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Time Saturday, October 1 at 12:00am – October 31 at 11:30pm Location http://gaskellblog.wordpress.com Created By Katherine Cox More Info Katherine of Gaskell Blog requests the pleasure of your company as we join Miss Matty and her friends in “The Picnic … Continue reading →

The LA Times says, “Few 18th century authors have achieved the modern popular success that Jane Austen now enjoys. Her novels are always in print, and in the last decades they have been adapted into films and television miniseries, from … Continue reading →

A Library in Dire Need: My Anniversary Cause Published September 4, 2011 | By Abigail Reynolds (I have shamelessly taken this post from http://austenauthors.net to allow others to speak to the cause that Abigail Reynolds has brought to our attention.) … Continue reading →

One year ago, 24 authors of Austen-inspired literature combined on one website to promote their books and their love of everything Austen. A year later, http://austenauthors.net is a thriving successful website. For six days, we will celebrate our success by … Continue reading →

Monday, September 5, begins a one-week celebration of our beginnings. Austen Authors is one year old, and we plan to celebrate with lots of fabulous prizes. To win, sign on and comment. For extra opportunities to win, send out a … Continue reading →

HELP SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER AND WIN A WRITING CRITIQUE! BY RT BOOK REVIEWS, AUGUST 30, 2011 RT Book Reviews in helping to promote Celebrate National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month by promoting a contest for aspiring writers. By … Continue reading →

For the complete story, please see http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/aug/21/classic-novels-film-tv-eyre-wuthering We have seen a resurgence in the filming of the classics of late. Jane Austen, the Brontes, and Charles Dickens have never lost their edge in writing stories that transcend their times. What … Continue reading →

Are books dead, and can authors survive? At the Edinburgh international book festival this past weekend, Ewan Morrison set out his bleak vision of a publishing industry in terminal decline. The above picture is a shortened version of his prediction. … Continue reading →

On Monday, August 15, I had the honor of spending the afternoon with a group of ladies who were not necessarily Jane Austen enthusiasts, but at the suggestion of my dear friend April, they had chosen to read The Phantom … Continue reading →

by Simon Mason from The Guardian “Lifestyles have changed, and we’ve moved some way from the common-or-garden nuclear family, but the truth is that families have always been wildly varied. Think of the Greek myths. Perseus’s dad was a shower … Continue reading →