Our dear Jane Austen will turn 235 years old on Thursday, December 16. Some of you will remind me that she died some 180+ years ago, but to many of us she lives within our hearts every day. So, in her honor, 14 other Jane Austen bloggers/authors and I will celebrate the inspiration Austen provides us.

Maria Garzia of My Jane Austen Book Club and Fly High is sponsoring the event. There will be posts at each of the blogs to celebrate and giveaway prizes. Below is a list of the Happy Birthday Jane blog tour.

1. Adrianna Zardini at Jane Austen Sociedad do Brasil
2. Laurel Ann at Austenprose – A Jane Austen Blog
3. Vic Sanborn at Jane Austen’s World
4. Katherine Cox at November’s Autumn
5. Karen Wasylowski at Karen Wasylowski Blog
6. Laurie Viera Rigler at Jane Austen Addict Blog
7. Lynn Shepherd at Lynn Shepherd Blog
8. Jane Greensmith at Reading, Writing, Working, Playing
9. Jane Odiwe at Jane Austen Sequels Blog
10. Alexa Adams at First Impression Blog
11. Cindy Jones at First Draft Blog
12. Janet Mullany at Risky Regencies Blog
13. Maria Garzia at My Jane Austen Book Club Blog
14. Meredith at Austenque Reviews

Visit each of the blogs on the tour and discover Happy Birthday posts and tributes to Jane Austen on December 16. If you leave a comment at any or all of the blogs you will be entered into the Tour Giveaways. Remember that each comment is another chance to win.

Signed Books to be given away:
Alexa Adams’s First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice
Jane Greensmith’s Intimations of Austen
Regina Jeffers’s Darcy’s Passions: Fitzwilliam Darcy’s Story
Janet Mullany’s Bespelling Jane Austen
Janet Mullany’s Jane and the Damned
Jane Odiwe’s Wiloughby’s Return
Laurie Viera Rigler’s Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
Laurie Viera Rigler’s Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict
Lynn Shepherd’s Murder at Mansfield Park

Other gifts to be given away:
Austen bag offered by Karen Wasylowski
Pride and Prejudice 2005 DVD offered by Regina Jeffers
One package of Bingley’s Tea (Flavor “Marianne’s Wild Abandon”) offered by Cindy Jones
Jane Austen in Manhattan DVD offered by Maria Garzia
Three issues of Jane Austen Regency World offered by Maria Garzia

The Giveaways end on December 23, 2010. The winners will be announced on My Jane Austen Book Club Blog.