"Facts are such horrid things!" #JaneAusten
🎂 After celebrating Austen's 250th birthday, we found ourselves wondering what it is about Jane - why this endurance? Who better to chat with on than @devoney.bsky.social, one world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten!
🎂 After celebrating Austen's 250th birthday, we found ourselves wondering what it is about Jane - why this endurance? Who better to chat with on than @devoney.bsky.social, one world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten!
February 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"Facts are such horrid things!" #JaneAusten
🎂 After celebrating Austen's 250th birthday, we found ourselves wondering what it is about Jane - why this endurance? Who better to chat with on than @devoney.bsky.social, one world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten!
🎂 After celebrating Austen's 250th birthday, we found ourselves wondering what it is about Jane - why this endurance? Who better to chat with on than @devoney.bsky.social, one world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten!
It's my book's bday! The last piece of #WildforAusten goes into place tonight at its launch at Changing Hands Phx. There are so many to thank. I'll be expressing gratitude over the coming days. Today it feels right to thank #JaneAusten for inspiring so many of us to read, watch, argue, laugh & love.
September 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's my book's bday! The last piece of #WildforAusten goes into place tonight at its launch at Changing Hands Phx. There are so many to thank. I'll be expressing gratitude over the coming days. Today it feels right to thank #JaneAusten for inspiring so many of us to read, watch, argue, laugh & love.
Calling all Georgia #Janeites! Join us at Emory University for a #JaneAusten 250th conference on Sept. 20th. I'll be talking #WildforAusten. I hope to see you, if you're in the Atlanta area, and please alert your Georgia-based friends.
August 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Calling all Georgia #Janeites! Join us at Emory University for a #JaneAusten 250th conference on Sept. 20th. I'll be talking #WildforAusten. I hope to see you, if you're in the Atlanta area, and please alert your Georgia-based friends.
“Seriously informative and enormous fun.” So grateful for this lovely review of #wildforausten in the Sept/Oct issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, to which I happily subscribe (and recommend to you). And once again, Happy 250th birthday to #JaneAusten!
September 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Seriously informative and enormous fun.” So grateful for this lovely review of #wildforausten in the Sept/Oct issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, to which I happily subscribe (and recommend to you). And once again, Happy 250th birthday to #JaneAusten!
I love @literaryhub.bsky.social ! Maybe you're already an avid reader, too? It's a real treat and such an honor to have an excerpt from #WildforAusten published in its pages today. lithub.com/the-almost-w... #JaneAusten #Janeite
The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet
Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet is among the most beloved and recognized heroines in literature, with far more than her “pair of fine eyes” and “pretty face” to recommend her. Her lively min…
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September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I love @literaryhub.bsky.social ! Maybe you're already an avid reader, too? It's a real treat and such an honor to have an excerpt from #WildforAusten published in its pages today. lithub.com/the-almost-w... #JaneAusten #Janeite
Thank you to @devoney.bsky.social and @chawtonhouse.bsky.social for a great talk on Jane Austen's wildness! Looking forward to reading the book 📚☺️ #WildforAusten #reading #booksky
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thank you to @devoney.bsky.social and @chawtonhouse.bsky.social for a great talk on Jane Austen's wildness! Looking forward to reading the book 📚☺️ #WildforAusten #reading #booksky
A quote from #WildforAusten is featured in the Sept. issue of @aarp.org The Magazine in its "The Tiny Slice" feature, with the spine right between Dan Brown and Ken Follett. Let me know if you spot this in the print magazine (p. 11)? I'm so grateful to AARP for covering #JaneAusten at 250!
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A quote from #WildforAusten is featured in the Sept. issue of @aarp.org The Magazine in its "The Tiny Slice" feature, with the spine right between Dan Brown and Ken Follett. Let me know if you spot this in the print magazine (p. 11)? I'm so grateful to AARP for covering #JaneAusten at 250!
Thrilled that the audiobook of #WildforAusten (out Sept. 2nd) will be narrated by award-winning Marisa Calin! Calin's voice is enchanting & mellifluous, with just the right amount of humor & sass. Grateful this #JaneAusten book has such a perfect-fit narrator.
July 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thrilled that the audiobook of #WildforAusten (out Sept. 2nd) will be narrated by award-winning Marisa Calin! Calin's voice is enchanting & mellifluous, with just the right amount of humor & sass. Grateful this #JaneAusten book has such a perfect-fit narrator.
Hey Tulsa & #JaneAusten in OK friends, won't you join me on September 10th at 7 p.m. at the fab Magic City Books? I'll be talking #WildforAusten in conversation with some guy named @georgejustice.bsky.social . Anything could happen!
August 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hey Tulsa & #JaneAusten in OK friends, won't you join me on September 10th at 7 p.m. at the fab Magic City Books? I'll be talking #WildforAusten in conversation with some guy named @georgejustice.bsky.social . Anything could happen!
"Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked." #JaneAusten
In this special bonus episode we chat Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday celebrations, with guest @devoney.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten! 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j...
In this special bonus episode we chat Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday celebrations, with guest @devoney.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten! 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j...
February 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked." #JaneAusten
In this special bonus episode we chat Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday celebrations, with guest @devoney.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten! 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j...
In this special bonus episode we chat Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday celebrations, with guest @devoney.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading Austen scholars, and author of #WildForAusten! 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j...
Squee! We're on a new podcast. My caro sposo and I dusted off our he-said-she-said act for a tussle over the 1995 vs. 2005 Pride and Prejudice adaptations on Period, with Alison Thoet de Castillo. Grateful for the chance to talk #janeausten , #adaptation & #wildforausten www.buzzsprout.com/2592047
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Squee! We're on a new podcast. My caro sposo and I dusted off our he-said-she-said act for a tussle over the 1995 vs. 2005 Pride and Prejudice adaptations on Period, with Alison Thoet de Castillo. Grateful for the chance to talk #janeausten , #adaptation & #wildforausten www.buzzsprout.com/2592047
Thrilled that #WildforAusten is included in Lit Hub's "Best Reviewed Books of the Week," wedged right there in between Arundhati Roy and Eric Foner! So grateful for all of the support for this book and the continued attention to #JaneAusten in her 250th birthday year.
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thrilled that #WildforAusten is included in Lit Hub's "Best Reviewed Books of the Week," wedged right there in between Arundhati Roy and Eric Foner! So grateful for all of the support for this book and the continued attention to #JaneAusten in her 250th birthday year.
A welcome treat for today: an excerpt from @devoney.bsky.social's new book, Wild for Austen. Via @literaryhub.bsky.social #JaneAusten #WildforAusten #Janeite
I love @literaryhub.bsky.social ! Maybe you're already an avid reader, too? It's a real treat and such an honor to have an excerpt from #WildforAusten published in its pages today. lithub.com/the-almost-w... #JaneAusten #Janeite
The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet
Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet is among the most beloved and recognized heroines in literature, with far more than her “pair of fine eyes” and “pretty face” to recommend her. Her lively min…
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September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A welcome treat for today: an excerpt from @devoney.bsky.social's new book, Wild for Austen. Via @literaryhub.bsky.social #JaneAusten #WildforAusten #Janeite
I'm thrilled to be returning to beloved home turf & our treasured Magers and Quinn Booksellers for a #WildforAusten event, Weds., Sept. 24th at 7 p.m.. I'll be in conversation about #JaneAusten with the brilliant Andrea Kaston Tange. See you there? Free reg here: www.eventbrite.com/e/devoney-lo...
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm thrilled to be returning to beloved home turf & our treasured Magers and Quinn Booksellers for a #WildforAusten event, Weds., Sept. 24th at 7 p.m.. I'll be in conversation about #JaneAusten with the brilliant Andrea Kaston Tange. See you there? Free reg here: www.eventbrite.com/e/devoney-lo...
A P&P film with Judy Garland in Philly? Not a #Janeite game of Clue! It almost was in 1947. This material is not in my new book #WildforAusten. It's a new #JaneAusten legacy story about a wild unpublished script and my first @airmail.news byline! Hope you'll read & share
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The "Pride and Prejudice" That Almost Was
Duets on horseback, Philadelphia nightlife … Inside an unmade Hollywood-musical version of the Austen classic, starring Judy Garland and Peter Lawford.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A P&P film with Judy Garland in Philly? Not a #Janeite game of Clue! It almost was in 1947. This material is not in my new book #WildforAusten. It's a new #JaneAusten legacy story about a wild unpublished script and my first @airmail.news byline! Hope you'll read & share
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@devoney.bsky.social, I’m taking a break from Tudor England to read #WildforAusten!!!
September 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@devoney.bsky.social, I’m taking a break from Tudor England to read #WildforAusten!!!
It’s the 250th anniversary of #JaneAusten ‘s birth, and maybe she wasn’t the meek and mild author you imagined. @devoneylooser ‘s #WildForAusten is a delightful collection of anecdotes and excerpts about the wild version. Also an audiobook narrated! @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio #netgalley
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s the 250th anniversary of #JaneAusten ‘s birth, and maybe she wasn’t the meek and mild author you imagined. @devoneylooser ‘s #WildForAusten is a delightful collection of anecdotes and excerpts about the wild version. Also an audiobook narrated! @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio #netgalley
Janeites, have you read "Wild For Austen," yet? #janeausten #devoneylooser #wildforausten #bookreview #booksky
Book Review: “Wild For Austen,” by Devoney Looser
Description: Incisive, funny, and deeply-researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser.Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we…
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January 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Janeites, have you read "Wild For Austen," yet? #janeausten #devoneylooser #wildforausten #bookreview #booksky
Are you a Texas-based Janeite? Know someone who is? The second stop on my #WildforAusten book tour is a #JaneAusten lecture at the Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live series on Sept. 4th. I'd love to see you there! dma.org/programs/eve...
August 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you a Texas-based Janeite? Know someone who is? The second stop on my #WildforAusten book tour is a #JaneAusten lecture at the Dallas Museum of Art's Arts & Letters Live series on Sept. 4th. I'd love to see you there! dma.org/programs/eve...
Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
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Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
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September 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
pub date - 9/2/25
#WildforAusten #DevoneyLooser #StMartinsPress #NetGalley #JaneAusten #biography #history #nonfiction #alwaysreading #arcreader #bookblogger #September2025books
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It's time to explore my ever-dwindling TBR pile! Incisive, funny, and deeply researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser. Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in Wild for Austen. Most books mentioned in my reviews can be found at the affiliate links below. (Bookshop.org) (Biblio.com) (Better World Books-US) (Better World Books-UK) (
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Wild for Austen by Devoney Looser
Back in the early 80s, a few years after I was in a Jane Austen honors class at university, I picked up a book in which the author remarked that Austen had a quiet, uneventful life. It made me bris…
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September 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM