Thoughts from Janeites

Taking a turn about the garden: Blooming into Spring with Jane Austen

Our blog editor Ellen looks at how to embrace Spring and get off your phone in the spirit of Jane Austen. 

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...

Things to do in Bath - Jane Austen

There are lots of things to do in Bath if you like Jane Austen If you are visiting the Georgian City at any time of year there are lots of things to do in Bath and many ways to get involved in the ...

Resolve to write for us in 2023

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