Craze over vampires and anything vampiric has invaded the world lately. Two authors jump on the bandwagon and added a dash of Jane Austen in them as ERMIRA FARIDAH listens JANE Austen is still alive.

Instead, I'd chase Jane Austen and track her down in the wilds of Derbyshire, on her own turf.

HANNAH Lee first fell in love with Jane Austen's Mr Darcy when she was a young schoolgirl, and this summer she's been falling in love with him again every night, in the open air.

A Weekend With Mr Darcy is due for release in mid-September and I can't wait to read this - Victoria's tale of lottery winner Molly was fantastic! Here's the synopsis: Katherine Roberts is fed up with men.

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The way Leo really intended his story to be told. Tolstoy meets Terminator. Ben H. Winters wrote the amazing Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters .

On Sunday, we learned of the latest literary mash-up, "Jane Austen's Fight Club," via Mashable.

The following take off from Jane Austen is viewed like one of those strange melanges that crop up during Hollywood pitch meetings.

Last month the forthcoming TV series The Walking De ad was filmed in the Fairlie Poplar district of downtown Atlanta, and Atlantans were offered the chance to don zombie makeup and serve as extras.

It was bound to happen. The pop culture phenom at the moment is taking literary classics and interjecting them with contemporary humor and anachronistic plots has moved from books to film, albeit through a delightful little Youtube video .

A brief, though extremely well-produced, faux trailer has been making the viral rounds these past few days, depicting what would happen if they had fight club during the days of Jane Austen.

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife' and it is also true that I, sitting in the Randal Jones Theatre in Cedar City last week, must be in want of laughter, strong acting and beautiful story telling.

Your guide to what's happening across Northumberland this week. STAGE/FILM Tomorrow: Beauty and the Beast a ' Chapterhouse Theatre Company.

SPORTS minister Nelson McCausland yesterday started the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by launching a weekend of sporting and cultural events across the Province.

Adding monsters, science fiction, and a little martial arts improves any classic work of literature.

British companies are attacting interest from abroad, some of it unwelcome. Helia Ebrahimi lists the likely brides and suitors in this corporate adaption of Pride and Prejudice and expects some difficult marriages and tricky break-ups. Jane Austen would recognise the flurry of match-making going on if British boardrooms.

You've probably heard this story before: Responsible older sister and flighty, passionate younger sister search for love and fulfillment.

REGENCY fashions will be brought to life at a new exhibition in Wisbech. Austen Attired will bring costumes from London firm Cosprop to Georgian National Trust attraction Peckover House, in Chapel Road.

Donald L. Hardy is no stranger to crafting a novel. A huge fan of Jane Austen, Hardy considered adapting "Pride and Prejudice" for the stage.

WILLIAMSON Park is providing the backdrop this August for three top quality outdoor drama productions by award winning Illyria theatre company.