Bonnets At Dawn

Hannah and Lauren recap chapters 22 - 32 of North and South, discuss Thornton's fruit piece, and read your comments!

No North and South talk here! This episode, we interview Nancy Holder from Kymera Press about her comic Mary Shelley Presents, which features and adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's The Old Nurse's Story. We also talk about the writing process, Crimson Peak, and make some special announcements! Follow Nancy on Twitter @NancyHolder And Kymera Press @KymerssPress You can purchase a copy of Mary Shelley Present via the Kymera Press website: http://www.kymerapress.com/

Lauren and Hannah tackle Chapters 11-21 of North and South, dish out some more facts on the life of Elizabeth Gaskell and read YOUR COMMENTS. Also, Lady Catherine de Bourgh vs Mrs. Thornton - GO! #NewMoneyNewProblems, #BusyLizzie, #LillyFacts #HardTimesSux

Lauren and Hannah recap the first ten chapters of their new favorite book - North and South. They also discuss ferns! Listener comments! And the life of Elizabeth Gaskell. Forgive the lateness and the poor audio! Zencastr chewed this episode up and spit it back out in one million little pieces.

We asked, and you delivered your best true ghost stories! Warning, this episode contains very little Austen or Brontë talk. Special thanks to @CreepyCo, @Maggie_Rachael, @DrunkAusten and Jude Law's private driver.

Zencastr ate our lovely episode! So now, you get this late-night ramble about the Jane Austen exhibit at the Bodleian library, Charlotte Brontë and AMBITION, and Villette. Later, we interview Brontë experts Sophie Franklin and Dr. Claire O' Callaghan, about their conference - The Coarseness of Brontës: A Reappraisal. For more information about The Coarseness of the Brontës and their call for papers, check out their website and Twitter account - @CoarseBrontes https://coarsebrontes.wordpress.com/

LET'S ALL GO TO CANADA. Hannah and I are running away to Toronto to become permanent fixtures within the Jane Austen re-enactment community called Jane Austen Dancing. We're going to spend our days mastering Regency food, culture, and dance under the expert tutelage of this week's guest - Karen Millyard. Join us now, or work for us later. http://danceweavers.ca/janeausten.html @JaneAustenDance

Welcome to episode 21, where we have awkwardly edited out our Scarlet Pimpernel rant to keep focus on the Brontës! Hannah reveals Charlotte's true height and tiny book conspiracies are born. PLUS we talk to the lovely Selene and Serena from The Sisters' Room blog - which is an Italian/English site dedicated to the Brontë sisters. Find them online - http://www.thesistersroom.com/?lang=en Twitter: @TheSistersRoom Instagram: @TheSistersRoomBlog

We watched Pride and Prejudice and Zombies with you lot, and then we recorded an episode about it! We compare and contrast the book the the original, gush over Matt Smith, and chat with Nikki from the Something Cheeky podcast. Listen until the very end for details about our October giveaways!

We're interrupting your regularly scheduled B@D episode with this hot take on the new Jane Eyre graphic novel. It's Team Brontë x2, as I'm joined by Caitlin Rosberg, comic critic for Paste Magazine and the AV Club, Editor for Ladies' Night Anthology and lover of Jane Eyre. We discuss the comic-making process, the LNA Kickstarter and compare and contrast this graphic novel with the original. Find Caitlin @Crosberg Find Ladies' Night Anthology @GCCLadiesNight

We're back in the podcast hut with a Team Austen episode! This week, we interview the lovely Sophie Andrews. Sophie runs a Janeite blog called Laughing with Lizzie, and was recently featured in the BBC documentary - My Friend Jane. Follow Sophie on Twitter: @LaughingwithLiz You can check out her site here: http://laughingwithlizzie.blogspot.com/

IT'S OUR MOST ACTION-PACKED EPISODE EVER. We venture up to Haworth to visit the Brontë Parsonage Museum and read poetry on the moors. Along the way, we meet some chickens in a graveyard, stay in a haunted hostel, and nearly run into Gemma Arterton. Special thanks to Amy Rowbottom, the curatorial assistant at the BPM, for a most delightful interview!

Lady Mary, Mistress of the Needle, Baroness of the Ravenswood, joins me for a quick and dirty episode about the formation of the B@D Crafting Society. Mary has graciously agreed to help us bring together all of our crafty listeners online, so they can share their literary-inspired creations AND provide sassy support. Join us on Ralvery. Group name - Knitted Bonnets - https://www.ravelry.com/ Join us on Facebook - Bonnets at Dawn Our official Twitter Hashtag is #BaDCraftySociety

Remember that time we went to Bath and posted all those pics on social media? Well, now you can hear what actually went down! We got mad at a flower sculpture, went to a Regency picnic, kissed Mr. Bennet and Hannah pitched a Jane Austen biopic. Special thanks to Polly and Kristin from the Bath Preservation Trust. Check out their good work here: http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/

It's six in the morning, LET'S TALK VICTORIAN WOMEN WRITERS. Lauren interviews Carolyn Oulton from the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers to the show to discuss the history of the centre, Villette and teaching the Brontës. But first, the girls discuss their evil plans for phase two of the podcast...

We've been plagued with technical difficulties, but we're BACK with an episode about he upcoming Pride & Prejudice adaptation and listener feedback! The fancasting is strong in this one. #RogerAllamforMrBennet

Guys, we're truly sorry this episode is so long. We just have so many Jane Eyre feelings. We'll pull ourselves together next week, we promise.

Lauren takes some suspicious cough syrup and recaps Northanger Abbey. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Lauren and Hannah have feelings about the Bronte biopic To Walk Invisible. Actress/Artist Holly Gorne joins the girls to discuss her roles in Austen and Bronte productions, including her most recent as Anne Bronte. And the parsonage is most definitely haunted. Find Holly's Bronte-inspired artwork here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByGorne http://www.thistledowntheatre.com/

Dear listeners, we tried to make Austen-inspired desserts and failed miserably. Regardless, we hope you enjoy this discussion about the time we overstayed our welcome at an expensive afternoon tea AND our interview with the delightful Jo Turner of Josephine's Chocolates. Check out Jo's Austen-inspired creations below! https://twitter.com/JosephinesChoc https://www.josephineschocolate.com/