My Love for Jane Austen

The Austenesque scout would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and enjoy the giveaways that you might like to take a look at below. Bryony Allen is featured as the guest author at Fly High! where there is a chance to win The Assembly Room in e-book or Kindle format. Simply leave a comment and email address by next Wednesday, 7 November 2012 to qualify for this international giveaway. Austen Authors is celebrating the November Revels in a big way to coincide with the 200th double wedding anniversary of Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy to Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Charles Bingley to Miss Jane Bennet. For the whole month, look forward to reading vignettes and special historical posts on Regency wedding customs contributed by the authors. Of course a big celebration will not be complete without free goodies and there are numerous prizes up for grabs divided into weekly giveaways. Check the giveaway page for a complete listing of prizes and how to participate in order to win t...

The Austenesque scout would like to bring some cheer into your life by sharing book giveaways that you may want to enter this week. Susan Buchanan was invited to guest post on Fly High! where she talks about setting her novel in Italy. She has also provided an e-book of Sign of the Times to one international winner who leave a comment and email address at her post . This giveaway closes next Friday, 2 November 2012 . Meanwhile Meredith has the chance to interview characters from Christina Dudley's The Beresfords . An excerpt of the interview is posted at Austenesque Reviews where you can win The Beresfords . Take note a paperback copy is limited to US or Canadian resident while an e-book is for worldwide entries. Comment by next Saturday, 3 November 2012 and to increase your chance of winning, just leave another comment on Meredith's review . As part of the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop organised by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and The Diary of a Bookworm ,...

Exactly a week ago, Velvet of vvb32 reads featured a virtual book event specifically from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice -inspired fiction. If you are like me who missed this event, it is not too late to hop on to her blog to view the schedule that she had planned for her readers. There are some books given away to anyone who participate but hurry as one of them has already ended. Nevertheless, below is the list of prizes you are eligible to win if you visit each post and follow the instructions. Just click on the image and it will take you straight to the site. It is open worldwide and the deadline to submit your entries is on Halloween Day, 31 October 2012 . 1) Shannon Winslow's The Darcys of Pemberley 2) An e-book of Honor & Integrity: A Collection of Pride and Prejudice-Inspired Short Stories by Aimée Avery, June Williams and Enid Wilson 3) J. K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy 4) A paperback or e-book of Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen by Sal...

Rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★ After reading the delightful and entertaining The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy a few months ago, I long to read Mary Lydon Simonsen's A Wife for Mr. Darcy . A variation of Pride and Prejudice , the story sets just after the Meryton Assembly when Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy insulted Elizabeth Bennet by uttering the famous line from Jane Austen's novel, " She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me ". Being a gentleman and realising that Elizabeth could have heard his remark, he came to Longbourn the next morning to personally apologise to her. Thus begins a chain of events that leads away from the plot of Pride and Prejudice but nevertheless arrives at a very satisfying conclusion. With such an auspicious start to a possible relationship, you would have thought that few obstacles would come between them. However that is not the case since before setting foot in Hertfordshire, Darcy was seen to be courting for Miss Letitia Montford's af...

The Austenesque scout has some good news to share with her readers who may want to participate the giveaways. Meredith has reviewed Mary Lydon Simonsen's Pride and Prejudice variation titled Darcy on the Hudson over at Austenesque Reviews . Read her delightful review and leave a comment for the chance to win a paperback copy of Darcy on the Hudson courtesy of the author. Your comment should mention what time period or location that you would like Mary to place Darcy and Elizabeth next. This contest is open worldwide and ends next Monday, 22 October 2012 . Next up Maria Grazia is participating in Fall into Fantasy Hop where she is giving away a set of three e-books to one winner at Fly High! . All you need to do in order to win Prue Batten's The Chronicles of Eirie in Kindle format is to fill up the Rafflecopter form available on her post . This international contest is open until Sunday, 21 October 2012 . P O Dixon is promoting her newest Pride and Pre...

There is a fabulous Jane Austen Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and vvb32 reads . Beginning next week, this giveaway event will be held at participating blogs who sign-up since last month and so far it totals up to 68 including Austenesque authors. This is indeed good news where readers can win numerous Austen-inspired books since most of the giveaways are open worldwide . Without further ado, here is the list of all the prizes that you should check out at the respective blogs but read the rules first before entering. 1) A copy each of Jenni James's The Jane Austen Diaries series consisting of Pride & Popularity , Northanger Alibi and Persuaded for three winners ( US : paperback , International : e-book ) @ I Am A Reader, Not A Writer 2) Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Ghosts of Netley @ vvb32 reads 3) Harper Teen edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and a key-chain @ Book Love 101 4) Kindle edition of one of Stephanie Ba...

The Austenesque scout would like to share some goodies that readers should take note. On Wednesday, 10 October 2012, Mary is launching A Killing in Kensington , the second novella in the Patrick Shea mystery series over on her blog . She will be giving away two e-book copies in Kindle or Nook format so make sure you comment on her post with your email address . The contest closes on Sunday, 15 October 2012 . Sandra Gulland has written a guest post for Fly High! about establishing her own e-book publishing company. Leave a comment with your email address to be entered to win one of three e-books of The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B . This giveaway is open to everyone except readers from US and Canada . The deadline falls on Thursday, 1 November 2012 . Jan Hahn and Janet Taylor has a guest post on Darcyholic Diversions to tell about their recent summer trip to some of Jane Austen's pilgrimage sites in England. Stop by on their post and read the hi...

Sons and Daughters , the long awaited sequel to Karen V. Wasylowski's Darcy and Fitzwilliam was recently released last week. Starting five years after the closing of her first book, readers will learn how their family life turn out to be through the eyes of their children. As with other authors who have recently self-published their book, Karen is going on a promotional tour beginning at her own blog . Do stop by on all of the blogs which she will be visiting because you may win fabulous prizes generously provided by her including copies of Darcy and Fitzwilliam and Sons and Daughters in paperback and e-book format. A Kindle gadget is also in the cards so leave your comments at her posts now. Karen's book tour of Sons and Daughters are as follows: 1st: Sons and Daughters Contest Page @ The League of British Artists 8th: New Release: Karen Wasylowski, Sons and Daughters. Pride and Prejudice Continues... Presentation & Giveaway @ My Jane Austen Book Club 1...

Welcome to another weekly edition Austen-themed giveaways brought to you by the Austenesque scout. At the start of this week, Maria Grazia hosted an interview with guest author Karen M Cox on My Jane Austen Book Club . Do stop by on the blog and read the what transpired during the interview because you may win an autographed copy of Find Wonder in All Things when you leave a comment and email address there. Take note that this worldwide contest closes next Wednesday, 10 October 2012 . Sally Smith O'Rourke has just released Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen which is her sequel to The Man Who Loved Jane Austen . She is stopping at Austenprose to introduce readers to her new release and give away three e-books . Just leave a comment on her guest blog mentioning if you believe if Fitzwilliam Darcy was based on a real person Jane Austen knew or from her imagination. The deadline for this contest open internationally is at 11.59pm PT on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 . ...