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Author Shannon Hale to Host “Austenland” Reunion to Benefit #SaveIndieBookstores [4]
- By Sydney Jarrard [5]
Shannon Hale, author of the Austenland series published by Bloomsbury and later turned into the 2013 film Austenland, will host a reunion of the cast and crew of the film on April 28 at 5:00 p.m. PT with the goal of raising money for the #SaveIndieBookstores campaign [6].
The reunion will be livestreamed directly to the American Booksellers Association’s YouTube channel [7].
Appearing on the livestream with Hale will be director Jerusha Hess and producer Stephenie Meyer as well as the following cast members:
- JJ Feild (Captain America, Northanger Abbey)
- Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords, Oscar-winning songwriter)
- James Callis (Battlestar Galactica, Bridget Jones’s Diary)
- Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Wedding Crashers)
- Ricky Whittle (American Gods, The 100)
The #SaveIndieBookstores campaign [6] kicked off on April 2 with a $500,000 contribution from author James Patterson. The campaign continues through April 30.