WT Theatre will present Pride and Prejudice at the Happy State Bank Studio Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex on the university’s Canyon campus. This production is rated PG-13.

Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among the finalists for the Audie Awards. These awards honor audio editions of ...

Big anniversaries are coming up in 2026: 200 years since the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, 250 since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 250 since Adam Smith published “The ...

Caroline Jane Knight, who founded the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation nonprofit, speaks with PEOPLE in honor of Austen’s 250th birthday this year Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

Partygoers ditched pop music and booze for a string quartet and tea cakes at a dance in Glen Ellyn, kicking off a week of parties around the author’s 250th birthday. It is a truth universally ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

In the last three years, Sonja Strathearn started making her own costumes for Jane Austen conventions. She said the conventions are like an exhibition for artists. “You're creating the items, but then ...

There are so many Jane Austen adaptations for film and TV that it’s hard to keep up. But which ones are any good? To celebrate 250 years since the author was born, what better time is there to cast an ...

This year marks the English novelist’s 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer valuable insights into her imaginative wit and enduring appeal Ellen Wexler - ...

In 1811, Thomas Egerton, who primarily printed military texts, published a novel about two sisters and their widowed mother, “Sense and Sensibility.” It was written anonymously, “by a lady.” More than ...

Copies of “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen on the shelves at the Franklin branch of the Johnson County Public Library. The library is hosting Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Festival at Church on ...

In a letter dated February 4, 1813, Jane Austen told her sister that she believed her new novel, Pride and Prejudice, was “too light and bright and sparkling.” She added, “It wants shade; it wants to ...