Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine No. 59

August 23, 2012 BookLady DebLeave a comment

In the new issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World
(September/October 2012, No 59):

Mansfield Park on tour: a new stage adaptation tours the UK – we speak to the director Colin Blumenau
Prime Minister killed: marking the bicentenary of the assassination of Spencer Perceval
Enigma of the Orient: the remarkable tale of Marian Hastings, wife of the British ruler of India
Brooklyn preview what’s coming up at the JASNA AGM in New York
Festival experience: regular visitors to the Bath Jane Austen Festival describe their time in the city

Plus … all the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, your letters, round-ups from the Jane Austen Society of the UK and the Jane Austen Society of North America, book reviews and quiz.

To subscribe visit here.

STOP PRESS… Watch out for our new book to mark the bicentenary of the first publication of Pride & Prejudice. Full details will be revealed next week!

[Text and image courtesy of JARW Magazine]

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Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine No. 58

June 22, 2012 BookLady DebLeave a comment

The July/August issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is published this weekend and will be mailed to subscribers next week. In it you can read about:

*A Royal Affair: a new film depicts the scandal that rocked a European monarchy

*Olympic Jane: as the 2012 Games open in London, we look at the sports that Jane might have played

*Bath Jane Austen Festival: an exclusive preview of the fun planned for September

*Stand and deliver! the terror of highwaymen that threatened Jane’s friends and family

*Gothic horror: how Jane Austen satirised the latest literary fashion

*Plus News, Letters, Book Reviews and information from Jane Austen Societies in the US, UK and Australia

To subscribe now click here – and make sure that you are among the first to read all the news from Jane Austen’s Regency World.

Text and image from JARW – you can now read more about Jane’s world on the magazine’s new website, blog, and facebook pages here:

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Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World ~ No. 57

April 29, 2012 BookLady Deb1 Comment

Coming soon to your mailbox! ~ the new issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World (May/June 2012, No 57):

Mozart’s Sister: a stunning new film tells of the talented musician eclipsed by a famous brother
Oops, I did it again: drink, drugs, sex and gambling… lax morals prevailed in Georgian England
Taking a tour around Steventon, birthplace of Jane Austen
Rage against the machine: how the Luddites sought to protect their jobs and their families
Exploring the character of Elizabeth Bennet

Plus … all the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, your letters, round-ups from the Jane Austen Society of the UK and the Jane Austen Society of North America, book reviews and quiz!

AND: Watch out for the new JARW website and BREAKING NEWS pages – coming soon to www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

You can subscribe here – a most enjoyable treat to show up in your mailbox every other month…

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Hot off the Presses! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World No. 56

March 1, 2012March 1, 2012 BookLady DebLeave a comment

Coming soon to your mailbox!

In the new issue (No. 56, March / April 2012):

Archaeologists excavate the site of Steventon rectory
Romance of the East: how Regency travellers were fascinated by Islam and the Orient
Best-selling novelist Karen Doornebos asks why grown men swoon over Mr Darcy
How Charles Dickens, the bicentenary of whose birth is celebrated this year, was influenced by Jane Austen’s contemporaries
Maggie Lane explores Frances Burney’s experiences at the Royal Court
Jane Austen’s nieces in Ireland- the amazing true story of May, Lou and Cass
Finding the fools in Northanger Abbey *
Plus the latest Jane Austen news, readers’ letters, book reviews and news from Jane Austen societies around the world

[*John Thorpe anyone?]

Subscription information is available at www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is the only full-colour glossy magazine dedicated to Jane Austen and the Georgian and Regency times. It is published six times a year in Bath, England, and mailed worldwide by subscription. Copies are also sold via Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton; the Jane Austen Centre, Bath; and Jane Austen Books in the US.

[Text and image from JARW]

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Day 4: All I want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen!

December 22, 2011 BookLady DebLeave a comment

Day 4: Thursday 22 December 2011

For Your Enjoyment

A plug for the Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine – if you don’t already subscribe, time to treat yourself by asking for it for Christmas; or a perfect gift for your best Jane Austen fan friend…

The next issue, Jan/Feb 2012, Issue 55 will be on sale January 1, 2012!

Contents:

An interview with P. D. James [on the cover] ~ on her love of Austen and her new book Death Comes to Pemberley
Regency Childbirth ~ Pregnancy horrors in Georgian times
Let it Snow, Let it Snow ~ exploring the winter weather in Jane’s novels
Letter to Cassandra ~ the joy of seeing Austen’s handwriting
Austen’s Contemporaries ~ the ‘other’ Jane ~ Jane Porter, and her sister Anna Maria

And of course all the regular columns from JAS, JASNA, the topical news from contemporary papers, the quiz, and so much more – even the advertisements are interesting!

You can visit the magazine’s website here.

You can subscribe online here:
http://www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk/subscriptions.html

from outside the UK: £29.70 plus £9.00 postage [@ $60.74 total]
from inside the UK: £29.70 plus £3.30 postage

…and worth every penny!

Copyright @2011 Jane Austen in Vermont

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Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine No. 54

October 28, 2011October 28, 2011 BookLady DebLeave a comment

Watch your mailbox, or subscribe now to get this Sense and Sensibility filled issue!

•Andrew Davies reveals to the JASNA conference how he ‘sexed-up’ Pride & Prejudice

[I heard Davies at the Fort Worth AGM – a hoot of a talk with many pictures from the movies – will report on this in full when I post my AGM reports – so stay tuned!]

•A new series of Garrow’s Law, the Georgian courtroom drama, hits the TV screens

•The Night Before Christmas: seasonal writing from 1800s America

•Stunning pictures from the Jane Austen Festival in Bath

•Do the men in Sense & Sensibility disappoint, asks Maggie Lane

•Take a new look at the events that led to the start of the Regency

•The moving history of the Sunday school movement

•Plus all the latest news from the Jane Austen world as well as reports from JAS and JASNA, our popular quiz, competition and readers’ letters!

Subscribe today to Jane Austen’s Regency World, the full-colour, must-read, glossy magazine for fans of the world’s favourite author – delivered to your doorstep every two months direct from Bath, England.

More information right here: treat yourself and subscribe today!http://www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk/index.html

[Information and image from JARW Magazine]

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Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine ~ Issue No. 53

August 26, 2011August 26, 2011 BookLady Deb2 Comments

News direct from the publisher – the latest issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine, No. 53 September / October 2011 is in the mail!

KATE MIDDLETON AND JANE AUSTEN ~ How the Duchess is related to our favourite author
STETSONS FOR JASNA ~ The AGM is comingTexas – and here’s a preview of all the exciting events in store
GORGEOUS GAINSBOROUGH ~ A new exhibition of the portraitist’s landscapes
THE MEDICAL REGENCY ~ Illness and death in Jane Austen’s time
WORDS OVERHEARD ~Maggie Lane looks at how Jane Austen uses eavesdropping as a literary device [think Miss Steele!]
BIRD MAN OF LYME REGIS ~ The ornithologist who became a success inAustralia
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ~ A lack of low-denomination coins caused a headache for Jane
AN A-PEELING TALE ~ Tackling the scandal of child labour in Georgian England
Plus: All the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, as well as letters, book reviews, CD reviews quiz, competition and news from JAS and JASNA.

Jane Austen’s Regency World will be at the following events, and look forward to meeting many subscribers, old and new:

Sept 17, 2011: Jane Austen Festival,Bath,UK (country fayre)
Oct 13-15: JASNA AGM,Fort Worth,Texas,USA [hurray!!]

For further information, and to subscribe, visit: www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

[Image and contents courtesy of JARW Magazine]

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Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine No. 52

June 26, 2011June 26, 2011 BookLady DebLeave a comment

News from the editor: the July/August 2011 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is now on sale and has been mailed to subscribers.

In the new issue:

JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL IN BATH ~ A preview of the exciting programme lined up for September
THEATRICAL PAINTINGS ~ The amazing set of costumed portraits collected by Somerset Maugham is now in safe hands
COAST DELIGHTS ~ How Jane Austen depicts the seaside in her novels
FORGOTTEN BROTHER ~ Maggie Lane traces the life of George Austen, Jane’s little-known brother
LUNAR RIOTS ~ The day a Georgian society in Birmingham was attacked by a mob
WHEN WE ARE GONE ~ How did Cassandra handle Jane’s legacy, and what about ours?
JANE’S MEN ~ Our favourite author was not only an expert on women, she had a strong insight into the minds of men

Plus: All the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, as well as letters, book reviews, quiz, competition and news from JAS and JASNA.

Jane Austen’s Regency World will be at the following events, and we look forward to meeting many subscribers, old and new:

July 9 &10: Jane Austen Festival, Louisville, Kentucky,USA
Sept 17P: Jane Austen Festival, Bath, UK (country fayre)
Oct 13-15: JASNA AGM, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

For further information, and to subscribe, visit: www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

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Coming Soon to Your Mailbox! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine Issue 51

April 27, 2011 BookLady DebLeave a comment

The May/June 2011 issue [ Number 51] of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is now on sale and has been mailed to subscribers.

In the new issue:

Americans in Bath ~ Celebrating 50 years of the American Museum in Britain
Battle Wounds and Bedlam ~ Living with illness in Georgian times
Loitering with James ~ Maggie Lane asks if Jane Austen helped her brother with his periodical, The Loiterer
Amanda Vickery Interview ~ Meet the academic who has brought the Georgians to life on TV
Correspondence Culture ~ Kelly M McDonald* on the art of letter writing
Our Chawton Home ~ Louise West on her plans for Jane Austen’s House Museum
Fantastic Ferens ~ The Canaletto on display in the Ferens Gallery, Hull

Plus: All the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, as well as Letters, Book Reviews, the always difficult Quiz, a Competition, and Jottings from JAS and JASNA.

For further information, and to subscribe, visit: www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

*We are very pleased to see that our very own JASNA-Vermont member Kelly McDonald has another article in JARW – congratulations Kelly! You can follow Kelly on her blog Two Teens in the Time of Austen.

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Hot off the Press! ~ ‘Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine’ ~ 50th Issue!

March 5, 2011 BookLady Deb2 Comments

The March/April 2011 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine – the fiftieth edition! – is now on sale.

In the new issue:

JARW AT FIFTY ~ The Jane Austen community worldwide celebrates the 50th edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine

SANDY LERNER INTERVIEW ~ The entrepreneur who rescued Chawton House speaks exclusively about the pleasure and pain of such a significant project

REGENCY ROYAL WEDDINGS ~ What Prince William and Kate Middleton can learn from Georgian nuptials

HOME COMFORTS ~ Maggie Lane on how Jane Austen’s books show how ideas about the home were changing

CLERICAL FATHERS ~ Contrasting the lives of George Austen and Patrick Brontë

NO NOOSE IS GOOD NEWS ~ The convict who started Australia’s first newspaper

TAKEN BY THE PRESS ~ The fear of press gangs stalked the streets of Regency Britain

Plus: All the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, as well as letters, book reviews, quiz, competition and news from JAS and JASNA – and from the Jane Austen Society of the Netherlands

For further information, and to subscribe, visit: www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk

And direct from publisher Tim Bullamore: “Apologies once again to subscribers in the US whose deliveries of the last issue were delayed by increased security checks, seasonal closures, industrial action and bad weather on both sides of the Atlantic!”

Hope our wait will be a short one this time!