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Handsome, clever and rich … The new Emma film reviewed!
"Utterly delightful and resplendent with screwball charm from start to finish." Read more
QUIZ: Which Bennet sister said it?
Take the quiz to find out how well you know The Bennet sisters! Read more
Sanditon by Jane Austen: soon to be a TV miniseries
Jane Austen's final and unfinished novel, Sanditon, will be adpated for TV! Read more
36 Romantic Recommendations this Valentine’s Day
We recommend 36 romantic reads to add to your collection! Read more
Today marks 200 years since Jane Austen’s death.
Fun fact about Jane Austen: she was proposed to at least 5 times! Read more
GUEST BLOG: Bestselling author Rachael Johns lists her Top Ten Romance Books
We’re so lucky to be able to host guest blogs from some of Australia’s Favourite Authors, and with the dust settling on Valentine’s Day, we’ve got a special treat for Romance lovers. A guest blog from romance bestseller Rachael Johns! Rachael unveils her Top Ten Romance Books of All-Time. Did your favourites make the cut? Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Thi... Read more
NEWS: P.D. James’ novel Death Comes to Pemberley hits the small screen!
Starting this Friday, 28 November at 8.30 pm on ABC 1, the long-awaited TV series of Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James finally hits our screens. The three-part series, based on the best-selling P.D. James novel of the same name, is a murder mystery picking up where Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice ended. The cast includes Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jenna Coleman, Matthew Goo... Read more
Joanna Trollope on Jane Austen
The Austen Project Sense & Sensibility A Q&A with Joanna Trollope 1. Sense & Sensibility is launching the Austen Project – what was it about the idea of a modern re-telling of Jane Austen’s novel that caught your imagination? My first – and I have to say, last – reaction when the idea of updating those novels was put to me, was: how brilliant! Jane Austen’s preoccupations – r... Read more
Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum Takes A Tour Through The House of Austen
I’d been warned not to expect much. There’s not a lot to see, people told me. Basically just a table. But that’s the point. Jane Austen’s house at Chawton in Hampshire is a modest affair and it’s true that the rooms are few and their furnishings scant. No wonder British Heritage were desperate when American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson outbid Chawton at Sotheby’... Read more