A first time JASNA AGM attendee reminisces, part two
Sorry for the delay in posting part two, but I’ve been so busy redesigning the web site that I let this task …
Austen at Altitude
I mentioned it to many of the people I met at the Decatur Book Festival, but now I can release some specifics …
Austen at Altitude banner
Here’s the official web banner for Austen at Altitude, a conference in Denver, Colorado on April 13, that coincides with the world …
Austen Authors:
Austen Authors is kind of like an antiques mall of Austen authors, all under one roof, with very nice biographies and giveaways. …
Christopher Sandrawich explains the importance of the Library Passage
Campaign to prevent the proposed closure of a right-of-way in Worthing, Sussex, England known as “Library Passage” which was in all probability …
Death Come to Pemberley … and now the BBC
UPDATE: Now there seems to be speculation that Dan Stevens is a likely candidate to play Darcy in Death Come to Pemberley. …
First-day cover Austen stamps arrived
Sometimes I doubt just how much of an Austen fan I am (my friends will shake their heads at this), but my …
Happy Birthday Jane!
Today is the 236th birthday of Jane Austen and next month on Jan. 6 I’ll be celebrating the 157th birthday of Sherlock …
Holmes, Austen calendars
I’m trying to be better at keeping the Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes calendars updated, but it’s a difficult task. And so …
Jane Austen Knits
At the Jane Austen Birthday Tea for the JASNA Denver/Boulder Region, held today at the Castle Marne in Denver, I was sitting …
Jane Austen Short Story competitions
You may be interested to learn of the Jane Austen Short Story Award competition sponsored by the Chawton House Library. From the …
Jane Austen Unscripted
Jane Austen Unscripted Act 1 from Paul Rogan on Vimeo. The Impro Theatre is back in Santa Monica with performances of Jane …
JAS Midlands Branch needs more help to save “Library Passage”
Help! My friend at the Midlands Branch of the Jane Austen Society of the UK needs some information to help save the …
JASNA essay contest
The Jane Austen Society of North America is also sponsoring a contest (as I believe they do most years). From the website: …
Oh to be in England next June at Cambridge
Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge will be hosting a Pride and Prejudice Conference June 21–23 in 2013. This information …
Pride and Prejudice board game/Austen stamps
I subscribe to the blog Embarking on a Course of Study, the home of author Chris Stewart, and normally I don’t try …
Sanditon takes fifth in Smithsonian list of top 10 lost books
The Smithsonian online puts Sanditon in the middle of its The Top 10 Books Lost to Time. From the article: “When Jane …
Talk like Jane Austen Day:
I task you, kind reader, to take but a moment to remember that the 30th of October is Talk Like Jane Austen …
Update on the twitten “Library Passage” in Worthing
An update from Christopher Sandrawich with the Midlands branch of the Jane Austen Society in the UK: I am copying in all …