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The Lives of Literary Ladies

This post started out as something else. I first put fingers to keyboard to tell you about some of the ...

10 Pieces of Jane Austen Swag

Ain’t no party like a Jane Austen party ’cause a Jane Austen party contains millions of fans who like to ...

Baby Got Backlist: The Best Books That Didn’t Come Out In 2013

There were certainly some amazing releases in 2013, but there are no rules that say you have to read new ...

Why LONGBOURN is the Best New Addition to the Austenverse

I mentioned Longbourn by Jo Baker on my recent novels that should have gotten more end-of-the-year-list love. As it is ...

Dear Jane Austen

Winchester Cathedral Hampshire, England December 16, 2013   Dear Jane Austen, Let me first wish you a very happy 238th ...

5 Great Gift Ideas for Your Bookish Tween or Teen

1.  Book light: Every self-respecting teen reader spends a lot of hours reading while he or she is pretending to be ...

New Web Series Imagines a Thoroughly Modern EMMA

The brilliant creators of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries are looking to see if they can make internet lightning strike twice ...

No Corsets, No Hat Pins, and No Crying: Jane Austen’s Fight Club

Awesomeness this extreme needs no introduction. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNnf4dI9AE[/youtube] ____________________ Did you know that Book Riot has a YouTube channel? We do. It’s ...

Who Owns Literary Treasures?: Kelly Clarkson, Jane Austen, and National Identity

Who owns national treasures? No, I don’t mean who here owns a copy of National Treasure with Nicholas Cage. I already ...

Literary Time-Traveling Around the Web

I wrote here on Book Riot a couple of months ago about What Middletown Read, a fascinating online database of ...