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Celebrating Jane Austen 250
This week, on 16th December, we reached the milestone of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Austen is a phenomenon, as well as a person. It never ceases to amaze me when I sit and think about how the clever, witty and profound words from one woman’s pen have created a worldwide community of people who love, read more
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Book Review | “Six Weeks By The Sea”, by Paula Byrne
I hope you’re enjoying celebrating Jane Austen 250 this year! I feel like I am in the midst of a very Jane Austen summer – and have been a little silent on my blog as I have some very exciting articles coming out soon that I’ve been writing instead. But, for now, I am incredibly read more
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Discover Jane Austen’s London with a Historic Walking Tour (with me!)
Happy Friday and I hope you are having a wonderful new year! I am really excited to share a project I’ve been working on for a little while – that has perfect timing to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this year. I’d like to invite you to come and discover Jane Austen’s London with a read more
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The Publishing Journey of Jane Austen
Today is Jane Austen’s 249th birthday, which means we are now officially in her 250th year: I am so excited for all the events and publications (I already have my tickets to tour 8 College St in Winchester), as well as having a few of my own up my sleeve, and so I wanted to read more
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What women read in the 18th & early 19th centuries
To celebrate – finally! – the release of the second half of season 3 of Bridgerton, in which I’m hoping our lovely heroine Penelope Featherington gets her happy ending, let’s talk about one of Penelope’s favourite activities: reading. Her mother makes her pretend in front of Lord Debling that she doesn’t understand the book she read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, by Natalie Jenner
WOW. I am so excited to share with you my review of Natalie Jenner‘s third novel today, Every Time We Say Goodbye, and honestly, it kind of had me speechless. I don’t say that very often, but I think it is the most all-encompassing of all of her novels so far. I am so grateful read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “Cyanide and Sensibility”, by Katie Oliver
The last couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing with you my reviews of Katie Oliver’s Jane Austen Tea Society mysteries. Well, next week, on December 12th 2023, the third novel in the series, Cyanide and Sensibility will be on shelves, and I’m really excited to post my review of this great addition to the series read more
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Review & Blog Tour | “A Winter by the Sea”, by Julie Klassen
I’m momentarily off the mysteries today and back to a classic Regency romance novel, with an endearing heroine and handsome love interests, besides being steeped in wonderful historical detail. You may remember that in February, I participated in the cover reveal for Julie Klassen’s new novel, A Winter by the Sea, and I was lucky read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 