Deborah YaffeJul 23, 2018The price of Austen tourismLast summer, not long after the July 18 bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, officials in the English town of Basingstoke announced that...
Deborah YaffeMay 31, 2018Excellent women novelistsJane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral, as all good Janeites know, but it’s another prominent medieval English church that will...
Deborah YaffeFeb 1, 2018More reasons to visit ChawtonThe most beloved Austen site in England -- Jane Austen’s House Museum, aka Chawton Cottage, the Hampshire home where Austen wrote or...
Deborah YaffeJan 1, 2018Worldwide Jane in 2018Once upon a time, Jane Austen was a British writer. But today, she’s an international phenomenon, with fan societies on at least five...
Deborah YaffeNov 2, 2017Another stop on the Jane TourKeeping track of the many Jane Austen celebrations, conferences, festivals, and exhibits taking place around the world – especially...
Deborah YaffeAug 28, 2017A bit of a quizAmong Britain’s many contributions to world culture, the pub quiz – a trivia bowl stripped of the unpleasantly stressful requirement to...
Deborah YaffeAug 24, 2017Benefits for BasingstokeJane Austen was never squeamish about money-making. In a November 1814 letter to her niece Fanny Knight (#114 in Deirdre Le Faye’s...
Deborah YaffeJul 17, 2017Six booksTomorrow marks the anniversary that we all – or, at least, all those of us who are Janeites – have been waiting for since 2017 dawned:...
Deborah YaffeJul 6, 2017Austen laurelsD-Day for Janeites – aka July 18, the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s untimely death – is approaching quickly, and a number of UK outlets...