Jane Austen News

Jane Austen News - Issue 51

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Jane Austen Honoured on Coins   The Royal Mint will be doing a good job of honouring Jane Austen in its newly released tender this year as, as well as ...

Jane Austen News - Issue 50

What's the Jane Austen News this week?    Second Jane Austen Fiver Found  The second of four rare £5 notes which feature a micro-engraved portrait of Jane Austen has been discovered inside a C...

Jane Austen News - Issue 49

What's the Jane Austen News this week?       Jane Austen's England - Limited Edition    American travel company Peregrine Adventures have an excellent Jane Austen literary tour planned for...

Jane Austen News - Issue 48

What's the Jane Austen News this week?   One Austen £5 Note Has Been Found One of the four £5 notes which carry a mini 5mm engraving of Jane Austen has been found. The note was first paid to staff ...

Jane Austen News - Issue 46

What's the Jane Austen News this week?   Jane Austen's Mother Not a Fan of All Her Work...      Mansfield Park is probably Jane's least popular novel, and it appears that readers of today are n...

Jane Austen News - Issue 45

What's the Jane Austen News this week?   Wentworth Woodhouse to be Restored     Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond has come under fire recently after he announced in his autumn stateme...

Jane Austen News - Issue 44

What's the Jane Austen News this week?  Waiting for Sanditon!   Next year Sanditon, one of Austen's two unfinished novels, will be be released as a film for the first time! It was announced a  ...

The A-Z of Period Dramas

We came across a wonderful A-Z of period dramas compiled by Period Movies on Facebook, and after we shared it with you on Facebook and Twitter you asked for the full list, so here it is! (We do adm...

Jane Austen News - Issue 42

What's the Jane Austen News this week?  National Library Protests in The UK  There was a protest in London on Saturday (5th November) as authors joined hundreds of members of the public (around 1...

Universally Civil

Universally Civil by Julie Bozza We were recently sent this article by Julie Bozza who has been editing a new anthology of Jane Austen inspired stories. In her article Julie gives some great ex...

Jane Austen News - Issue 41

What's the Jane Austen News this week?  Romance At The Centre  There was excitement in the Jane Austen Centre this week when one visitor was asked an unexpected question by her boyfriend, Jamie...

Jane Austen News - October 2016

What's the Jane Austen News this week?  The Jane Austen Centre Wins Award   The Jane Austen News are very pleased to announce that on Wednesday (19th October 2016), the Jane Austen Centre was awa...