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Season 7 will premiere on June 16, 2023!
It's official: Season 7 will premiere on Friday, June 16, 2023 !! IMPORTANT: Please keep reading for some additional info from STARZ : Summer on F... Read more
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More on the ether/PTSD subplot, and Claire in Season 7
Yesterday on TheLitForum , we were discussing the ether/PTSD subplot in Season 6. I've made my feelings about that quite clear -- see my blog post... Read more
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The Official Outlander Coloring Book, Volume 2
Some of you may recall that an OUTLANDER coloring book (for adults) was released in 2015. I recently discovered that a second coloring book will b... Read more
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Diana Gabaldon's 35th writing anniversary!
Today marks 35 years since Diana Gabaldon began writing, "for practice", the novel that would become OUTLANDER. She started writing on Marc... Read more
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Season 7 filming is done!
STARZ announced today that OUTLANDER Season 7 filming has wrapped! These shining faces are here to tell you that filming on #Outlander Season 7 has... Read more
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Season 7 opening credit sequence (SPOILERS!)
STARZ has released the opening credit sequence for OUTLANDER Season 7. It's sung by Sinead O'Connor. What do you think? Leave a comment here... Read more
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Favorite romantic quotes from the OUTLANDER books
Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some of my all-time favorite romantic quotes from Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER books. It wasn't easy to cho... Read more
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Episode Recaps
Re-reading BEES
Notable Dates This Month
April, 1743 - Claire arrives in the 18th century for the first time and meets Jamie and the MacKenzies; Jamie falls in love (OUTLANDER)
April, 1743 - Kenneth arrives in the 18th century (THE EXILE)
April, 1744 - Jamie punishes Fergus for not properly looking after Claire (DRAGONFLY)
April 15, 1746 - Jamie kills Dougal MacKenzie, and convinces Claire she must go back. Jamie and Claire spend one last night together. They cut the letters J and C into the base of their thumbs. (DRAGONFLY)
April 16, 1746 (early morning) - Claire goes back through the stones to the 20th century. (DRAGONFLY)
April 16, 1746 - The Battle of Culloden. Jamie is seriously wounded; Jack Randall is killed (VOYAGER)
April 18, 1746 - Jamie is saved from execution by Lord Melton, and sent home to Lallybroch (VOYAGER)
April 24, 1758 - Lord John watches Percy lead troops in battle for the first time (BOTB)
April, 1760 - Jamie teaches Willie to say "Nnnnno"; Hal has Jamie brought to London against his will; Lord John and Jamie travel to Ireland. (SCOTTISH PRISONER)
April 1, 1767 - Claire purchases a slave (VOYAGER)
April, 1770 - Bree and Lord John meet Stephen Bonnet before his hanging. Bonnet manages to escape (DRUMS)
April 20, 1775 - Lizzie gives birth to a son, Rodney (ABOSAA)
April 21, 1776 - Amanda Claire Hope MacKenzie is born (ABOSAA)
April 12, 1777 - Jamie and Claire arrive in New Bern; Claire meets Percy Beauchamp (ECHO)
April 18, 1777 - Claire encounters Tom Christie, alive and well (ECHO)
April 1, 1778 - Jamie writes a very long letter to Claire from Paris (ECHO)
April, 1778 - Claire and Ian travel from Scotland to America (ECHO)
April, 1780 - Jamie visits Kings Mountain, site of the upcoming battle. (BEES)
Late April, 1948 - Claire returns to the 20th century (DRAGONFLY)
April, 1968 - Claire and Bree travel to Scotland and meet Roger; Claire reveals the truth about Jamie. (DRAGONFLY)
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