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🎁 It's Boxing Day in the UK and it's Commonwealth countries. Here is a new @bbc_culture docummentary by the esteemed historian @lucy_worsley to watch today. 🌟 JANE AUSTEN: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Lucy Worsley explores the homes in which Jane Austen lived and stayed, to discover just how much they shaped Jane’s life and novels. On... Continue Reading →
🎉HUZZAH! Today marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. I am honored to be included among a list of amazing Austen fans who are collaborating on a cyber party in her honor December 16 – 19, 2025 on Instagram. There will be discussion and a chance to win fabulous Austen-inspired books & gift items.... Continue Reading →
🎉 Happy book birthday to - To Mark the Occassion: Birthday Tales for Jane Austen's 250th, by Zarilda Belle Frost, Melissa Anne, Christina Boyd, P. O. Dixon, Cathleen Earle, Harry Frost, Susan Kaye, Melanie Rachel, Denise Stout, Bethany R Tolson, foreword by Caroline Jane Knight, published today by VVS Arts. The perfect read for Jane Austen's... Continue Reading →
🎉 December 16th, 2025 is a very speical anniversary for Jane Austen. It's the 250th anniversary of her birth in 1775. ❤️ Please join us on Instagram for a a cyber birthday party December 16th - 19th hosted by @vanessakellyauthor, @kensingtonbooks, @canterburyclassics, @hazel.and.harolds and @austenprose. ▶ There will be several book influencers particiating and... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Today we are celebrating the release of Austen at Sea, by Natalie Jenner from St. Martin’s Press. BOOK DESCRIPTION Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her last surviving brother and keeper of a... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Don't you love Saturday mornings? I find that they are my favorite day and time of the week—mostly because I can indulge in doing things for myself. Such a luxury. This morning, I made banana muffins and started listening to an audio recording of Jane Austen at Home,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: More Jane Austen-inspired movie news! Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy the movie premieres in the US tomorrow, February 13th on the streaming service Peacock Channel, and in theaters on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2025. Two-time Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Jane Austen and period drama fans take heed. Miss Austen, the new 4-part TV drama adapted from Gill Hornby’s eponymous bestselling novel, premiered in the UK last weekend. UK residents can view it on BBC One and their iPlayer. Its US premiere will be on Masterpiece PBS on... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: In celebration of the #janeausten250 there will be several new books to honor her sestercentennial. Topping my list of must reads is Wild for Austen, by Devoney Looser releasing in September from St. Martin's Press. Looser is the author of mutliple nonfiction literary criticisims and biographies of 18th... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Today is the official start of the Christmas Season. While we have been seeing retailers advertising seasonal gifts and decorations since July, I am a traditionalist. When I was a child growing up in the US, the season did not start until the day after Thanksgiving. I am... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Do you believe in serendipity — that fun word that means finding luck or good fortune? It was created in 1754 by eighteenth-century author Horace Walpole after he read The Three Princes of Serendip, a Persian fairy tale. Serendipity is exactly what happened to author Clara McKenna in... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Do you read genres by season? I do! When the temperature drops and the leaves begin to fall, I can be found inside tucked up in a throw blanket with a cup of tea and a murder mystery in hand. My first up for the season is The... Continue Reading →
