Jane Austen News

Meet the Watsons!

Andrew Davies' adaptation of Sanditon isn't the only adaptation of an unfinished novel which is making headlines in the UK at the moment. After a sell-out run in its debut at the Chichester Festiva...

The Jane Austen Quiz - A Northanger Abbey Special

The Jane Austen Quiz - A Northanger Abbey Special This edition of the Jane Austen Quiz centres around Northanger Abbey" Score 8/10 or better and you'll be in with a chance to win a £10 voucher f...

The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World

What does the word "library" evoke in your mind? The smell of old books? Dusty shelves? A sense of peace and tranquility? Or something completely different? The New York Public Library   Vog...

Playing Piano with the Great-Great-Granddaughter of Fanny Knight

Back in 2009, Gwen Bevan, the great-great-granddaughter of Jane Austen's niece, Fanny Knight composed a dozen piano pieces, each reflecting a different aspect of Bath as Jane Austen would have know...

Pictures from the Jane Austen Festival 2019

All across Bath, bonnets have been sewn, dresses ironed and buckles polished, as we've welcomed visitors new and old to this year's Jane Austen Festival! The yearly festival favourite, our costu...

Sanditon Celebrated With a 12 Metre Painted Mural

ITV's Sanditon, the dramatisation of Austen's unfinished final novel, was highly anticipated, but to generate extra buzz for its launch, ITV came up with a rather novel form of promotion. It comm...

Where is Sanditon filmed?

Regardless of your opinion on ITV's adaptation of Sanditon, it's hard to deny the beauty of the English vistas featured by Andrew Davies. Sanditon itself is a fictional town - an appropriation of t...

Sanditon - A review from our Jane Austen Book Club

A Review of Sanditon by Jane Austen by Jane Austen Book Club reviewer, Susannah Lawford Buy this book here! First impressions of this book were amazing. It is aestheticall...

Pemberley in Peril - Lyme Park Flooded

Lyme Park in Cheshire, the location which was used as Mr Darcy's Pemberley in the iconic 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, has had to be closed after 'significant' flood damage. Lyme P...

The Jane Austen Turquoise Ring - The History

The Jane Austen Turquoise Ring   There are only three referenced pieces of jewellery which we know belonged to and were worn by Jane Austen. Few mentions are made of her jewellery within the lette...

A Brief Programme of Upcoming Jane Austen Theatre

We thought our fellow Austen fans might like to know about a couple of Jane Austen theatre events which we've found out are happening soon. The first is an event which is nice and close to us - ...

A Very Special Visit to The Jane Austen Centre

Visitors come to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath for many reasons. Some come as part of a tour they are doing of Jane Austen locations across the UK, some stumble upon us while visiting Bath, some v...