Criado-Perez says her “wake-up call” inspired new book
In 2013, Caroline Criado-Perez led a campaign to get Jane Austen’s face on the £10 bank note. Her campaign was successful. Thrust into the public spotlight, she had to endure… Read more »
Has the real Mr. Darcy been identified?
Fitzwilliam Darcy is one of Jane Austen’s most iconic characters—brought to life in screen adaptations by the likes of Laurence Olivier, Colin Firth, and Matthew Macfayden. Now, an English author… Read more »
British Green Party suggests reducing copyright terms; British writers like Philip Pullman not too pleased with British Green Party
Are writers a sustainable political constituency capable of effecting, collectively, massive change? Wait, why are you laughing? It’s true that writers aren’t nearly as powerful a political force as large,… Read more »
Jane Austen hit the streets of Bath last week
On Friday, November 7th, the Jane Austen Centre uploaded a video to their YouTube channel featuring Jane Austen enthusiastically exploring the streets of modern day Bath. What cheer! The clip,… Read more »
Wax sculpture of Jane Austen said to be most accurate depiction of writer, is creepily made of wax
Jane Austen never had an official portrait of herself made. Despite being one of the most popular and revered writers to have ever lived, nobody really knows what she looks… Read more »
5 other Melville House authors that ought to be on US currency
US currency is decidedly unliterary compared to its international counterparts: no Jane Austen, air-brushed or not; no Alice Munro, weighing down your pocket on a $5 coin; no Gabriela Mistral… Read more »
Jane Austen read her reviews… and kept notes on them
Some authors refuse to read their reviews. And then there’s Jane Austen. Who not only, it turns out, listened to what her friends and acquaintances had to say about her… Read more »
Rare piece of Jane Austen’s handwriting discovered
A book recently purchased by the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, England, was discovered to have a treasure beyond the book itself, which was a first edition of The… Read more »
Rare portrait of Jane Austen sells for $270,000
Sotheby’s in London has auctioned a rare portrait of Jane Austen; the watercolor was sold to an anonymous private collector for $270,6000. According to The Guardian, the portrait dates from 1869,… Read more »
Sure, why wouldn’t there be a Jane Austen RPG that uses gossip as a weapon?
Today we introduce you to Ever Jane, an RPG from Developer 3 Turn Productions which stars characters from Jane Austen’s novels who are out to destroy one another. Or at… Read more »