Events 12/13

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 big anniversary, one year early

This past weekend saw the kickoff of Jane Austen 200, the Hampshire, England, commemoration of the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death....

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 11, 2016

Austen's living room

Looking for a good place to curl up with your battered copy of Emma, celebrating its bicentennial in two weeks? If you happen to be in...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 3, 2015

Celebrating Austen in Chawton

Jane Austen festivals are a dime a dozen by now, but Jane Austen Regency Week, the nine-day Austen festival that begins this Saturday,...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 17, 2015

If your Mr. Right is Mr. Darcy

Was Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy always seen as the quintessential romantic icon, even in that misty prehistoric time known as B.C. (Before...

Deborah Yaffe

May 24, 2015

Calling all Austen nerds

Given the attention lavished on filmed Jane Austen adaptations in the past twenty years, it was probably inevitable that, amid this...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 5, 2015

Love letters and babies in bonnets

Okay, I admit I’m mostly linking this because I get a kick out of the baby-in-a-bonnet photo. But it’s also true that this coming...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 18, 2015

German Janeites at play

Even if you don’t understand German – and I don’t – you may get a kick out of this YouTube video of a recent Austen-themed ball in the...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 8, 2015

Austen-era keyboarding

It’s probably impossible for us twenty-first-century folk, with our high-tech communications, advanced medical care and expansive notions...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 19, 2015

A Jane Austen year

Jane Austen isn't just everywhere; she's all the time. After a busy year celebrating Mansfield Park's two hundredth anniversary,...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 1, 2015

Trekkies in bonnets

Are Janeites just Trekkies in bonnets? We Austen fans are used to the Trekkie comparison, which often serves as a shorthand way to...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 29, 2014

What I heard at the AGM

I’m back home after four whirlwind days at the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting – held this year in Montreal...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 12, 2014

Montreal ahoy!

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Montreal, for this year’s JASNA AGM. Although I’ve attended the last five AGMs (plus two...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 8, 2014