Events

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.

Nov
3
Sat
Greensboro Zombie Run @ Downtown Greensboro, NC
Nov 3 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Be a runner or a zombie in the Greensboro Zombie Run. The course will be a surprise, and therefore no maps are available.

Nov
9
Fri
Fresh Fiction Readers Conference @ Hilton Garden Inn
Nov 9 – Nov 12 all-day

Celebrate Passionate Literary Obsessions sponsored by Readers & ‘Ritas.

Colette Saucier, author of Pulse and Prejudice, will be there!

Jun
19
Wed
Trista Ann Michaels ROMFEST 2013 @ Glenstone Lodge
Jun 19 – Jun 24 all-day
Aug
15
Thu
Authors After Dark Romance Convention @ Savannah Marriott Riverfront
Aug 15 – Aug 19 all-day

Colette Saucier will be in attendance at the Authors After Dark Romance Convention.

Please note: Authors After Dark for 2013 will have a MAX of 100 authors. The attendee limit is 500. YA day passes will be limited to 100.

Jan
14
Tue
Release of Hollow City
Jan 14 – Jan 15 all-day

Hollow City, the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs will be available in bookstores.

Jan
24
Fri
I, Frankenstein in Theaters @ Check local listings
Jan 24 – Jan 25 all-day

I, Frankenstein opens in theaters in the USA.

Premise: “200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.”

Jan
26
Sun
O. Henry Book Fair @ O. Henry Hotel
Jan 26 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

“The first annual “Writers Meet Readers” O.Henry Book Fair will be held here at the O.Henry Hotel on Sunday, January 26, from 4-6 PM. It will feature 20 local writers all with recently published books. Presented by the UNCG MFA Writing Program, the event will be hosted by O.Henry Magazine’s editor and New York Times best-selling author Jim Dodson. Each writer will be selling, signing and talking about their latest works.”

There may not be any Austenesque authors on the docket, but one never knows what wonderful finds await at a book fair. And the O. Henry has quite a lovely tea room.

 

Jul
31
Fri
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars in Theaters
Jul 31 – Aug 1 all-day

Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars is planned to be out in theaters July 31, 2015. The film is based on Ransom Riggs‘ debut novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It will be directed by Tim Burton. The script will be written by Jane Goldman, who also worked on X-Men: First Class.