As Miss Austen, a new series focused on Cassandra Austen, debuts on the BBC, we delve into the history of the other Austen ...

The Jane Austen Festival (September 12–21), plus a nautical Persuasion ball (May), a seaside Sanditon ball (June) and a ...

Miss Austen: who's in the cast of the Jane Austen BBC series? - The series, which explores the life of the young Jane and ...

Jane Austen enthusiasts are being asked to help transcribe a handwritten manuscript biography of her brother Francis. The unpublished text details the life, travels and naval career of Admiral Sir ...

Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) sets out to protect her sister’s (and her own) past, lest her private correspondence and intimate ...

Caroline Sanderson is a non-fiction writer, editor and books journalist. Her books include a travel narrative, A Rambling Fancy: in the F ...

In the series, Hynes, 52, takes on the role of Mary Austen, Jane and Cassandra’s (Hawes) sister-in-law, who assists her husband in his attempt to write a biography about the esteemed writer.

Thanks to her sharp wit and strong female characters, Jane Austen’s literature is still utterly relevant. Author Claire Harman asks – is she the most influential woman of the past 200 years?

Hynes, 52, stars as Mary Austen, sister-in-law to Jane and Cassandra (Hawes), who is hoping to help her husband publish a biography about the great writer much to her sister’s horror. Speaking to ...