Monthly Archives: December 2011

Writing an Inspirational Romance “Christmas at Pemberley”

(originally posted to Austenesque Reviews on December 1, 2011) Meredith: Your latest book is different from the style you have previously employed in your Austen-inspired works. You term Christmas at Pemberley an inspirational romance. What can you tell us about … Continue reading

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Pride and Prejudice 2005 Interview

(originally posted on November 16, 2011 on both Christy Farmer’s website and P&P05) 1. Christmas at Pemberley covers two of my favorite subjects: Pemberley and Christmas! What are your hopes for Darcy and Elizabeth as you wrote this story? Regina … Continue reading

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New Sketch of Jane Austen to Be Focus of BBC2 Documentary

Is this what Jane Austen really looked like? Newly discovered sketch could be lost portrait of 19th century novelist By GARETH FINIGHAN Last updated at 11:49 AM on 5th December 2011 The author of a forthcoming biography on Jane Austen … Continue reading

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Four Million UK Children Do Not Own a Book

Literacy fears as four million children don’t own a single book By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 7:55 AM on 5th December 2011 Almost four million children in the UK do not own a book, research suggests. It raises … Continue reading

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Reader’s Entertainment News Interview – Part 2

1. If you could be one of your characters for a day which character would it be? Why? In the 2008 British series, Lost in Austen, the main character, a modern day woman named Amanda Price, meets the fictionalized Fitzwilliam … Continue reading

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