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Journalist and author
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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Good timing
This weekend, time zones are friendly to Janeites with an appetite for online convening. On paper, it looks like you’d have to choose how...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 5, 2020
Pandemic project
Back in March, a trio of young British academics decided to counteract the loneliness and isolation of lockdown by producing a series of...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 21, 2020
Festival weekend
Just a reminder that this weekend will be an exciting one for Janeites: the online version of the popular Jane Austen Festival–held, in...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 9, 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
Free stuff!
The only thing better than a book is a free book. And perhaps the only thing better than a free book is a free book with a Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 28, 2019
Book talk in Manalapan
As this Jane Austen bicentenary year nears its close, I’m happy to report that I’ll get to play a small part in the local commemoration:...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 9, 2017
And also this. . .
The cherry on the sundae of the New York Times's unexpected interest in Among the Janeites: I'm on the New York Times Book Review's...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 13, 2017
Spotlighted
I subscribe to the weekly newsletter of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England, so imagine my excitement when this week’s edition...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 14, 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
Among the Janeites at the Eudora Welty Library
My next book talk will take place this coming Sunday, September 20, from 2-4 pm in Jackson, MS: I’ll be speaking to the Mississippi...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 16, 2015
Book talk in Franklin Lakes, NJ
If you plan to be in northern New Jersey this coming Sunday, please stop by the Franklin Lakes Public Library, where I’ll be speaking...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 10, 2015
Go west, young Janeite
This Sunday, I’ll be speaking and signing copies of Among the Janeites in Seattle, courtesy of the Puget Sound chapter of the Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 8, 2015
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