Deborah YaffeJul 12, 2021The dating gameSome weeks, it’s not clear what tidbit of gossip or news deserves mention as the biggest story in Jane Austen fandom. Other weeks, a...
Deborah YaffeJan 21, 2021Game overAbout eight years ago, a software engineer named Judy L. Tyrer raised more than $100,000 on Kickstarter to develop a Jane Austen-themed...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2021PuzzledI love jigsaw puzzles. So much so that I only occasionally dare to start one, lest my addiction/obsession eat up every waking hour until...
Deborah YaffeAug 19, 2020Who's in?Three years ago, blog readers will recall, a branch of the UK’s Society of Young Publishers sponsored a Jane Austen pub quiz – i.e., a...
Deborah YaffeJul 12, 2020Passing GoIn case you were wondering how high the bar for Janeite gift-giving could be set, wonder no longer: Josh Jordan, a twenty-nine-year-old...
Deborah YaffeJun 21, 2020The Jane Austen Guide to QuarantineFor many of us, coronavirus quarantine has proved to be the perfect moment to reread Jane Austen. (Although, really, is there ever a bad...
Deborah YaffeApr 22, 2020To the manor bornIt’s no secret that many Jane Austen screen adaptations owe their popularity in part to the appeal of their detailed period costumes and...
Deborah YaffeMar 10, 2019Elizabeth Beeblebrox, anyone?Just a few days after my uncharitable swipe at those who promulgate Austenian misinformation, a reminder of human fallibility crossed my...
Deborah YaffeApr 25, 2018Playing for keepsDespite my near-total lack of interest in video games, I am always happy to hear of another game-creator developing an Austen-themed...
Deborah YaffeFeb 19, 2018Jane Austen tidbitsAlthough it’s been a quiet few weeks on the Austen beat, at least compared with last year’s bicentenary frenzy, a few bits of Janeite...
Deborah YaffeJan 4, 2018Austen quizzingJane Austen is no stranger to the quiz-show world, on either side of the pond: As blog readers will recall, just four years ago, she got...
Deborah YaffeOct 22, 2017Jane Austen passes GoLast month, it seemed that Jane Austen had truly arrived in the world economy when the new £10 note bearing her portrait went into...