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

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.

In front of an audience of nearly 1000 Janeites, Susan Allen Ford interviewed four Austen scholars -- Janine Barchas, Collin Hemmingway, Devoney Looser, and yours truly -- on Austen's "Acts of Greatness" in late 2025. You can now read the transcript of our conversation here: https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-46-no-1/ford-2/

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781421455556 I'm surprised and delighted to receive this early review of my new Austen A-Z book. Here for convenience is the text of the review: Brodey (Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness), an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, delivers a rich guide to the language, objects, customs, and history that shaped Jane Austen’s life and work. Arranged in alphabetical order, the terms illuminate Austen’s stature

I've received my first samples of the new paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness. Doesn't it look nice? I'm delighted with the chance to make a few corrections, and also for all the new quotes on the back of the book! Thanks to all who helped the book reach this new edition!

Coming on September 11, 2026 with Johns Hopkins UP. An A–Z Guide to Jane Austen's World features 26 carefully chosen words in order to illuminate the social customs, material culture, language, and historical forces shaping Jane Austen's fiction and life. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout by my talented colleague Harriet Wu (who also illustrated Jane Austen's Desk). A recurring theme is Austen's response to the rapidly changing age in which she lived, as well as

I'm delighted to announce that Johns Hopkins decided to release a paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness. It is available now for preorder on Amazon and elsewhere. I am gratified that the excellent reviews in the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Sunday Times (London) and elsewhere, as well as robust sales warranted this new edition. I was also happy to be able to make a few small corrections to the text as well.

You can learn more about the features in our new project here!

Thanks to Alexandra Mullen for a creative and thought-provoking review of my book.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a63633376/jane-austen-gen-z-fans/ This lovely article by Lydia Venn talks about Austen's...

Sarah Schafer Walton and I had fun presenting Jane Austen's Desk at the "Innovation Room" of the Modern Language Association's annual meeting. Remember, if you too want to try it out, go to beta.janeaustensdesk.org! Let us know what you think...

Thanks to our Jane Austen's Desk naval historian Sheila Johnson Kindred for sharing this lovely Christmas celebration!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz_diwzlo7Q Susan Allen Ford and Inger S. B. Brodey discuss their new books This was an in-person event...

My gratitude to Susannah Fullerton for including Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness in her top ten books of 2024. Read her list here: https://susannahfullerton.com.au/my-2024-favourites/ Historian and Literary Critic Susannah Fullerton

This engaging review by Elizabeth Lowry has boosted interest in Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness . An illustration for Jane...

Lovely long review of my new book by Austen expert Maggie Lane. Published in the November edition of the newsletter for the Jane Austen...

The Jane Austen's Desk team had a great time unveiling our NEH-funded project, "Jane Austen's Desk" to hundreds of Janeites in Celeveland...

Belated thanks to Katherine Howell for an excellent review of my new book in the National Review "Bookshelf" (April 18, 2024):