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Weekend Bookblogging: They’re Not Sequels Edition

Welcome to Weekend Bookblogging! There is lots of news this week, especially since we were too lazy and distracted with domestic crises to post on Friday, and lots more came in over the weekend. Thanks to all the Alert Janeites who have sent us news.
The Times lists the ten best second novels ever, and Pride [...:]

April wallpaper: Difficult color, green

April’s wallpaper is now available for download from Solitary Elegance! After several months of standing, these two models (an 1812 ball dress and 1809 full dress) are taking their seats for a well-earned rest. This month’s General Observations on Fashion takes on red cloaks and anything pea-green, demonstrating that snarking about fashion is [...:]

Getting Local With Jane

Welcome to Getting Local With Jane, our weekly feature in which we list upcoming events of interest to Janeites. Even if one of these events is not in your neighborhood, stay tuned–you never know when Jane will come to your hometown! (She’s everywhere, you know.)
March 27-28, 2009, Boston, Lincolnshire: Heartbreak Productions’ touring production of Emma [...:]

Tuesday Open Thread: Stimulating The Economy Edition

Welcome to the Tuesday Open Thread, in which we give our Gentle Readers the opportunity to talk about something that interests them and in which we feature links that might be of interest to Janeites but might not necessarily merit a post of their own.
The Ever-Alert Baja Janeite sent us a couple of links to [...:]

Monday Ebooks: Who Rules The Ebook World Edition

For all those who fear that Amazon’s Kindle and its inexpensively priced, proprietary format ebooks means that the big A will rule the world of ebooks, there have been two big announcements in the past couple of weeks that have shown the other big movers and shakers in both the ebook world and the brick-and-mortar [...:]

Jane Austen poem featured in award anthology

Congratulations to Rob Hardy, whose wonderful poem “Jane Austen’s Toes,” originally published in The Apple Valley Review, has been chosen by poet Dorianne Laux for inclusion in the Best of the Net 2008 anthology.
Also, on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m., at the Northfield Public Library in Northfield, Minnesota, Rob will be giving an illustrated [...:]

This is a different reading on Make Haste!

We heard from Joanna Norland, who asked us to pass along the following:
UK-based playwright, Joanna Norland, is seeking theatre companies interested in test-driving her new stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. This 45-minute romp through Jane Austen’s greatest hit is almost entirely derived from the original text, and there’s a sprint to the finish [...:]

Weekend Bookblogging: Will the Real Jane Austen Please Stand Up Edition

Welcome to Weekend Bookblogging, our (usually) weekly feature in which we point out links to Jane Austen’s novels, books about Jane Austen’s novels, books inspired by Jane Austen’s novels…you get the idea.
This week we start out with an e-mail from Alert Janeite Peter, who is reading The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson, a [...:]

Author Robert Goolrick: Friend of Jane

Alert Janeite Lisa spotted an F.O.J. reference in an interview with Robert Goolrick, author of The End of the World as We Know It and The Reliable Wife.
PW: In addition to Michael Lesy, were you inspired by other writers of that period?
RG: If anything, I was inspired by earlier writers. I’m always inspired by Jane [...:]

Getting Local With Jane: Spring Performances Edition

Welcome to Getting Local With Jane, our weekly feature in which we list upcoming local events of interest to Jane Austen enthusiasts. Even if your hometown doesn’t appear in this list, keep checking back each week–you never know when Jane might drop by your neighborhood.
March 19-21, Portola Valley, California: The Priory School presents Pride and [...:]