Events 11/13

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

A whirlwind new year for Janeites

Happy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 2, 2017

JASNA, Emma, and D.C.

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Washington, D.C., to attend the Jane Austen Society of North America’s thirty-eighth...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 19, 2016

Rosenbach reading group

Discussing Jane Austen with fellow fans is one of the delights of Janeite life. If I lived closer to Philly, I would definitely have...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 21, 2016

Worldwide Janeite partying

As summer weeks go, the week ahead is looking pretty good for Jane Austen fans: * Tomorrow and Saturday, the Janeites of Port Alberni, in...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 6, 2016

My old Kentucky scone

It is one of my life’s small, poignant sorrows that I have not yet made it to the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, which by...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 8, 2016

Austen stories on stage

Listening to a really good actor read aloud from a really good book is one of life’s great pleasures, not to mention my go-to strategy...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 27, 2016

Jane Austen Day in Philly

The Eastern Pennsylvania Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America is, as my inbox can attest, a busy and ambitious group. Their...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 13, 2016

Talking Jane Austen fanfiction

My next book-related event is scheduled for this Wednesday, April 13, in Princeton, NJ: I’ll be speaking at our lovely independent...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 10, 2016

Lip gloss meets hamentashen

The holiday of Purim, which begins on Wednesday night, is the Jewish version of Mardi Gras: to commemorate the Biblical tale of how Queen...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 20, 2016

Setting Mansfield Park to music

The ordinary happiness and quiet heartbreak of Jane Austen's novels hardly seem to fit the melodramatic template of so many grand operas,...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 16, 2016

Supper time

Toronto, it seems, is a really great place to be a Janeite. Last year, the local Jane Austen re-enactment community -- as best I can...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 25, 2016

Wedding season

Just in case yesterday’s festivities didn’t give you enough of that Valentine’s Day spirit, Biltmore House, the palatial Asheville, N.C.,...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 15, 2016