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.

Sep
8
Sat
BOOKmarks Book Festival @ Downtown Arts District
Sep 8 @ 2:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

Oct
13
Sat
Jane Austen Mini-Conference @ Cameron Village Regional Library
Oct 13 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Dr. Celia Easton will talk about “Why on Earth is Sir Charles Grandison Jane Austen’s ‘Favorite’ Novel?”. Dr. Inger Brodey will discuss “The Entertainment Value of Suffering: Jane Austen and the ‘Luxuries of Distress'” 

Please call to register. Sponsored by the Jane Austen Society.

To be held at the Cameron Village Regional Library.

Lake Park Fall Festival @ Lake Park
Oct 13 @ 2:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Regina Jeffers will be there for book sales, signing, and greeting readers.

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!

Nov
16
Fri
Pride and Prejudice @ Hayes Auditorium in Banner Elk
Nov 16 @ 12:30 am – Nov 19 @ 2:00 am

Pride and Prejudice” at Lees-McRae’s Hayes Auditorium in Banner Elk. Tickets are available at the Hayes Auditorium box office one hour before show time.

Jan
26
Sat
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT for “The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen” @ Barnes & Noble
Jan 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Syrie James will be presenting, reading with Q&A, and signing books.