Showing posts with label Book Giveaways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Giveaways. Show all posts

Book Giveaway in Celebration of Sense and Sensibility's 200 Year Anniversary

From the desk of Maria Grazia: October 2011 will mark the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. This is why My Jane Austen Book Club wants to dedicate a special space to the celebration and discussion of Austen's first achievement as a published writer. I have invited some expert Janeites to contribute to the discussion and they have kindly and generously accepted.

Katherine at November's Autumn and Gaskell Blog contributed the cute button on the right. Each month one of them will deal with a theme, a character, a topic somehow linked to Sense and Sensibility. The discussion will be open to you all with your comments, questions and suggestions. There will be a monthly giveaway and you will have the chance to win a book or DVD connected to our celebration. Here's the schedule of our virtual meetings. Take note:

1. January: Jennifer Becton, Marriage and money in Sense and Sensibility

2. February: Alexa Adams, Sense and Sensibility on screen

3. March C. Allyn Pierson, Inheritance laws and their consequences in Sense & Sensibility

4. April: Beth Pattillo, Lost in Sense and Sensibility

5. May: Jane Odiwe, Willoughby: a rogue on trial

6. June: Deb @JASNA Vermont Secrets in Sense and Sensibility

7. July: Laurie Viera Rigler, Interview with Lucy Steele

8. August: Regina Jeffers, Settling for the Compromise Marriage

9. September: Lynn Shepherd, The origins of S&S: Richardson, Jane Austen, Elinore & Marianne

10. October: Meredith @Austenesque Reviews, Sense and Sensibility fanfiction

11. November:  Vic @Jane Austen's World,  Minor characters in Sense and Sensibility

12. December: Laurel Ann @Austenprose,  Marianne Dashwood: A passion for dead Leaves and other Sensibilities

JANUARY GIVEAWAY - Now closed. The winner is Nonna Beach.

If you comment on this post or/and on upcoming Jennifer Becton's post about marriage and money in Sense and Sensibility, you'll be entered in the giveaway of The Three Weissmans of Westport by Cathleen Shine. This novel, published by Picador, is a new modern re-telling of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!

Happy 235th Birthday, Jane Austen!
In celebration of December 16th, please visit the following sites:

Leave comments on the blogs to win an assortment of fabulous prizes! Click here to see what they are!

A Happy Jane Austen Birthday Event With Free Gifts! Coming December 16th


It wouldn't be fair to neglect someone as important and dear to us as Jane Austen on her birthday. She was born on 16th December 1775, it’ll be 235 years next week . We owe so many immensely pleasant moments to her that we decided she deserved a great B-day celebration. My Jane Austen Book Club and other bloggers and Austen dedicated writers are going to have a blog party in her honour. You are all invited to join us on our “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE!” event next Thursday December 16th. Who will be there? Where is the party going on?

My other blog, Jane Austen's World, will be joining in on the celebration! As well as these other fine authors and bloggers:


You’ll find Happy Birthday posts and tributes to Jane Austen on all these blogs on December 16th with the HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE logo created by Adriana Zardini (JASBRA) just for the occasion. Lovely, isn’t it? Visit all the blogs on December 16th and leave your comments + e-mail address to have lots of chances to win one of the wonderful gifts we are giving away:


The books include - 1 signed copy of…

  • Willoughby’s Return by Jane Odiwe
  • Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
  • Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
  • Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
  • Intimations of Austen by Jane Greensmith
  • Darcy's Passions: Fitzwilliam Darcy's Story by Regina Jeffers
  • First Impressions. A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice by Alexa Adams
  • Jane and the Damned by Janet Mullany
  • Bespelling Jane Austen by Janet Mullany
Other gifts:
  • Austen bag offered by Karen Wasylowski
  • DVD Pride & Prejudice 2005 offered by Regina Jeffers
  • Package of Bingley's Tea. (flavor "Marianne's Wild Abandon" ) offered by Cindy Jones
  • DVD Jane Austen in Manhattan offered by Maria Grazia
  • 3 issues of Jane Austen Regency World offered by Maria Grazia

Giveaways will end on December 23rd . Winners will be announced by Maria Grazia, organizer of this celebration, on My Jane Austen Book Club.

Book Giveaway: Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen


Jane Austen's World is hosting a book give away of Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing.
Please click here to enter! I am collecting a wonderful number of Jane Austen quotes, which I shall share with readers over the months. It is fun to read which quotes are meaningful to readers.

The winner will be chosen on April 19th.

My favorite Jane Austen quote is from Persuasion: " A lady without a family was the very best preserver of furniture in the world."

Vic

Winners Announced in the Mr. Darcy's Great Escape Grand Giveaway

Congratulations to the three lucky winners drawn at random from the comments on the Grand Giveaway of the Pride and Prejudice Continues Series by Marsha Altman. Each of the three winners will receive one copy each of The Darcys & The Bingleys, The Plight of the Darcy Brothers and Mr. Darcy's Great Escape. The winners are...

Laura Hartness, Ollie Otson and Jami

Winners please contact us at JaneAustenToday at yahoo dot com with your online moniker, full name and address before Wednesday February 24th, 2010 to claim your prize. Shipment to US and Canadian addresses only.

Thanks to all who contributed your great comments and to Sourcebooks for contributing the giveaway prizes.

Vic, Jane Austen's World & Laurel Ann, Austenprose