Among the Janeites 5/6

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Regency fashion disasters: Newsday interview

A fun interview with me in Newsday, in which I talk about Janeites, Austen-love and the fashion disaster that was my attempt to wear a...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 9, 2013

The New York Times tests Janeite mettle

Vowing "to separate the Lizzys from the Lydias," the New York Times is running an online Jane Austen trivia game, which includes some...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 8, 2013

The Republic of Pemberley reads Among the Janeites

I'm very excited to report that the Republic of Pemberley, the largest on-line Jane Austen fan community, has scheduled a Group Read of...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 7, 2013

Among the Janeites in the Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor is running a slideshow featuring the stories of several people profiled in Among the Janeites. I'm really...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 6, 2013

Publication day -- and publication-day publicity -- for Among the Janeites

The big day is finally here: Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom, my book about Austen obsessives and...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 5, 2013

Among the Janeites on The Brian Lehrer Show

Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom, my book about obsessed Janeites, is officially out tomorrow! It's...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 4, 2013

AustenBlog reviews Among the Janeites

Maggie Sullivan's AustenBlog, though relatively quiet over the past year or so, has been a go-to source for news about Jane Austen and...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 3, 2013

Huffington Post on Among the Janeites

More happy news on the publicity front: the Huffington Post has listed Among the Janeites as one of "10 Essential Reads for Janeites,"...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 3, 2013

Excerpt from Among the Janeites in Salon

Salon is running an excerpt from Among the Janeites -- the chapter about the Jane Austen Society of North America's Annual General...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 3, 2013

Austenprose loves Among the Janeites!

Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose has given Among the Janeites the kind of review that makes an author's heart sing, calling the book "a...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 2, 2013

Among the Janeites at Roof Beam Reader

I'm guest posting today at Roof Beam Reader, as part of that site's "Austen in August" event. My post is about the wide variety of Austen...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 2, 2013

Champagne time

I’ll be wrapping up my Sanditon Summer blog series – featuring discussion of completions, continuations, spinoffs and riffs inspired by...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 31, 2013