Sheenagh Pugh, author of The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context, will be on BBC Breakfast to discuss the book on Monday, 1 August, sometime between 8:40 and 9:10, unless bumped by a breaking news story. The book is a discussion of fan fiction as a literary genre, including Jane Austen fan fiction.
There might be a chance to send in text messages or e-mails to respond to the piece, or use this link.
Thanks to Alert Janeites Jessica and Cinthia, we learned that the P&P3 official movie site now lists the U.S. release date as November 18.
Yes, that’s the same release date as HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Because naturally there would be no crossover in the audiences for the films.
*bangs head on desk repeatedly*
In other news, contactmusic.com reports that Keira Knightley lurrrrved working on the film.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY loved working on the new movie adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE because she felt like she found the sisters she always longed for.
The PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN beauty grew up with older brother CALEB in real life - so she was delighted to play ELIZABETH BENNET, who is one of five sisters in JANE AUSTEN’s tale of love and class in nineteenth century England.
The 20-year-old says, “It was fantastic fun being in a group of so-called sisters. We all had such a giggle it was surreal.”
And apparently there was a screening of the film in Hamburg, Germany, at which Ms. Knightley made an appearance.
P.S. Spelling mistake still on official site. V. obvious to Firefox user who proofreads for a living.
Screencap: 
Can you see it now? 
P.P.S. Just changed the “post slug” on this post, which changes the URL, if anyone linked to this post anywhere. Sorry about that. It’s a Google thing.
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