Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Being a Jane Austen Mystery Challenge 2011



There's fun news for a completely unique challenge in 2011 over at the fabulous Austenprose! Laurel Ann has announced the details of the exciting "Being a Jane Austen Mystery Challenge 2011" featuring all of Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen mysteries! Besides reviews and contests on Austenprose, fellow Janeites can follow along with Stephanie Barron on her own website where she will discuss behind-the-scenes information about the writing and research involved in creating her Jane Austen sleuth. Sounds like a great challenge!

Jane Austen Mysteries by Stephanie Barron:

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1996)
Jane and the Man of the Cloth (1997)
Jane and the Wandering Eye (1998)
Jane and the Genius of the Place (1999)
Jane and the Stillroom Maid (2000)
Jane and the Prisoner of the Wool House (2001)
Jane and the Ghosts of Netley (2003)
Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy (2005)
Jane and the Barque of Frailty (2006)
Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron (2010)
Jane and the Canterbury Tale (2011)


Time-line: The Being a Jane Austen Mystery Challenge runs January 1, through December 31, 2011.

Levels of participation: Neophyte: 1 – 4 novels, Disciple 5 – 8 novels, Aficionada 9 – 11 novels.

At present, I'm going to try to work through them all....we'll see how it goes. ;)

For full details and to sign up for the challenge, please visit Austenprose.


Are you in?

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Yay! So happy you're joining in this mystery challenge too! It's going to be so much fun!

Joanne said...

Hi, Ruth -- Yes, it will be fun and informative! I'm looking forward to it. :)

Staci said...

This sounds like so much fun!! I've been wanting to read one of these. Now I have a reason to!!!

Joanne said...

Glad you're coming aboard, Staci! What makes this challenge so interesting (to me) is the participation by Stephanie Barron with her readers! Looking forward to many good Regency mysteries ahead!

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