Thoughts from Janeites

What if you were Elizabeth Bennet? This book imagines just that!

Author Emma Campbell Webster talks about her love of Austen and her new book, You Are Elizabeth Bennet 

Lips Pressed to Paper - A Poem of Persuasion

Elda Pappadà pens a poem inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion

No Persuasion necessary - Jane Austen's under-appreciated masterpiece

Jane Austen fan Sydney Fargis explains how maturity and learning more about herself keep her coming back to Persuasion.

The Austen Adaptations - from Bath to Bollywood

In this blog, guest contributor Shalini looks at two major bollywood adaptations of Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen corresponds...with C.S. Lewis

Writer Niki Lindsay imagines Jane Austen in correspondence with C.S. Lewis

Jane Austen corresponds ... with Virginia Woolf

Writer Niki Lindsay imagines Jane Austen in correspondence with Virginia Woolf 

Jane Austen corresponds... with Henry James

Writer Niki Lindsay presents the first of three blogs imagining Jane Austen in correspondence with later fans. 

Was Jane Austen a Good Reader? Reading Aloud and the Voice of Jane

We've subjected our loved ones to the Jane Austen reading aloud test, so let's see how Jane herself measures up.

Assessing Male Eligibility: A Jane Austen Reading Aloud Test

Lots of characters read aloud in Jane Austen's novels. Many are eligible bachelors. Liz Ison explores what each character's attitude towards reading reveals about their eligibility in this first of...

A love letter to Austen

Jane Austen is loved across the globe to this day, 200 years after her books were first published.

To the Editor: Researching and dating Austen

Author Gillian Mather discusses the publishing history of Pride and Prejudice

Write Like Austen: Pen to Paper

Blog editor Ellen shares more writing advice based on the works of Jane Austen