This is Basil Blathering doing my literary podcast - and just accidently mentioning my newest book - Jane Austen, Great Writer - Social Snob. My previous book on Margaret Thatcher got a lot of attention and I had various things thrown at me on t…
The movie will be out at Xmas. There will be male and females playing the appropriate roles - no surprises. Ru Paul wanted to buy a script for his cast members-is thinking of branching out into movies - but we said no. It takes place in a small Af…
There is an unknown billionaire's far-out research company - creating life to live on other planets - (Can't mention his name, though it starts with a B). This company had gotten hold of a sample of Jane Austen's hair and done a complete DNA seq…
The guy who wrote the Jane Austen Vampire and Zombie novels - a highly ethical person - got incensed and in a fight with the Asian guy who just did the Gay Jane Austen Movie-set in Fire Island NY. Being in costume, they threw walking sticks at e…
Here follows a hitherto lost extract from the diary of Jane Austen, discovered by Christopher Long: Dear Diary, Today I was taking my morning constitution with Papa, when he told me that he had some business to attend to at Mr Henry Miggins' Cornershoppe. After a brief conversation with Mrs Miggins, during which we exchanged pleasantries about the weather, Papa and I alighted upon the establ...
Far from the numerous publications that have been published under the title The Jane Austen Diaries, a document has been uncovered that seems to suggest that the author herself kept a dairy. In reality the two pages discovered revealed that she was not just ahead of time in her books but also in her personal writings as well. The contents of the document, which is dated 1795, when Miss Austen...
The news that Jane Austen would become only the third woman, besides Queen Elizabeth II, to appear on an English bank note has prompted US Treasury officials to endorse $10 bills with an equally iconic figure. "We toyed with the idea of having Bio...
Furious upon learning that her likeness would appear on 10-pound Bank of England notes, Ms. Austen determined she would take action to express her displeasure. "Kinda cheap," Jane reportedly complained, spreading the word that she had expected...
Today, lines were forming outside bookstores across the country as excited readers couldn't wait to get their hands on the latest classic remake. This time it's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice which gets an update, as publishers try to milk the pop...
Fans of classic English literature are about to be assaulted by an expletive-filled version of Wuthering Heights. The latest radio play version of Emily Bronte's romance will portray Cathy and Heathcliffe as they have never been heard before. A...
Head of entertainment at the BBC Sir Alec Douglas Hume has announced a new version of Jane Austen's Classic "Pride and Prejudice". "The public just cant get enough of this classic tale" said Mr Hume, "So we intend to do another version using an in...
A rare unfinished edition of a Jane Austen novel is to be completed by author Irvine Welsh.
Jane Austen's life is about to be a book and, naturally, the novelist will be appearing on the front cover. However the face behind some of the world's most-loved books has been deemed unable to sell them.
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