Price and me in our "Talking Jane Austen Session" and take your chances to win her retelling of Pride and Prejudice, First Impressions. 5 ebook copie... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Jane Austen Festival at Locust Grove, Louisville - Registration Opens Today!

  

  Beautiful Locust Grove, the Georgian farm that hosts the Jane Austen Festival, awaits. It is not hard to imagine you have stepped into Meryton, the fictional... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Teaching Saroyan, Reading Cassandra Clare

  

  Teaching SaroyanI’ve been flustered and terribly emotional these last few days. What’s happening to me? Is it the “getting older” mood? “I’m going soft in my ol... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Crimson Field. a Review by r .l. Bartram, Author of 'dance the Moon Down'

  

  The Crimson Field - BBC1 dramaHave you seen The Crimson Field on BBC1? I have and I liked it a lot. Anyhow it is not my review you are going to read but Robert... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period: Reign, Jamaica Inn and New Worlds

  

  Reign: when history becomes a fairy-taleThis series recently wrapped at its 22nd episode after being on US CW Network for months . Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Celebrating Shakespeare in a Very Busy Fortnight

  

  Another busy fortnight has passed at work. The end of the school year rapidly approaches with its haunting burden of deadlines, decisions to be made, reports... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• First Impressions: a Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen - Cove...

  

  This lovely new book inspired to Jane Austen's work will be out on October 16, 2014. Looking forward to reading it! Meanwhile, let's have a look at its cute... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Working Hard, Reading, Watching, Living - Miscellaneous Post

  

  Hello and happy beginning of May, everyone. What have you been up to? Great things, I hope. I've been working hard, reading, watching, living. If you have some... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Dead Writers Theater Presents Michael Bloom's Adaptation of Emma in Chicago

  

  Most readers prefer Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility, but critics generally regard Emma as Austen's most carefully crafted or skillfully written... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Interview with Pauline Montagna - Get Your Free Copy of Her Historical...

  

  The Slave by Pauline Montagna is the latest historical novel I read and it is a lovely, gripping one. A real page turner. I was first drawn to it by the origina... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Rome - Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner: British Painting and the Rise of Modernity

  

  Easter Holidays have been an occasion to catch up with things I love, like going to Rome, visiting friends and play the tourist. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• In War the Words of a Poet Can Save Lives, in Life the Words of a Poet Can Make...

  

  "... in war the words of a poet can save lives ...in war the orphans and those without a book have no refuge" Erri De Luca's original first name was Henry, an... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Victoria Kincaid: the Secrets of Darcy and...

  

  My special guest for these Easter holidays is Victoria Kincaid, author of The Secrets of Darcy and Elizabeth. Victoria has a Ph.D. in English literature and... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• That is the Sort of Bravery i Must Have Now: Insurgent and Allegiant by...

  

  I've been reading quite a lot this latest week. I have finished 3 books and that's something I'm really proud of after I had been reading very little in the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• On Jane Austen and Active Volcanos. Meet Joy Dawn King, Win Her "a Father's Sins...

  

  Welcome to our online club, Joy. I'm really glad you accepted to be my guest at My Jane Austen Book Club and I'm so curious to discover more about you and your... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All for One and One for All, the Musketeers Charmed Us All

  

  Luke Pasqualino Howard Charles on set for series 2Sorry for the silly rhyme but isn't that true? Those four charming guys with their swords, leather-clad... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Gift of the Phoenix Blog Tour - Read an Excerpt and Win $25 Gift Card

  

  Tour ScheduleGift of the PhoenixWhen three strangers are brought together by the discovery of a common enemy, they must fight to keep the magic of the Phoenix... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Divergent: Reading the Book, Watching the Movie

  

  Divergent - the storyHaving been hailed as “the next Hunger Games“ Divergent is the first book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiance)... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES