This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.
*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.
Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.
Austen author Regina Jeffers will be speaking on “Re”Imagining Jane Austen at Inter_Section Gallery 629 N. Trade St. at 1:00-1:45 p.m.
Discussion followed by book signing. Book signing tent from 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Austenesque authors: Laurel Ann Nattress, Shannon Winslow, Susan Mason-Milks and Jenni James will have a booth to meet readers and sell books.
For more information see the Northwest Bookfest 2012 website.
A Regency Era event for ladies and girls presented by Tin Roof Productions.
To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in Hertfordshire, the University of Hertfordshire is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to consider the ‘locations of Austen’.
Invited speakers attending this conference include:
Robert Clark (University of East Anglia)
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace (Boston College)
James Thompson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Emma Clery (University of Southampton)
Each guest will choose to be a character from any one of Austen’s novels. Period dress is optional, but guests will interact in character throughout the weekend.
Or come for just an evening and choose from these activities:
Informal Talk with Coffee and Dessert, Friday, 8:00 p.m., $14.00
Afternoon Tea, Saturday, 3:00 p.m., $20.00
Book Discussion and Dinner, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., $35.00
Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, Sunday, 11:30 a.m., $15.00
All four activities: $75.00
The School of Performance at the Arts University Bournemouth will be presenting a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, at the Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth, UK.
This production of Pride & Prejudice is adapted by Jon Jory from the novel by Jane Austen. It is directed by Sharon Andrews. Production sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.
Shows are Thursday – Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.