I shared a couple of things on Facebook and Twitter yesterday that I wanted to share here too. TheFirst thing - The Royal Shakespeare Company has a new idea for their yearly performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream Published on May 1, 2013Midsummer Night's Dreaming is a one-off digital theatre project and our 40th interpretation … Continue reading Friday Fun/Videos
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Wordless Wednesday #12
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Author Interview with Scott D. Southard
A Jane Austen Daydream by Scott D. SouthardMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMix one part biography and one part historical re-imagining...add witty characters and some surprises and you have A Jane Austen Daydream. This was a delightful read. - Amelia Can you tell us a little about yourself?My name is Scott D. Southard and I … Continue reading Author Interview with Scott D. Southard
Fun Friday! – Alexander Graham Bell
This is completely not related to anything Jane Austen or Regency BUT I just had to share.Here the Voice of Alexander Graham Bell for the First Time in a Century From the Article on Open Culture: In the short recording dated April 15, 1885, the inventor declares: “Hear my voice — Alexander Graham Bell.”
Book Recommedations: Wordless Wednesday Style
In continuing with my spring cleaning I found two postcards promoting books that came out this past year.Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular ImaginationMatters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity
News Update: The Passing of a Jane Austen Scholar
David Selwyn has died (aged 61) of heart failure following lymphoma. Daivd was Jane Austen scholar who was particularly interested in the role of children and leisure in her novels.His full obituary can be found on The Guardian's website. David served as a plenary speaker at two JASNA AGMs:2001 in Seattle 2003 on Winchester, England He … Continue reading News Update: The Passing of a Jane Austen Scholar
Readalikes: Downton Abbey
First I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Earth Day! Also Happy Jelly Bean Day!In honor of Spring I did some cleaning of my online saved files.Downton Abbey Readalikes from Reader's Advisory.This post send you over to Reading the Past (another blog I read daily) and the two posts filled with Downton Abbey readalikes. Here are some of the titles … Continue reading Readalikes: Downton Abbey
Wordless Wednesday #11
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Book Recommendation – Jane Austen, Game Theroist
Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk Chwe I was browsing through the list of books that are coming out with in the next few months and came across this title. It just goes to prove that Jane Austen can be tied to nearly any topic and someone can make a book about it, or does … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Jane Austen, Game Theroist
The Real Edward Ferrars?
Here's an interesting find we were alerted to by one of our members.This is a page from the book Shakespeare by Michael Wood. Here he is showing a list of Shakespears associated with the local gentry. He mentions that the Richard Shakespeare is probably William's grandfather.If you look a few lines above the Shakespears you … Continue reading The Real Edward Ferrars?
Jane Austen Society of North America - New Jersey Region 