Have you set your reading goal for 2022
New Years Resolutions: Reading Goals
Author: JASNA-NJ
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Jane Austen on Resolutions
New Years and Resolutions, Jane Austen-style.
Holiday Book Exchange
Every year we celebrate Jane's birthday with a book exchange. Here's what we swapped this year: The Lost book of the Grail by Charlie LovettArthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of … Continue reading Holiday Book Exchange
Twelve Days of Janeite Christmas
Giving the gift of Jane this holiday season.
Racy Regency: Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels
Racy Regency: Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels
Will the Real Jane Austen Please Stand Up?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that in the realm of fanfiction, two names dominate—Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes, according to Anne Jamison in her book Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World. On December, author Deborah Yaffe gave a wonderful talk for the Somerset Library system, expanding upon her 2013 book Among the … Continue reading Will the Real Jane Austen Please Stand Up?
Is Pride & Prejudice a Christmas book?
I'm told that around this time, normal Internet (as opposed to Jane Austen-obsessed Internet) likes to debate if Die Hard (1988) is a Christmas film. I suppose the Austen equivalent surrounds Pride & Prejudice. P&P, after all, does have a winter ball where much happens (drama, intrigue, terrible singing).
Friday Link Up
Internet stories you may have missed: Erica Munro: Advice from Jane Austen classics feels strangely relevant today - Press and Journal THREE THINGS THAT SEEM SCARY AND ONE THAT REALLY IS - Jane Austen's HouseFind yourself "left to the luxury of a raised, restless, and frightened imagination” at Jane Austen’s House this Hallowe'en. In this … Continue reading Friday Link Up
Friday Link Up
Internet stories you may have missed this week: 8 GREAT SATIRIC NOVELS - Book RiotDo you know which Austen novel made the list? The Unexpected Joys of Aunting - The Epoch Times The 7 Best Period Dramas on Hulu Right Now - The Wrap Jane Austen’s House secures future with funding to restore roof - … Continue reading Friday Link Up
Program Information – Jane Austen: Working Women
Join JASNA-NJ on Saturday, November 13th at 2pm for a discussion with Liz Philosophos Cooper, president of the Jane Austen Society of North America and co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library. Jane Austen: Working Woman "I must keep to my own style & go on in my own Way" Jane Austen was a working woman … Continue reading Program Information – Jane Austen: Working Women
Jane Austen Society of North America - New Jersey Region 