Happy 238th birthday
Today is Jane Austen’s 238th birthday – cue trumpet flourish – and the public library in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is throwing a fun...
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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 12, 2013
Another Janeite conversation
The first of my back-to-back December events is coming up tomorrow (Friday, December 13). I’ll be speaking about and signing Among the...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 2, 2013
December events
December is a special month for Janeites, since the 16th is the birthday of our beloved author. I'll be giving back-to-back talks on...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 18, 2013
Cool new website: Book the Writer
It’s launch day for Book the Writer, a web site that, for a fee, arranges for authors to visit New York City book groups discussing their...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 15, 2013
Among the Janeites on TV
Those wacky Jane Austen fans were the subject of a segment of ABC's Nightline, which aired last night (early this morning, actually) and...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 15, 2013
Hello, Houston!
Via Skype, I'll be attending tomorrow's meeting of the Greater Houston chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America. I'm looking...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 23, 2013
Among the Janeites roundup: international edition
Over the past few weeks, a number of venues, both print and digital, have noticed Among the Janeites. I’m so grateful to all the readers...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 20, 2013
Princeton, at last
I’ve been taking my vitamins faithfully, and I trust I’ll be healthy enough tonight to deliver the talk at the Princeton Public Library...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 13, 2013
On stage in Philly
I’ll be speaking about and signing Among the Janeites tomorrow night – Tuesday, October 15, at 7 pm – on the Main Stage of the Lantern...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 7, 2013
Thanks, Ottawa!
I had a delightful time this weekend speaking to the Jane Austen Society of North America's Ottawa branch. Our lively discussion touched...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 2, 2013
Ottawa adventure
I’ll be in Ottawa this coming Sunday, October 6, speaking about and signing Among the Janeites for the Ottawa-Ontario branch of the Jane...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 29, 2013
Home again, and happy
I listened to eminent scholars offer fascinating new perspectives on Darcy and Elizabeth, added a coffee mug adorned with a Mary Crawford...
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