Screenwriter Andrew Davies has been honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Quite an honor for the bonnet drama King of the UK – and the world.
Today is a holiday for Laurel Ann and Vic. We both send you our special Thanksgiving wishes.
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Need a great holiday gift or treat for yourself? Barnes and Noble Booksellers have just released The Books on Film Collection featuring six great classic movies paired with a new edition of the classic novel that it was adapted from. The highlight of the collection [...] 
Colin quote of the week from Hello Magazine when asked if he is still a sex symbol at 49.
1. Because Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005) is said to be outstanding in this film. The role has made her a break-out star. Sensitive, clever, and intelligent films are few and far between. They save the film industry from catering primarily to young males, whose [...] 
Q. Which six actors from the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee have been featured in the Harry Potter movies? If you can list them, you are indeed a true Austen/Potter movie buff. Answer to be posted tomorrow.
Dear readers: In celebration of the publication of Willoughby's Return, Jane Odiwe and I have decided to resurrect our posts as Jane Austen characters. Recently, Lucy Ferrars (aka Vic) wrote Elinor Ferrars (aka Jane). The letter set in motion a host of conflicting feelings [...] 
As this week's throwdown attests, Jennifer Ehle's characterization of Elizabeth Bennet is as popular as ever. The exciting news is that shooting on the new film, The King's Speech, will reunite Jennifer with Colin Firth. Yes they are to star in the same film, but' [...] 
Humans are complex creatures. We are all multidimensional, like the characters that Jane Austen created in her delightful novels. Take Willoughby, the handsome cad from Sense and Sensibility. At the end of Jane Austen’s tale, he expressed his love for Marianne to Elinor, even though he [...] 
No words needed really. The photo of Colin Firth arriving at the premiere of his new film "A Single Man" in LA on Thursday just says way more than I could ever hope to express. *SWOON* His fashion designer turned director Tom Ford must have had [...] 
Oh my – this made me more than giggle! Guardian writer Tanya Gold saw the new Keats bio-pic Bright Star over the weekend, dropped her popcorn, and then remembered why Hollywood should stop making films about our great writers. Among mention of the highlights of [...] 
This random generator scrolls through Kate Beaton's comics, including several of Jane Austen, one of the Bronte sisters, and several of Queen Victoria. If you haven't seen Kate's cartoons, you're in for a treat! Click here and then click on next or random.
Recently, Steventon House in Basingstoke, Hampshire was put on the market for sale. It has quite a pedigree. It was built as a rectory for the parish church in 1820 by Jane Austen’s brother Edward to replace her birthplace, Steventon Rectory, which was not considered [...] 
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the night
I know, I know. I am writing about Austen monster mash-up’s again. Sick of it as much as me yet? Here’s an article in Hemispheres, United Airlines online magazine about one Janeite writer’s experience with a sales clerk while buying P&P (the original) at Borders [...] 
Lucky us on the East Coast! The Morgan Library in New York will be opening A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy from November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010. Click on this link for schedules and other information.
Burghley House, a stately English manor in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England served as Lady Catherine De Bourgh’s estate of Rosings in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Join one of my favorite Anglophile/gardening/Jane Austen inspired blogs, My English Country Garden Blog as they [...] 
Say it ain't so, Janeites! I'm still in shock.
