The November/December 2011 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World is now on sale, and should be in mailboxes of subscribers, we suppose, very soon! The magazine will also be available at the JASNA Annual General Meeting next week in Portland, and no doubt if one wishes to subscribe, one will be able to do so there. If not, visit the magazine’s website to get a subscription.

In the new issue:

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: seasonal gift suggestions for the Austen fan in your life – or hints to drop your family and friends if you are an Austen fan!

POWER OF ATTRACTIONS: what gives some of Jane’s characters sex appeal

WHY I’M BANISHING JANE FROM MY BOOKSHELF: the reader who has fallen out of love with Austen

THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: Amy Patterson, of Jane Austen Books, finds similarities in the writings of Douglas Adam and Jane Austen

NOVEMBER IN THE NOVELS: a busy time of year in Jane’s writing

TOM AND JERRY: No, not the cartoon; a sportswriter’s fiction from the 1820s

ON THE COVER: Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath, one of the grandest buildings in the city. Sharon Love, the general manager, tells us about “My Jane Austen”

Plus: All the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, as well as letters, book reviews, quiz, competition and news from JAS and JASNA