Jane Austen Made Her Do It! ~ an Interview with Laurel Ann Nattress, blogger, author and friend ~ and a Book Giveaway!

We are very fortunate today to welcome Laurel Ann Nattress, creator of the blog Austenprose,  and editor of the just released Jane Austen Made Me Do It, a collection of Austen-inspired short stories.  The book was just launched ~ on October 14, 2011 at the Fort Worth JASNA AGM!   Hello Laurel Ann!   A hearty welcome [...]

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The Jane Austen Made Me Do It Website Unveiling!

Congratulations to Laurel Ann of Austenprose fame on today’s unveiling of her new website!  Laurel Ann is the editor of a new Jane Austen anthology,  Jane Austen Made Me Do It – follow her tale on the journey to publication!  meet with the 22 authors included in the anthology!  read the short story summaries! subscribe to [...]

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Reading ‘Clarissa’

I made a promise to myself back in August 2010 to finally read Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, this promise made after reading Laurel Ann’s Austenprose interview with Lynn Shepherd.  Shepherd is the author of the  Austen-inspired mystery Murder at Mansfield Park, but also a Samuel Richardson scholar and author of  Clarissa’s Painter: Portraiture, Illustration, and Representation in the Novels of Samuel [...]

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Jane Austen AGM ~ Day 2 Recap: Auden, Castles, Henry the Hero, Dancers, & Gothic Art

Portland AGM – Day Two ~ I first refer to Laurel Ann’s post at Austenprose for her take on Day 2 – we did a lot together, but also tried to attend different break-out sessions –  so here is a quick summary of my day two: I should start this by saying something about my [...]

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Book Review ~ ‘Bath Tangle’ by Georgette Heyer

Here is the review of Georgette Heyer’s Bath Tangle that I wrote for the “Georgette Heyer Celebration” at Austenprose: I first encountered Georgette Heyer’s Bath Tangle via audio and I was enchanted – the head-strong Hero and Heroine, not always likeable, at odds with each other from page one – so I was delighted to read the [...]

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Book Review ~ ‘The Quiet Gentleman’ at Austenprose

As mentioned in a previous post, Laurel Ann at Austenprose has been celebrating Georgette Heyer through the month of August, with various guest reviews of the novels and interviews with Heyer experts.  Laurel Ann had asked me to write a review of The Quiet Gentleman, which is posted today, and Bath Tangle which will be [...]

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Georgette Heyer at ‘Austenprose’!

Laurel Ann at Austenprose announces her latest month-long immersion ~ this time it’s all about Georgette Heyer!  The celebration starts August 1st, to include an interview with Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks Casablanca, thirty-four book reviews penned by various guest bloggers [including yours truly], fabulous giveaways, and invigorating chat on the Queen of Regency Romance.  If [...]

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Web Round-up ~ All Things Austen!

Just to share several sites / posts recently discovered / re-discovered: Tony Grant at his London Calling blog has written another two posts on Jane Austen:  Jane Austen and the Vicars and The Cobb and the Undercliff at Lyme Regis, complete with great photographs and Tony’s commentary.  [Visit his blog and search "Jane Austen" for his [...]

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Austenesque Vermont ~ & Other Austen Sightings…

There are a few Austen-related happenings in Vermont coming up, so mark your calendars:  1. Take a Class: AUSTEN: PAGE & FILM Wednesdays, 4:05-7:05pm, January 20, 2010 – May 4, 2010 University of Vermont Continuing Education: Spring 2010  After nearly two centuries in print, Jane Austen’s works continue to enthrall us, whether in their original [...]

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Weekly Round-Up…All Things Austen

Austenprose celebrated its first anniversary this week… so we offer hearty congratulations to Laurel Ann for her consistently insightful “musings” with hopes that she shall continue to enlighten us every day with her “celebration of the brilliance of Jane Austen’s writing.”  It has been an especially fine month of Gothic doings delving into the hidden [...]

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