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I'll be speaking on Among the Janeites and Jane Austen fandom as part of the library's afternoon-long commemoration of the bicentenary of Austen's death.
If you're going to be in central New Jersey next month, please join my local chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America at this exciting event!
Exciting news -- Among the Janeites has earned a coveted slot in the New York Times Book Review, a mere four years after publication. (Go figure. . .) Reviewer Jane Smiley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres, calls the book a "playful exploration of Austen obsession. . . . amusing and sometimes mind-boggling," with a "light but precise" tone.
The Central New Jersey region of the Jane Austen Society of North America will be holding a special event on Sunday, July 16, to celebrate Jane Austen's life and commemorate the bicentennial of her death.
Dramatic readings from Austen's works! Excerpts from her letters! Cake!
It's free and open to the public: please come!
One of the people profiled in Among the Janeites -- Austen scholar and roller-derby enthusiast Devoney Looser -- will be speaking this Thursday at the New York Public Library. Devoney's highly entertaining new book, The Making of Jane Austen, is about fanatical Janeites of the pre-Colin Firth era. Hope to see you at her talk!
Alas, because of a death in my family, I won't be able to participate in Thursday's Jane Austen panel at the York Festival of Ideas in York, England. Sorry about that. . .
I'm delighted to announce that I'll be appearing on a panel discussing "The Enduring Appeal of Jane Austen" during the upcoming York Festival of Ideas in York, England. The event takes place on June 8 from 7:15-8:45 pm at the University of York's Berrick Saul Building. I'll be the sole non-academic on a panel also featuring Emma Major and Alison O'Byrne of the University of York and Bharat Tandon of the University of East Anglia. Please join us if you're in the area!
Check out these beautiful and interesting illustrations of Mansfield Park, courtesy of a Folio Society competition. (I blogged about these images earlier this week -- I'll put the link in the comments section).
A preview of my upcoming talk in Princeton, from my local weekly newspaper.
Among the Janeites will be featured in "Welcome to Austenland," presented on May 1 in Denver by Stories on Stage, which features professional actors reading from/performing works of literature. Wish I could be there! If you go, please report back.
My contribution to Sarah Emsley's ongoing blog series about Emma. Please drop by and comment!
My next book-related event is set for Wednesday, April 13, at 6 pm -- a talk and book-signing sponsored by the Princeton Public Library but held at our lovely local independent/university bookstore, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street in Princeton, NJ. Rather than giving my usual Among the Janeites book talk, I'll be discussing Jane Austen fanfiction, keying the presentation to the library's April 27 luncheon with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of the forthcoming Pride and Prejudice update Eligible. Details below; stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
I'll be talking about Among the Janeites and signing books. Hope you'll drop by if you're in Jackson!






























