Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.

This year, fans of the British romantic novelist Jane Austen are celebrating 250 years since her birth. In her homeland of ...

The Bridget Jones’s Diary author is now at work on a new, non-Bridget novel. Here’s what she recommends fans read while they ...

The creator of Bridget Jones, who grew up on Jane Austen and Jackie Collins, has no patience for “snobbery about escapist ...

VRAI explains how to recreate silver screen magic in a proposal, including choosing the perfect engagement ring.

When did laughing at yourself become bad for women? Sad girls and unrelatable 'strong female characters' are much worse ...

After getting what was probably my first library card as an adult from the Pequot Lakes Community Library, I dove into the ...

Not a fan of rom-coms or traditional romance novels? Picture this instead: charming small-town settings, hilarious hijinks ...

From her breakout role in Clique to her latest part in Miss Austen, Synnøve Karlsen discusses her genre-hopping career so far ...

When Renée Zellweger first appeared on UK screens as Bridget Jones, critic Leslie Felperin was impressed by her fine comic timing in a film that ‘slips down as easily as Chardonnay’.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous ...