Reese's Book Club and Oprah's Book Club are popular examples of celebrity book clubs, but these lesser-known options ...

Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...

William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, shaped English drama from Stratford-upon-Avon while Jane Austen ... Islay Book FestivalAugust 28-31 The festival that grew out of a small book club ...

From bonnets to ballgowns to Beverly Hills, Jane Austen's formidable heroines remain as sharp, stubborn, and unforgettable as ever — especially in film Jane Austen might have written her novels ...

Fielding joined authors Kwan, Egan and Vivian Gornick at the 92nd Street Y’s Celebration of Jane Austen on March 27 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ... Goon Squad), Kevin Kwan (Crazy ...

A group of beloved writers came together to honor the legacy of Jane Austen ... But, as Fielding put it, Austen’s books may remain so popular, simply, “because she’s good.” ...

Helen Fielding, Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan and Vivian Gornick spoke in conversation with New Yorker writer Alexandra Schwartz at the Celebration of Jane Austen at the 92nd ... But, as Fielding put it, ...

Helen Fielding, Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan and Vivian Gornick spoke in conversation with New Yorker writer Alexandra Schwartz at the Celebration of Jane ... put it, Austen’s books may remain ...

In “Jane Austen ... Ms. Romney noticed, Austen alluded to a number of woman novelists she read and admired. Although Ms. Romney had been taught—and many rare-book catalogs repeated—the ...

In her new book, Rebecca Romney chronicles her path down a five-years-long rabbit hole to discover the many female writers that Jane Austen was influenced by, something scholars had outright ...

by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: her letters and books. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” surveys the female writers she admired and whose novels laid the groundwork ...

By chance, Romney, a rare-books collector, comes upon a 1778 novel by a woman who turns out to have been one of Jane Austen’s favorite authors. Suddenly it occurs to Romney that perhaps her ...