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

Deborah Yaffe

Thanks, Ottawa!

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

Ottawa adventure

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

Home again, and happy

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

Deborah Yaffe

Janeites in heaven

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

Minneapolis ahoy!

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