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• Fifth Annual Jane Austen Festival, Louisville, Ky - You've Got an Invitation!

  

  The 5th Annual Jane Austen Festival will take place July 21 22, 2012 at Historic Locust Grove, a circa 1790 Georgian home and farm just six miles from downtow... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Why Were All the Classics Written by Men?

  

  What I manage to do the least while blogging is being a regular reader at other blogs or sites and I apologize. It is definitely not for a lack of interest. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lovely Janeites - Alexa Schnee, Rediscovering Austen

  

  Alexa Schnee is a young, very young, talented writer. She has recently re-discovered Jane Austen and wants to share her new enthusiasm. Alexa has always wanted... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Let's Play the Game! Jane Austen's Rogues & Romance on Facebook

  

  You read about its forthcoming release here at My Jane Austen Book Club when they published a Press Pack in February. At first it was due to release in March... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 BOOKS

• Does Romanticizing the Past Put Us in Danger of Altering History?

  

  (by guestblogger Anne Illsley ) The Middle Ages has become a dominant genre in movies and literature, especially in America. Medieval pageants and fairs, where... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 MOVIES

• Winners of the Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'rourke

  

  Happy to be here with you, though just quickly, to announce the names of the two lucky winners of The Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 BOOKS

• At the Cinema - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

  

  Salmon fishing is just the objective correlative of an undeniably ethereal truth: dreams. We all need dreams to make our lives move on. And we all need faith an... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Meet Karen Aminadra and Get a Chance to Win Her "charlotte" , a Continuation of...

  

  Karen Aminadra (pronounced Amin-ah-dra) is an author and an English language teacher who lives in Northamptonshire, England with her husband. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Badly Done, Mg! You Know You Mustn't Linger on Romanticizing

  

  Robert Pattinson - Reese Witherspoon I've been watching romantic movies all afternoon and I've been so moody and melancholic while trying to work till now.... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 MOVIES

• Some Blogging at Last: Concupiscence & Literary Ventriloquism

  

  I've had some spare time to catch up with and read some interesting blogs and articles today. Well, better to say I've neglected some duties and chores (I was... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Author Guest Post - Sally Smith O'rourke, Jane Austen & Romance

  

  Sally Smith O'Rourke is one of the new writers at Austen Authors and I'm really glad she accepted to be featured at My Jane Austen Book Club. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Baftas Tv Awards Tonight - Will My Favourites Win This Time?

  

  Richard Armitage Miranda Raison (Baftas 2009) The Baftas TV Awards Ceremony is tonight at the Southbank Centre in London. It will be broadcast on BBC1 from... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• I Won't Miss It! Dickens and His Invisible Woman

  

  After directing and starring in Coriolanus based on Shakespeare's Roman drama, Ralph Fiennes directs and stars as Charles Dickens in THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, film... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 BOOKS, MOVIES

• Meeting Mr Darcy - Guest Post by Kim Izzo at My Jane Austen Book Club

  

  I just want to share a link to a guest post narrating an awkward meeting with Mr Darcy in person - in the person of Colin Firth - to my page dedicated to the... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 BOOKS

• In Search for Hope While the Earth Quakes and Innocent Girls Are Slaughtered...

  

  Melissa Bassi, 16, died in a bomb blast last Saturday The news from Italy have been terrible this weekend. I guess they got to you all somehow. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 CURRENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reading About Richard Iii on Bbc History Magazine ( May Issue)

  

  Look at this bizarre cover (left). Actually, I was not attracted by it but by the central title: Richard III. Why Shakespeare made him a devil. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• I've Been Watching Poldark (1975)

  

  Robin Ellis as Ross Poldark In Italy it was broadcast in 1978 and I still remember how excited I was waiting for a new episode! Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 BOOKS, TV & VIDEO

• Lovely Janeites - Meet Katherine Browning, Actress.

  

  I discovered Katherine by chance through her vimeo channel. She's an actress who loves period drama, especially Jane Austen adaptations. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review - James Shapiro, 1599 a Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

  

  I know one is not expected to tell the story of where her copy of the book comes from in a professional review but this is something I especially like in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Birthday to "el Sitio De Jane"

  

  10 years of Jane's Site Congratulations to Carmen and Almudena for their great goal! Today it's the 10th birthday of their very active Austen-dedicated site. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE