Ribbons of Light

Be not alarmed, gentle readers. My devotion to Jane has not wavered. Yesterday's post was indeed, as many of you guessed, published in c...

I can no longer call myself a Janeite. Over the last few months or so, I have undergone a complete change of heart in regards to the wor...

I've been taking a brief break from the classics these last few weeks. It's been. . . fun. I've borrowed a heap of books from th...

Yikes! Another two weeks have slipped by and I haven't posted anything. Well, I'm afraid you'll probably have to wait another mo...

3. Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola) - Mansfield Park Just to warn you in case you haven't read or watched Mansfield Park - there wil...

Hmm, I've had this post all ready to publish for days. I've just been waiting to get the pictures organised - but I can't do tha...

Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen I have finally gotten round to watching Becoming Jane ! (Thanks, Bec!) Surely I must be one of the last Janeit...

Time for a long overdue return to blogging! Sorry I've been away for so long. ~Hosted by Autumn @ Storygirl ~ Outside my window........

Just wanted to let you all know that the new issue of Costume Chronicles webzine is now available to download! I've been looking forwar...

I am so proud of my little sister! Grace - 12 years old - recently finished reading Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South. She had never ...

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the characte...

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house ...

I guess I'm a bit out of the loop right now, when it comes to all things Austen, because I hadn't released that voting was now open ...

Read the post here at Jane Austen Today. I LOL'd. . . 

1. Spell Austen with an I - Austin. 2. Refer to Jane Austen as a Victorian. ("Jane was NOT a Victorian, she died YEARS before Victoria ...

I had seen this. . .  And this. . .  But this???? Well, if it's going to get more teens to read Shakespeare, Austen, and Emily Bronte, t...

I am honoured that Aurora from The Secret Dreamworld of a Jane Austen Fan has included me in a series of Austen-related interviews she has ...

95% of my readers have probably seen it, but just in case you wanted to watch it again (and you happen to live in Australia), Pride and Prej...

Jane Austen as played by Olivia Williams Part 1 is on at 8:30 pm this Sunday (15th Nov.) on ABC1 . Thanks to my mum for noticing this in the...

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much all Austened-up and Austened-out for now. I think this will be the last Austen-themed po...