Jane in June Giveaways

Jane in June is a lovely event dedicated to Jane Austen and is hosted by Misty on her blog. Although I'm giving this event a miss, I will be commenting on some posts by participants of the event at their own blogs to win some lovely prizes that are up for grabs.

If you are interested to know more, take a look at her introductory post. If you would love to know the schedule for this event and read some of the wonderful posts, head here for the dance card (table of contents). You can also contribute your ideas or anything about Jane Austen and her novels or sequels by linking it to her blog.

As I mentioned earlier, there are some giveaways that are worth winning and are open to international readers too. This is very good as most blogs seldom give worldwide readers an opportunity to win giveaways as shipping costs are quite expensive and beyond their limits. Anyway, I'm listing the contests which you can enter. Do take a look.

1) Maria Grazia from Italy is hosting 2 competitions for her readers. On Fly High!, she is giving readers an opportunity to win an autographed book by Beth Pattillo titled Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart. Click on her blog to know more about how you can win this book.

2) Maria recently started another blog dedicated to reading Jane Austen novels. For this special event, she allows her readers to win 2 books (1 winner). The books that are up for grabs are Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict (hardcover) and Sanditon. For more details, please go here.

3) Laurie Viera Rigler, author of best-selling Jane Austen-inspired novels about Regency and modern time-travel ladies, is hosting a giveaway in Misty's blog. She is offering two lucky readers a chance to win 2 signed copies of her book (1 winner for each book). You just have to fill up the form. It's that simple. You can refer to this post.

4) The wonderful Meredith Esparza of Austenesque Review, is giving away a biography fiction on Jane Austen which is called Cassandra & Jane by Jill Pitkeathley. She recently reviewed this book and rated it as a good read. To have your name in the drawing to win this prize, head over to her post to see how you can enter.

5) Alexa Adams who recently published a sequel to Austen's most beloved novel Pride and Prejudice is hosting a giveaway to readers in order to win her book First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice. You just have to fill up this form in order to win this giveaway. As I have already won this book in her blog a few months ago, I will not be entering it this time around.

Update:

6) Misty is giving away a copy of Murder at Mansfield by Lynn Shepherd at her blog. Just fill up this form and you're in. Note that this contest is open to all and ends on 5 July 2010.

7) A signed copy of According to Jane by Marilyn Brant may be yours when you fill up this form in Misty's blog. Contest ends on 5 July 2010.


For your information, deadline to win items 1-5 are until 30 June 2010. What are you waiting for? Click on the links stated and stand a chance to win these prizes courtesy of these wonderful bloggers.