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.
The Institute of English Studies School of Advanced Study University of London will be hosting a one day conference on Jane Austen’s Men.
Speakers:
‘The armed forces’: Alan Turton (formerly Custodian, Basing House)
‘Jane Austen and the male mind’: Professor Richard Jenkyns (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)
‘Jane Austen’s clergymen’: Gavin Turner (formerly Chairman, Jane Austen Bath and Bristol Group)
‘Jane Austen’s men: the marriage market and the changing fortunes of the landed class’: Dr Robert Clark (Editor, The Literary Encyclopedia, formerly UEA).
*Please make cheques payable to “University of London”. Please register by Monday 11 February 2013.
Regina Jeffers will be in attendance for book sales, signing, and greeting readers.
Regina Jeffers will be at Books-A-Million for book signings for the release of The Mysterious Death of Mr. Darcy.
Regina Jeffers will be appearing.
Colette Saucier will be in attandance at the Trista Ann Michaels ROMFEST 2013.
“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.
Tryon Palace and the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) – North Carolina Regional group invite you to partake in a day dedicated to the Regency Era, while also celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. With your “Jane Austen in June” ticket you are able to attend the “All About Tea” tours in the Stanly House and tea in the Commission House, Regency era dance classes and a craft workshop. Dr. Inger S. B. Brodey, the Director of Comparative Literature program at UNC-Chapel Hill, will give a special lecture. You are also invited to explore Tryon Palace’s 14 acres of garden, where you can enjoy a picnic lunch. Or enjoy a waterfront meal at Lawson’s Landing River walk Café, located in the North Carolina History Center. (http://www.tryonpalace.org/jane-austen)
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.