About Jane Austen: Her later life and literary career
Jane Austen’s idyllic youth in the Hampshire countryside came to an abrupt end when her father retired and moved with his wife and...
Posted: April 23rd 2015
Blog tags: History
Category: Jane Austen Archives
About Jane Austen: Her early life and work
For an author who has continuously captivated vast audiences from the first appearance of her novels 200 years ago, we know surprisingly little...
Posted: April 23rd 2015
Blog tags: History
Category: Jane Austen Archives
Jane Austen Winchester Tours
College Street, Winchester
At the end of May 1817, Jane Austen's health deteriorated, her sister Cassandra accompanied her to live in College Street, Winchester (now...
Posted: April 22nd 2015
Blog tags: Tours
Category: Personal History
Bath Tours
The Holburne Museum
The Holburne Museum is one of the finest buildings in Bath and was certainly well-known to Jane Austen. The Museum is situated...
Posted: April 21st 2015
Blog tags: History, Tours
Categories: Jane Austen Archives, Personal History
Jane Austen letter up for sale
A previously unseen letter written by Jane Austen is on public display at the Torquay Museum before it will be put up for...
Posted: April 14th 2015
Blog tags: Latest News
California library acquires unpublished Austen family letters
The Huntington Library in California has recently acquired a collection of 52 unpublished letters, poems and other material from six generations of the...
Posted: April 14th 2015
Blog tags: Latest News
Filming begins for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Filming for the adaptation of Seth Grahame Smith’s bestselling horror- comedy novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, began in Frensham Pond, Surrey this...
Posted: April 14th 2015
Blog tags: Films
Stargazing with Simon Armitage and Maura Dooley
Poetry fans have plenty of events to choose from this February at Jane Austen’s House Museum. The Museum’s in-house poet Maura Dooley will be joined...
Posted: April 14th 2015
Blog tags: Latest News
Ageing in Jane Austen: Book Launch, Talk and Book Signing at Chawton House
Popular authors Maggie Lane and Hazel Jones will be visiting Chawton House on Friday 20th February. Both authors have published extensively on the...
Posted: April 14th 2015
Blog tags: Latest News