The Latest Breaking News from Jane Austen

Throughout my school years I had an exuberant, elderly piano teacher, Miss Hazel. She was one of five daughters (like me) and, like many young women of her generation, had never married her sweetheart because he did not return from the war.

An erudite exploration of the female writers who influenced the celebrated 19th-century author brings to light neglected or forgotten but often captivating literature

From sparkling dialogue to surprise character traits, wit, humour and tragedy, this is the year to appreciate Austen

Miss Austin fans are unanimous in their approval

Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

Is no author safe from the BookTok craze?

Plays join shortlist for prestigious international award honouring scripts by female, transgender and non-binary playwrights

José Lourenço’s film adaptation of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther opens with a line on screen stating it is “based on the smash hit 1774 novel of tragic romance”. Set in contemporary Canada, it revolves around Werther (Douglas Booth), who falls tragically…