Jane Austen Society of North America

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

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 17, 2015

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 9, 2015

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 13, 2014

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 9, 2014

I spent my weekend in Janeite heaven: Saturday at “Jane Austen Day,” a delightful conference sponsored by the Eastern Pennsylvania...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 28, 2014

Via Skype, I'll be attending tomorrow's meeting of the Greater Houston chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America. I'm looking...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 15, 2013

I had a delightful time this weekend speaking to the Jane Austen Society of North America's Ottawa branch. Our lively discussion touched...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 8, 2013

I’ll be in Ottawa this coming Sunday, October 6, speaking about and signing Among the Janeites for the Ottawa-Ontario branch of the Jane...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 3, 2013

I listened to eminent scholars offer fascinating new perspectives on Darcy and Elizabeth, added a coffee mug adorned with a Mary Crawford...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 30, 2013

There is joy in Janeite-ville this week: the Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America – the JASNA AGM – kicks...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 26, 2013

I had an unbreakable date at 1 pm yesterday: that was when online registration opened for this September’s Annual General Meeting of the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 13, 2013