Jane Austen News

Jane Austen News - Issue 68

What's the Jane Austen News this week?     Mind the Ha-Ha! - Mansfield Park is Deciphered    David M. Shapard is an American historian with a longstanding interest in Austen and her world. He...

Jane Austen News - Issue 66

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Pride and Prejudice Becomes A Ballet   Pride and Prejudice has been performed many many times on stage by various companies in plenty of different styles...

Jane Austen News - Issue 64

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Jane Austen Inspired Anti-Bullying Campaign  Recently we had a nice surprise in the post: a collection of handmade letters from students of a language sc...

Jane Austen News - Issue 63

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    A Jane Austen Copycat On The Loose  Last year, micro-engraver Graham Short made headlines by releasing four unique £5 notes in general circulation for ...

Jane Austen news - Issue 62

What's the Jane Austen News this week?     Jane's 'Fake Weddings'   Jane never married, but that's not to say that she didn't think about it. When she was a young girl she had great fun filling...

Jane Austen News - Issue 61

What's the Jane Austen News this week?     Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen   In the lead up to the publication of her new book about Jane Austen, Jane Austen at Home, published in the UK by Hod...

Jane Austen News - Issue 60

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Jane's Death Caused By Arsenic?    The cause of Jane Austen’s mysterious death at the age of 41 has been the subject of much debate over the years. Theor...

Jane Austen News - Issue 58

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Pride and Prejudice is the Bishops' Pick      A television channel owned by Italy's conference of bishops and endorsed by the Pope is to broadcast BBC ...

Jane Austen News - Issue 57

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Third Jane Austen Fiver Found The third of the four specially engraved £5 notes which feature a tiny portrait of Jane Austen has been found, leaving o...

Jane Austen News - Issue 56

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Jane Austen Fans - Lend Us Your Eyes!      The Jane Austen News is pleased to announce that over the next few weeks we will be publishing a most interest...

Jane Austen News - Issue 55

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Jane Austen at Home (with Lucy Worsley)     Some of our guides, and we're sure other Austen/history fans, have been enjoying watching Lucy Worlsey's ne...

Jane Austen News - Issue 54

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Turning First Lines Into Constellations     Data artist Nick Rougeux has launched a new project called Literary Constellations, in which he presents the ...