Jane Austen 250
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Celebrating Jane Austen 250
This week, on 16th December, we reached the milestone of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Austen is a phenomenon, as well as a person. It never ceases to amaze me when I sit and think about how the clever, witty and profound words from one woman’s pen have created a worldwide community of people who love, read more
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Book Review | “The Worlds of Jane Austen”, by Helena Kelly
We are so spoilt this year for wonderful books celebrating the life, legacy and work of Jane Austen. I was so excited to discover that Helena Kelly had written a new book: I have waxed lyrical before about her book Jane Austen: The Secret Radical, which I recommend all the time. Her new book, The read more
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Event | Jane Austen talk at Bowood, 20th & 21st September 2025
I am thrilled to invite you to come and join me for a talk about Jane Austen and women’s lives in Georgian England at Bowood House and Gardens, Wiltshire. Jane Austen’s insights into the lives of women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries are absolutely fascinating. In all honesty, my love for this read more
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Book Review | “Six Weeks By The Sea”, by Paula Byrne
I hope you’re enjoying celebrating Jane Austen 250 this year! I feel like I am in the midst of a very Jane Austen summer – and have been a little silent on my blog as I have some very exciting articles coming out soon that I’ve been writing instead. But, for now, I am incredibly read more
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Book Review | Janet Todd, “Living with Jane Austen”
It truly is the year of Austen in 2025, which I am so thrilled about. There are plenty of events, things to watch, see and do, and perhaps most importantly, read. I have my eye on many new Austen titles I’ll share as the year goes on, but today, I’m really pleased to share with read more
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The Publishing Journey of Jane Austen
Today is Jane Austen’s 249th birthday, which means we are now officially in her 250th year: I am so excited for all the events and publications (I already have my tickets to tour 8 College St in Winchester), as well as having a few of my own up my sleeve, and so I wanted to read more
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“the cradle of her genius”: Jane Austen and Steventon
It’s long been on my list to take a trip to the small village of Steventon, Hampshire. Steventon is small, but incredibly auspicious, as it is the birthplace of Jane Austen. Not only that, but it is where she largely spent the first twenty-five years of her life, leading her nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh, to read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 