Events and News
Here’s to Women’s “Narrow View”
Anyone who follows the literary world probably knows by now that Nobel-winning author VS Naipaul has embroiled himself in yet another literary controversy by claiming that women writers are inferior to him because they’re, well, not men. The outcry from women writers has been predictable, with Booker prize-winning New Zealand novelist Keri Hulme calling him [...]
Has Colin Firth Finally Outrun Darcy?
Colin Firth’s role as George VI in “The King’s Speech” may finally overshadow his role as Mr. Darcy.
Bath Awash in a Sea of Regency Ladies and Gents
This Saturday (September 19), the city of Bath, England, will look like something right out of a Jane Austen novel—at least for a while. As part of the city’s annual Jane Austen Festival, at least 350 enthusiasts will parade in period costume to set a record for the largest gathering of people in Regency costume [...]
JASNA Meeting Will Focus on Sibling Relationships in Austen
The Jane Austen Society of North America’s annual meeting will explore the importance of brother-sister relationships in Austen’s work (and life).
Dancing with Darcy at Jane Austen’s Chawton House
Ever wanted to dance a quadrille? You could do just that at the “Dancing with Darcy” Regency ball at Chawton House, near the village where Jane Austen lived eight of the last years of her life and wrote or revised all her great novels. On July 3, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Austen’s arrival [...]
