https://lithub.com/what-would-mr-darcy-earn-today-and-other-jane-austen-related-money-matters/ LitHub has published the "M is Money" section of my new book An A-Z Guide to Jane Austen's World. Today is the book's official release day.

https://www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/closer-look-jane-austens-world-one-letter-time Read Hopkins Press' comments for release day.....

https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/an-az-guide-to-jane-austens-world-100014598 "Although Jane Austen’s books are still widely read, certain aspects of their settings and backgrounds may be less familiar to contemporary readers than they were to readers at the time her works were published. This winsome book helps with that, offering an A-to-Z list of concepts that come into play in Austen’s works and life. Each chapter examines a new topic, beginning with a different lette

What a globe-trotting couple of Austen years this has been! My good friend, Austen scholar, and long-time president of the Austen Society of Australia, Dr Susannah Fullerton, did me the great honor of planning a fantastic day-long event around my book Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness. The day included a tremendous array of diverse speakers, all on the provocative theme of "Jane Austen: Romance Novelist?" Speakers included Carrie Kablean, David and Lisa Campbell, Jane C

I just returned from a Brazilian adventure. I was invited by long-time friend and Austen scholar Maria Clara Biajoli and my new friend and Austen scholar Natalia Barcellos to conduct a week-long class on Austen for their combined undergraduate and graduate students from both their universities-- UNESP of Araraquara and Universidade Federal de Alfenas. The students were wonderful, as one might expect after having excellent professors, and the week culminated in a public lectur

This interesting new review by Laura White places my book alongisde two other Austen studies, looking at Austen's use of history. (It is attached to this blog.) European Romantic Review, August 2026.

With Rachel, Johns Hopkins UP Sales Director Meeting Janeite owners and managers of Independent Bookstores Signing (and running out of) preprints of An A-Z Guide to Jane Austen's World It was such fun to sign advance copies of An A-Z Guide to Jane Austen's World. You can preorder it at your favorite bookstore. We ran out of copies pretty quickly! The official publication date is October 6, 2026. Harriet Wu's illustrations are just gorgeous!