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• 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

• Book Review - the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

  

  (by guest blogger, Ramya Raju) O Alquimista, the original Portuguese version of the now popular book, brought its share of despair to its creator, Paulo Coelho. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On the Road Again - Kerouac, the Beats, Transgression and Rebellion

  

  Daniel Radcliffe as young Allan Ginsberg - Kill your Darlings (2013) For once I didn't want to open the new school year talking about Early Romantic Poetry or... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 MOVIES

• Jane Austen's Beauty Regimen

  

  (by guest blogger Marcela De Vivo) Pink cheeks and “fresh faces,” as the result of mild physical exertion outside like walks and horseback riding, or simply... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Spotlight on ... Ripple Effect Romance Novella Series

  

  The Ripple Effect Romance Novella Series Enjoy this exciting new series of clean novellas by six critically-acclaimed authors. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The 2013 Jane Austen Festival - Author Teri Wilson's Journal & Pictures - Part Ii

  

  The Jane Austen Festival Fayre - The Fayre was held upstairs at the Guildhall. Simply standing in that gloriously beautiful ballroom was worth the small price o... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How Social Networking is Reading?

  

  Is reading a social networking activity? Or is it more a solitary adventure? I've been in a real reading group only once in my life and it hasn't been a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy Sagas

  

  (by guest blogger Elizabeth Eckhart) The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and J.R.R. Tolkien are all phrases considered synonymous with high fantasy. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Ulrike Böhm from Germany - Author of "Ein Engel...

  

  Hello Ulrike and welcome to our little Austen club online. First of all thanks for accepting my invitation to talk Jane Austen with me and here’s my first... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The 2013 Jane Austen Festival - Author Teri Wilson's Journal & Pictures

  

  September 14th, 2013 - Day 1 The first day of the 2013 Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England, kicked off with the Jane Austen Festival Grand Regency Costumed... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• September 11, 2001 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

  

  Our task today (and every day) is not to forget. Not to forget so that all those lives lost forever will make sense. For us if not for themselves. But how can w... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CULTURE, MOVIES

• Book Blast - My Own Mr Darcy by Karey White

  

  My Own Mr. Darcy After being dragged to the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice by her mother, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth’s life changes when Matthew Macfadyen’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rachel Anderson: Figuring out the Perfect Romantic Hero - Working It out Blog...

  

  "For me, the perfect romantic hero has to be both incredibly attractive to the heroine (lots of chemistry) and a compliment to her personality. Read more

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

• What Makes You Put Down a Book?

  

  Daniel Pennac in his Reads Like a Novel stated it as one of the rights of the readers: the right not to finish a book. How often do you avail yourself of that... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Digital Stress - Time to Join the Slow Tech Movement

  

  I'm writing this piece for myself more than for anyone else in particular. I'm reflecting on how overwhelming the presence of technological gadgets in my life... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 TECH

• Masters, Workers and Slaves - the Mill, Tv Series & Dvd

  

  The Mill was unfortunately broadcast on Sundays, while BBC1 The White Queen had been off to a good start for a few weeks. The scheduling was unfair, and probabl... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 MOVIES

• We Are the Millers - Movie Review

  

  This is an unoriginal, but very ridiculous “adult” comedy in which you can see really charming actors and striptease performed by Jennifer Aniston. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Cover Reveal - Love at First Slight by j. Marie Croft

  

  Genre: Fiction | Romance | Historical | Regency | Jane Austen Sequel Publication Date: October 1, 2013 About the Book: “It may not be universally acknowledged,... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE