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8 Ways to Live Like Jane Austen

Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen in Becoming Jane 2007 Buena Vista International   Are you a...
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The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood — Book Review

  From the desk of Syrie James I was intrigued by the premise of The Curse of Morton Abbey, a...
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Comparing the Jane Austen’s Persuasion Movie Versions

Photo credits: 1995 Persuasion/Sony Pictures, 2007 Persuasion/BBC, 2022 Persuasion/Netflix   Which film version of Jane Austen’s...
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Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner — Book Review

  From the desk of Syrie James I enjoyed Natalie Jenner’s debut novel The Jane Austen Society and was excited...
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My Magical PBS SANDITON Lawn Party & Screening Event!

  I enjoyed the most thrilling evening sponsored by PBS and Masterpiece Theater to celebrate Season 2 of SANDITON, their...
Sanditon Season 2

8 Reasons Why I Love SANDITON, BRIDGERTON, and Other Stories Set in Jane Austen’s Regency Era

Photo: James Pardon/Courtesy of PBS   I have a soft spot for historical fiction—be it a...
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Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron – Book Review

  From the desk of Syrie James I have a soft spot in my heart for the Being a Jane...
7 Ways My Real Life Romance Inspired Floating on Air

7 Ways My Real-Life Romance Inspired FLOATING ON AIR

  My contemporary romance novel Floating on Air (Book 1 in my Struck By Love series), about the whirlwind love...
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The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews – Book Review

  From the desk of Syrie James Can a daring, independent-minded equestrian and a brilliant, half-Indian dressmaker overcome the pressures...
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8 Things I Love About the 80s

  I’m feeling nostalgic about the 1980s. I set two of my novels in that awesome era, a decade that...