Jane Austen Media Reviews

Baby Names for Book Lovers

Baby Names for Book Lovers At the Jane Austen Centre we've had a fair few visitors who tell us that they were named after one of Jane's heroines, or that they themselves named one of their childre...

Is Jane Austen On A Bank Note A Bad Thing?

Is Jane Austen On A Bank Note A Bad Thing? Jane Austen fans were delighted to learn that Jane was going to be the person featured on the new £10 bank note in 2017, but The Guardian newspaper re...

The Fanny Price Wars

The Fanny Price Wars The Jane Austen News enjoyed reading a recent web publication from Marija Reiff at the University of Virginia. The fifteen page extract titled The "Fanny Price Wars": Jane A...

Mr Bingley and Bridget Jones

Mr Bingley and Bridget Jones While reading a recent article online about the similarities between Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones' Diary (e.g. both open with the words "it is a truth univer...

Mr Wickham - Unpunished?

Mr Wickham - Unpunished? Mr Wickham has been named by The Guardian as one of the most annoyingly unpunished characters in literature. He was beaten only by Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the C...

Stressed and Anxious?  Read Emma

Stressed and Anxious?  Read Emma Television producer, poet, and best-selling author, Daisy Goodwin, (author of the likes of The Fortune Hunter and My Last Duchess) has compiled her list of books t...

A Peek at Decorating a Room of One's Own

Author of Decorating a Room of One's Own, Susan Harlan, tells us more about how the book came into being, and compares the merits of two of the most iconic depictions of the Dashwood's new home in...

Why Jane Austen's Persuasion Still Captivates Audiences

This Spring 2018, Theatre6 is producing a touring production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Artistic Director Kate McGregor discusses why they’ve chosen to adapt the work for six actor musicians, and...

Two Austen fans podcasting to tell the story of Georgette Heyer today

By Sara-Mae Tuson Exactly one year ago this week my friend Beth and I were having tea and cake in the Victoria and Albert Museum, when I asked her if she fancied joining me in setting up a bouti...

An Interview with Author Rachel Knowles

Not all Regency women were alike... Author and Regency history blogger Rachel Knowles came to visit us at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath recently, and she was kind enough to tell us a little more ...

An Interview with the Cast of Austentatious

When we heard that Austentatious were coming to Bath, we knew we had to get an interview with them... We had a great time asking them about their most memorable shows, their favourite characters t...

Favourite Austenesque Retellings – Top Ten

Although nothing can beat reading Jane's own novels, sometimes it's nice to read an 'Austenesque' story. These can be based on Jane's novels, a prequel or sequel to them, in the same kind of style....