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• Spell Fire Blog Tour - My Fascination with Ya Fiction Guest Post by Author...

  

  “You can tell what age an author got stuck in by what genre he or she writes.”I think it was Lin Oliver who said the above quote, right after she had... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Video Interview: Joanna Trollope, Sense and Sensibility? a Novel About Money

  

  Shot on occasion of the first event in the series Hidden Prologues at Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street, this video features Joanna Trollope. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Creative Strategies That Will Kick-start Your Book Writing Project

  

  (by guest blogger Candace Meyer) Writing a book is one of the goals of aspiring authors and bestseller writers. To be able to create a really good book is... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Homes of Classic Literature

  

  At many a time we can become lost between the pages of a good book. Immersed in its fantasy and mysterious tales, the captivating characters, scenes and a littl... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jane Austen's Birthday - What Would Our Lives Have Been Without Jane Austen?

  

  Dear friends,Jane Austen's birthday is coming soon, in two weeks, and, as we did in the past few years, we would like to celebrate the occasion here at My Jane... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Austen Project: Joanna Trollope Debates Her "sense & Sensibility" in London

  

  Joanna Trollope will be the first in a series of leading authors to unveil the hidden back story to their latest book, with the launch of a new monthly... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• While Waiting for the Desolation of Smaug, What About a Journey to the...

  

  Richard Armitage as Thorin in The Hobbit - The Desolation of SmaugThe Hobbit movie 2, The Desolation of Smaug, is going to be released in less than a month and... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Getting Ready to Celebrate the Thanksgiving Season

  

  ( by guest blogger Kendra Thornton) The holiday season will soon be with us once again. Nights are getting colder, the brightly colored leaves are beginning to... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• At the Cinema - About Time

  

  I'd wanted to watch this film since I first heard about it but I wanted to see it even more when I discovered it would be Richard Curtis 's last. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Maurizio Malagnini, an Italian in Paradise - Interview with the Composer of...

  

  Are you enjoying The Paradise on BBC One or Masterpiece PBS? Have you noticed how beautiful its soundtrack is? My guest today is the composer of the wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• Spotlight on ... the Marlow Intrigues Series by Jane Lark: the Passionate Love o...

  

  The Passionate Love of a Rake Just released! This is book two in the Marlow Intrigues series from exciting new author, Jane Lark. If you love historical romance... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Sue Pomeroy, New Film in the Making About Jane Austen

  

  In this 200th anniversary year, there have been some wonderful events and also all manner of hype surrounding Jane Austen. The controversial rewriting of her si... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jane Lark, the Theatre Jane Austen Attended in Bath - the Illicit Love of a...

  

  The author Jane Lark, included a Theatre Scene in her debut novel The Illicit Love of a Courtesan, and shares with us the research she undertook of a Georgian... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Forgotten Books: Digital Libraries, Old Books & New Technologies

  

  Like many of you I initially resisted the invasion of e-books and e-readers into our safe world made of shelves crammed with printed books. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Throwing the Perfect Austen-themed Hen Party

  

  (by guest blogger Marcela De Vivo) Shannon Hale’s popular novel, Austenland, was recently adapted into a movie--the story features a woman who goes to an... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Challenging the Fates: Discovering A JANE AUSTEN DAYDREAM - Author Guest Post...

  

  Scott Southard The fates gave Jane Austen a bum rap. Yes, she is remembered as one of the most important writers in all of literature, defined for generations... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Juggling School & Family: 7 Tips for Moms Turned Students

  

  (by guest blogger Vera Reed) While many people try to squeeze in their college education before becoming a parent, sometimes life doesn’t work that way. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Author Guest Post: M.m. Bennets, Castles, Customs and Kings

  

  To be honest, the runaway success of the English Historical Fiction Authors has taken us all by surprise. It started small, you know. Tiny. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Paradise: What's in Store for Denise and Moray in the Upcoming New Series?

  

  Emun Elliot as John Moray US costume drama fans will finally have the chance to make their acquaintance with the charming protagonists of BBC series The Paradis... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Persuasion in Jane Austen's Persuasion and ... Other Novels

  

  by guest blogger Victoria Grossack Some may think that focusing on the art and importance of persuasion in Jane Austen’s last written novel, Persuasion, is... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE