My Love for Jane Austen

Anyone who call themselves a Janeite will know today is a very important day. If she were alive, it will be Jane Austen's two hundredth and fourtieth birthday. What would a celebration be without swags to win? Several parties are organised for this joyous occasion so check out the following blogs to be in for a treat. Harper Collins publisher has offered two special ideas to help you commemorate today. 1) Purchase A Jane Austen Devotional or The Christian Encounter series: Jane Austen for only US$0.99 each 2) Visit the blogs below to win print editions of A Jane Austen Devotional and The Christian Encounter series: Jane Austen by Peter J. Leithart in the worldwide giveaway ☙ Jane Austen's Birthday Giveaway #2: A Jane Austen Devotional and The Christian Encounters Series: Jane Austen @ Austenblog ☙ Happy 240th Birthday, Jane Austen + GIVEAWAY!!! @ Austenesque Reviews ☙ Happy 240th Birthday, Jane Austen + Giveaway @ My Jane Austen Book Club ☙ Happy Birthday ...

The Austenesque book scout is delighted to highlight the giveaways below just for this week. Austen Authors' Jeanna Ellsworth is generously donating a copy of Mr. Darcy's Promise in her post . Leave a comment to be counted to win a paperback copy or e-book edition for US reader. If the winner is international , the lucky person will receive the e-book . Head over to Austenesque Reviews to read author Laura Chapman's guest post to promote her new contemporary Persuasian -inspired novel, The Marrying Type . While you are there, you may wish to participate in the giveaway for a paperback copy of Persuasian and stationery by leaving a comment . The giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents until next Monday, 30 March 2015 . An excerpt from Pamela Dixon's latest release and the second book in Everything Will Change series can be read at My Jane Austen Book Club . There is also an opportunity to win an e-book of So Far Away for worldwide readers ...

Today is one of the most important day for Janeites and Austenite lovers. It is the birth date of our revered and most loved author who gave us many hours of enjoyment of reading her six completed novels, an epistolary novella, two unfinished manuscripts, numerous short stories and hundreds of personal correspondence with family and friends. So how will you be marking this joyous occasion? It certainly calls for a celebration with prizes to be given away in the listed blogs below. Firstly Meredith Esparza has organised a giveaway on her blog, Austenesque Reviews . She is offering three Austen-related gifts to her readers who leave a comment on her post sharing your plans for Jane Austen on her birthday. You can choose to receive a Jane Austen action figure , a paperback edition of Nancy Moser's Just Jane or The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James. It is open internationally and closes next Monday, 22 December 2014 . Sophia Rose of Delighted Reader has invited a...

The Austenesque book scout is delighted to share some great news on fantastic Austenite giveaways which is sure pleased her readers. Debut novelist Pamela Lynne has answered readers' questions on fellow author Leslie Diamond's blog in Ask the Author series. You can read the interview transcript and leave a comment to be entered to win an e-book of Dearest Friends . If you already own her book, you will be playing for a Christmas ornament especially donated by Pamela. The contest closes on Friday, 12 December 2014 . Author Stanley Michael Hurd has stopped by Austenesque Reviews for an interview with Meredith Esparza. Leave a comment there because he is generously offering three paperback copies of Darcy's Tale: Volume I, Into Hertfordshire and an ARC of Darcy's Tale: Deluxe Edition . Extra entry is given when you comment on Meredith's review of Darcy's Tale: Deluxe Edition . The deadline for this international competition is next Wednesday, 17 ...

The following lists Austenite giveaways which the Austenesque scout has diligently checked out this week. Jane Odiwe, author of numerous Austenesque titles, is celebrating the publication of Mrs Darcy's Diamonds on Austen Variations . Visit her post and leave your comments with a valid email address because she has generously sponsored two e-books of Mrs Darcy's Diamonds , two paste brooches , a cross pendant and a necklace. The jewelleries are inspired by designs worn during Georgian and Regency eras. The deadline for the competition is next Friday, 12 September 2014 . Sally Smith O'Rourke is hosting a giveaway for an e-book of  Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James on her blog . Visit her post and fill up the Rafflecopter form by next Wednesday, 10 September 2014 to be in the running . Next fifteen copies of Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Covers by Margaret C. Sullivan, which will be published in November, are up for grabs on Goo...