Outlander

Outlander’s Diana Gabaldon on Lord John Grey, her fave sex scene & more!

It was a big day in the Big Apple yesterday as Random House held its annual open house with authors that included Jodi Picoult, Trevor Noah, Fannie Flagg, and, yes, Diana Gabaldon. The event, which included author panels and a gift bag filled with free books — be still my beating book lover’s heart! — was…

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“In Case You Missed It”: Outlander News Round-Up — #Droughtlander Edition #2

  I wake up some days and think, when will it end?  Can I endure?  When will it stop, the wanting you?  It’s interminable.  I don’t entirely understand this level of torture.  I mean – are we not just all devoted fans looking for the good (mostly!) in this enterprise known as “Outlander?”  All we want is…

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The Need to Belong: More Outsiders in Outlander

Outsiders don’t fit in. That is their key characteristic. They fly solo through life. As humans, we conform to the expectations of the group(s) we belong to as this makes it easier to fit in and be accepted. But not everyone does so successfully. Like a dark thread in the weft of a plaid, outsiders…

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Yes, I’m a Man and I Love Outlander: One OutMANder’s Perspective

Outlander is not just for women, as this post by guest contributor Glenn Gotling proves. It’s time for OutMANders to come out of the closet.

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Into the Darkness: Finding Personal Light through Outlander

                      I discovered Outlander this spring when my family moved to a new house.  On the day of the move, I went to the house early to wait for the cable installer.  My partner was coming later with the movers. After the cable was installed,…

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The Need to Belong: Outlander’s Jamie and Claire as Outsiders Looking In

The heart of Outlander is Claire and Jamie’s story, but it is also the stories of outsiders — those who find themselves through circumstance, birth, character or social position outside of society. The need and drive to belong — to a family, a home, a place — and to feel loved is a deep-rooted human imperative. We…

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Get To Know Them: 14 Personal Questions With The Making Of Outlander Author Tara D. Bennett

Mary and Blake had the pleasure of speaking with Tara Bennett on Outlander Cast recently. You can find the audio interview here.  But as we’ve done in the past, we wanted to bring you a completely separate post exploring 14 personal questions with Tara that were not included in the original interview.  Click “read more” to…

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Top Ten Musical Moments of Outlander Season 2

  Ah, #Droughtlander. You sap my strength every day when there is not some new tidbit or piece of Outlander news to sink my teeth into.  I search for Outlander joy in the little things like Sam Heughan giving sweet love to Outlander fans on the BAFTA Red Carpet and Caitriona Balfe’s BAFTA Scotland win…

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Surviving Loss and Claire’s Second Chance

Written by: Anne Hawkinson In the Season 2 finale (“Dragonfly in Amber”), Roger asks Claire, “How do you say goodbye to that one person you’ve loved most in the world?” Claire answers, “Whether you want to say goodbye or not, they’re gone and you have to go on living without them.” Roger is referring to…

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