The judges of the BARS 2026 First Book Prize received a large number of excellent nominations for this year’s prize. Discriminating amongst such a strong field was necessarily very challenging… Read more »
Lucy Andrew discusses how she transformed Austen’s Harriet Smith into a feisty detective in her new novel A Very Vexing Murder. As a huge fan of both Jane Austen and… Read more »
Dr Hannah Wilson discusses 2026’s excess of Regency adaptations and reworkings, and discusses why this is a bumper year for Austen. The BBC’s recent TV adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s The… Read more »