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• London - the Crucible Experience

  

  After all these years, at last I know you've been reading all those excellent reviews the show has been getting after press night and I don't dare compete with... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jane Austen in the World - a Jane Austen Ball in Hungary: Meet Molnar Julia Dora

  

  Mòlnar Jùlia DòraConfessions of a late JaneiteFor a long time I didn’t consider myself as a Jane Austen fan – a Janeite as I learned the term a few months ago.... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Freebie! Spell Check by Julie Wright - Grab Your Copy Now!

  

  Spell Check by Julie Wright A skeleton is rattling its way out of the closet marked “FAMILY SECRET! KEEP OUT!” Allyson Peterson believes that being hanged by th... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Fieramente Il Libro - Books & Writers, a Literary Festival in My Hometown

  

  Books and writers have always fascinated me since I was a child, as soon as I could read and write. These days I'm experiencing a full immersion of meetings wit... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Book Review - Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew (2005)

  

  You're twelve years old. Your mother's a junkie and your father might as well be dead. You can't read or write, and you don't go to school. Read more

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

• Lovely Janeites: Meet Abigail Bok, Author

  

  First and foremost, I’d like to express my appreciation to Maria Grazia for so graciously inviting me to post as a guest on her fabulous Web site!My life in... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WRITING GEORGE WICKHAM, GUEST POST BY GAIL McEWEN - STRONGER EVEN THAN PRIDE BLO...

  

  According to Newton’s Third Law of Fiction, for every protagonist there is an equal and opposite antagonist. The truth is immutable, but it’s the ‘equal and... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Hunt for Tomorrow

  

  22 AUTHORS. 3 DYSTOPIAN BOXED SETS. 1 MASSIVE EVENT. A virtual scavenger hunt through twenty-two fictional dystopias. Friday, July 18 at 6:00pm (EST) - Sunday,... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Adding Realism: Are Some Period Movies Too Gory?

  

  Photo by Jonathan Kos-Read(by guest blogger Ken Meyer)Like any other entertainment genre, there is a certain following for gory horror movies. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Period & More Period: Turn, the Story of Washington's Spies

  

  Jamie Bell as Abraham WoodhullAMC TurnThis was an amazing series! The season finale was broadcast last Sunday 8 June, with an amazing crescendo of emotions but... Read more

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

• 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