When Princess Amelia of England died in December 1810 the popular British fashion publications, Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c. and La Belle Assemblée featured several fashions to be worn during the subsequent national period of mourning. The styles of ladys’ dresses remained the same, but the color was changed to colors of … Continue reading Regency Mourning →

The Elegant Arts Society is holding its Annual Regency Assembly on October 16 & 17 in New Haven Connecticut. There will be workshops and a ball. For more information go to their website. To register for the event go here.

Jane Austen set two of her novels in Bath, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, and made the city her home from 1801 to 1806.Every year in September there is a festival that celebrates Jane Austen and all things Regency. This year’s tenth Jane Austen Festival, held from September 17th to the 25th, will begin with the … Continue reading Celebrate Jane Austen →

This video presents Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club as a Regency romance written by Jane Austen. Ladies, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is one never mentions Fight Club. No corsets, no hat pins, and no crying. If this is your first invitation to Fight Club, you must fight.via reddit

Alexandra Lange and Rosanne Cash, Heirs to Edith Wharton and Jane Austen Huffington Post (blog) We can appreciate the works of novelists who created portraits of cities and society from patiently accumulated small, ordinary details -- Jane Austen, ... Who Says Jane Austen Was a Popular Novelist? Huffington Post (blog) Jane Austen has conquered the … Continue reading Found in the blogosphere… →

The latest issue of Piecework (Sept/Oct). It has "Purses to make from Jane Austen's sewing box" and 10 "literary inspired projects." Click here for the link, though you can only view the table of contents.Thanks to JASNA-NY's Jane Axelrod for this link.

"Dear Amy" the advise columnist who appears in Newsday as well as many other newspapers around the country, was steeped in our favorite writer yesterday. To read the column click here. Thanks to JASNA-NY's Kerri Spennicchia for the link.

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The Beautiful CassandraA selection of the juvenilia of Jane AustenNow Available as an MP3 Download from Crimson Cats Audio BooksMost people know Jane Austen for Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion and the other novels. Less well known is the fact that she started writing at the age of 8 and many of her early stories … Continue reading Jane Austen Juvenilia now available as MP3 download →

A tidbit from a fellow Janeite from a travel magazine re: Bath & Georgian times."Nash's (the rule maker/enforcer at the Assembly Rooms) rules weren't meant to eliminate illicit pleasures, just hide them. Every taste was catered to in Bath, beneath the veneer of elegant refinement ... lay a world of sordid world of gambling, pornography … Continue reading Bath & Georgian times →