doing things Jane Austen related
* read - watch - listen - craft - puzzle - etc. *
JANUARY: watch
(online zoom storytelling)
Jane Austen themed short films
hosted by JASNA Southwest (here)
First place (20+)—Jillian Davis and Yolanda Rodriguez, “Jane Austen Virtual Book Club”
First place (under 20)—Thomas Fitzgerald, “Handsome, Clever and Rich”
Second place (20+)—Lydia Smith, “A Letter to Jane”
Second place (under 20)—Elliot Cagle, “A Certain Step Towards Falling in Love”
Third place (20+)—Courtney Birnbaum, “Morland and Mishaps”
Third place (under 20)—Sajween Khan, “Letters to Cassandra”
FEBRUARY: watch
Coin Purses, Fans, Vinaigrettes (here)
MARCH: watch
events are free, but rsvp required for live event (here)
March 16: “I hope white hands”—Wedgwood, Abolition, and the Female Consumer"
Professor Patricia A. Matthew (Montclair State University) will discuss the links between the abolition movement, sugar, and the depiction of Black women in the Regency period.
March 25: “Making No Difference for Colour or Character”:
Representations of Race in Bridgerton and the Regency
This talk will explore some of the most important Black women and men of the Regency era, as well as the ways in which Bridgerton both illuminates and ignores their lives.
APRIL: puzzle haul
A 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Featuring Literature's Most Beloved Characters and Couples
art by Jaqui Oakley | details
Featuring illustrations and information about Austen’s most famous novels and characters like Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Mr. Knightley from Emma, Elinor and Margaret Dashwood from Sense and Sensibilty, and more, this puzzle, with its accompanying frameable poster, is perfect for both longtime fans and Austen newbies.
A 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle | details
The Unemployed Philosophers Guild has made this handsome jigsaw puzzle featuring Jane Austen’s works! Each quote is rendered by hand, charmingly filigreed, and ornamented to pleasing effect. You’ll lose yourself for hours in this captivating puzzle – a new way to surround yourself with Jane Austen’s words – her wit, her empathy, and her still-brilliant observations about a party.
A 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle with 60 Characters and Great Houses to Find
illustrated by Barry Falls, text by John Mullan | details
Piece together the world of Jane Austen, from the rolling hills of Derbyshire, via Hampshire and Lyme Regis, to the golden stone of the Bath skyline. As you immerse yourself in the proposals and balls of nineteenth-century England, why not take a turn around the garden with Mr Knightly, surprise Mr Darcy at Pemberley or escape to the seaside with Anne Elliot? Austen and her real-life contemporaries can be found amongst unforgettable characters from all six of her novels. From whispered intrigues to harmonious weddings, Janeites will delight in the details as they build this 1000-piece puzzle.
MAY: watch
May 1-2, 2021
hosted by bookhoarding
presentations (here)
JUNE: spotted
at a new cute gift boutique called Perdita on Divisadero (here)
JULY: free virtual visit
presented by Jane Austen's House
see exhibit (here)
AUGUST:
SEPTEMBER:
OCTOBER:
NOVEMBER: watch
hosted by Jane Austen & Co. (here)
DECEMBER: watch
Christmas at Pemberley
(part three of trilogy)
at Marin Theatre (here)
* header image source: cover of Austenland by Shannon Hale
