Events 9/13

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

Online Austen everywhere

A month or two ago, there was no joy in Austenland, as, one by one, treasured Jane Austen events fell victim to coronavirus cancelation....

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 24, 2020

Lemonade in Louisville

Among the many long-scheduled events that have fallen victim to our coronavirus moment, the annual Jane Austen Festival in Louisville,...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 17, 2020

Tuning in to Chawton House

Even in quarantine – especially in quarantine? -- Janeites apparently can’t get enough Jane Austen. Or so we might conclude from the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 10, 2020

The great (virtual) outdoors

Fresh off their successful Lockdown Literary Festival earlier this month, the indefatigable folks who run Chawton House, the stately home...

Deborah Yaffe

May 24, 2020

Literature in lockdown

Like everyone else, the Janeite community has been battered by pandemic and lockdown, with iconic tourist sites closed and financially...

Deborah Yaffe

May 13, 2020

Bummer :-(

When Elinor Dashwood learns (as she thinks) that the love of her life, Edward Ferrars, has finally married his longtime fiancée, she is...

Deborah Yaffe

May 3, 2020

Miss Austen disposes

Another day, another Jane Austen event I wish I could attend. Tomorrow, Gill Hornby, whose new novel Miss Austen explores the...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 10, 2020

Eighty years on

The year that began yesterday will not bring us any important Jane Austen anniversaries: The bicentenaries of her death and of the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 2, 2020

Model city

Now this is a community event I can get behind. Over the weekend of January 10-12, the city of Modesto in California’s Central Valley is...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 30, 2019

Forty years and counting

It’s that time again, Janeites: The Jane Austen Society of North America is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the next four...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 2, 2019

Oh, those clothes. .

The success of the screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels has been attributed to many factors: romantic plots, attractive stars,...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 7, 2019

The price of Austen tourism

Last summer, not long after the July 18 bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, officials in the English town of Basingstoke announced that...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 22, 2018