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• Aurora's Journal from the Jane Austen Festival in Bath

  

  I invited Aurora Berkestam Drysén to be our special reporter from Bath during The Jane Austen Festival. She accepted to be our eyes and ears there during the... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Interview - Deborah Swift, the Gilded Lily

  

  Hello everyone! Time for a new author interview and time to discover a new unforgettable historical fiction novel. Join me, welcome Deborah Swift at FLY HIGH!... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BOOKS

• Darcy Goes to War by Mary Lydon Simonsen - Winner Announcement

  

  Congratulation to Kelli H., the lucky winner of Mary Lydon Simonsen's new re-imagining of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy Goes To War, and many thanks to the author... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BOOKS

• A Hero for Three Winners - Be My Hero by Nell Dixon

  

  Here are the names of the winners of Nell Dixon's e-books: - RedRose 15 - Tifferz - Rosia_Lady My congratulations on winning to the three of them, many thanks t... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS

• Author Guest Post - Diane Scott Lewis, Historical Accuracy in Historical Fiction

  

  In a recent discussion on Goodreads, we lauded the few authors who go out of their way to make certain their historical details are accurate, but slammed the... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• September Giveaways - Three Books, Three Winners

  

  Karen Essex, Dracula in Love London, 1890. Mina Murray Harker, the rosy-cheeked, quintessentially pure Victorian heroine, becomes Count Dracula’s object of... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Philippa Gregory, the Kingmaker's Daughter - My Review

  

  Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England, the Earl of Warwick, nicknamed the "kingmaker". Ever... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 BOOKS

• Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte - Parallel Lives

  

  Picture from Austenprose Jane Austen, famous for her books Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility (to name a few), and fellow English writer, Charlotte... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Frankenstein at the Cinema - My Review

  

  Dannis Boyle’s Frankenstein, the pluriawarded 2011 theatrical production, has been a terrific success live on stage at the National Theatre in London and it... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 MOVIES

• Four Books That Teach Important Values to Young Students

  

  (by guest blogger Nadia Jones) There are several solid works of literature that teach the values of tolerance, good citizenship and humility, among other... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 BOOKS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Author's Guest Post- Sandy Hayden, Finding Mr Darcy

  

  Why would a modern woman want to find a man who, at first glance, appears to be both arrogant and aloof, not to mention condescending? Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2012 BOOKS

• Pictures from Bath - Guest Blogger Monica Cardinale

  

  My friend Monica Cardinale, Italian but living in Amsterdam, was lucky enough to be in Bath for the Festival. She accepted to share her shots with all of us her... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2012 BOOKS

• Reading the Hobbit in Search for Thorin - Part Iii & a New Trailer!

  

  Part III in the series “Reading the Hobbit in search for Thorin” focuses on chapters VII - X (Click HERE for Part I and HERE for Part II). Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 MOVIES

• Winners of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

  

  Thanks to Sylvia Chan for writing the lovely guest post linked to this giveaway contest and for granting you these 2 paperback copies of Laurie Viera Rigler's... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 BOOKS

• Stanford Researchers: Reading Jane Austen “A Truly Valuable Exercise of...

  

  If you haven't read about it yet , click the link below and go! They've discovered Jane Austen is very good for our brain... Who doubted that? None of us... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 BOOKS

• Five Classic Books Your Children Should Read

  

  (guest blogger Paul Taylor) Think back to your childhood and you probably remember spending nights snuggled up next to your parents as they read to you, or... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 BOOKS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• A Letter from Mr Wickham

  

  Greetings and salutations, gentle readers. I have been invited by the lovely and charming Miss Grazia to share a few words with you, her ardent followers, and... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 BOOKS

• Looking for Richard Iii - Latest News and Collective Reading of the Sunne in...

  

  Great news in the search for King Richard III's resting place. Yesterday the experts of the University of Leicester officially announced that the Greyfriars... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 BOOKS

• Great Apps for Book Lovers

  

  (guest blogger Susan Wells) In this growing digital age we live in, it seems less and less people are taking time to read anymore. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 BOOKS

• Time's Echo by Pamela Hartshorne - Book Review

  

  She reached out from the past, and whispered her name... York 1577: Hawise Aske smiles at a stranger in the market and sets in train a story of obsession an... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2012 BOOKS