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• Author Interview - Victoria Connelly, the Runaway Actress. Win a Copy of the...

  

  From Harper Collins official site: When the stresses of being an A-list actress get too much for her, Connie Gordon decides to escape to a tiny Scottish village. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 BOOKS

• An Indonesian Gentleman Loving Jane Austen: Meet Prima Santika (part Ii)

  

  This is the second and final part of Prima Santika 's guest post. The first part, introducing his Austen-inspired novel in Indonesian, Three Weddings and Jane... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• At the Cinema - Robert Pattinson is Bel Ami

  

  Bel Ami without his bewitching moustache? Well, good choice! Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Christina Ricci, will... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All Around the World with Jane - Great Prizes from Sourcebooks!

  

  In the June memoir, All Roads Lead to Austen the author Amy Elizabeth Smith took Jane Austen’s works along with her as she traveled to foreign countries. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 BOOKS

• A Trip to the South and Back in Time: Caserta,

  

  You know that, from time to time, I like and need to escape to survive to my rather stressful life style. I'm lucky enough to have quite grown-up children, an... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• Two Books, Two Giveaways, Two Winners!

  

  Happy Saturday, everyone! Just a quick posting today: two books, two different giveaway contests, two winners to be picked up and announced. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 BOOKS

• An Indonesian Gentleman Loving Jane Austen: Meet Prima Santika (part i)

  

  THREE WEDDINGS AND JANE AUSTEN - An Indonesian Novel by PRIMA SANTIKA - “Nothing can produce a better feeling for a mother, than to see her daughter being... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 BOOKS

• Not Only Period. Movies I've Watched These Days: the Decoy Bride and Never Let M...

  

  The Decoy Bride (2011) After lovelorn Katie (Kelly MacDonald) is dumped at the altar, she returns home to her windswept Scottish island, thinking she will... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jane Austen Festivals at Home and Abroad by Claire Jenkins

  

  Jane Austen's works are known and loved worldwide, her world of romantic adventures and comedies of manners beloved by millions of people. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Jane Austen Book Club Meets the Jane Austen Film Club! Guest Post by Jenny...

  

  Richard Armitage as Mr. Thornton in North and South When Maria Grazia asked me to write a guest post for her blog My Jane Austen Book Club, I knew which photo... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Love, Sex and Fairy-tales

  

  Mirror, Mirror Hysteria Can love, sex and fairy-tales be featured all together in one post? Yes, why not? If that's the movies I've watched at the cinema or on... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Uncrowned Queen by Anne O'brien Released Today

  

  Anne O'Brien's The Uncrowned Queen is out today at Amazon Kindle Store. This short story is intended to be a prequel to her upcoming The King's Concubine, the... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 BOOKS

• Author Guest Post - Georgia Hill: i Love History!

  

  Georgia Hill I was delighted to be asked to write a guest blog by Maria Grazia but struggled long and hard as to what its subject could be! Could I, perhaps,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 BOOKS

• Rome - Exhibitions, Friends and ... a Bit of Harry (jasper Kennedy)

  

  Journal of a long pleasant day Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Rome The weather forecast had announced a cool, cloudy, rainy spring day. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• When in April the Sweet Showers Fall ....or What I've Been Watching

  

  SPRING "... and pierce the drought of March to the root..." In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ( yes, I'm teaching Chaucer among others these days ) spring is the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 MOVIES

• Jackie Herring & the Jane Austen Festival in Bath - Interview

  

  Jackie Herring My guest today is Jackie Herring. She has been involved in some form or another with the Jane Austen Festival in Bath since its creation 12... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Memory of Antonio Tabucchi, a Free Man and a Great Novelist

  

  If you don't know who Antonio Tabucchi was, read this short bio note HERE. However, he was a free man and a great novelist. He died in Lisbon, a city he loved... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 BOOKS

• News from the Austenesque World§: an Audiobook & an Italian Translation for...

  

  Carrie Bebris has written one Mr. Mrs. Darcy Mystery for each of Jane Austen’s six completed novels. Her Mr and Mrs Darcy Series includes: Pride and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pride, Prejudice & the Proverbs 31 Woman - Guest Post by Sara Dawkins

  

  A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Translating Mrs Gaskell's North and South for Italian Readers - Interview with...

  

  North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell has its first Italian translation at last! It was published by Jo March Agenzia Letteraria in November 2011. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES