Jennifer AbellaDec 21, 2016A ‘Persuasion’ Christmas: What Santa would bring Anne, Frederick & Co.It’s only four more days to Christmas. What would Santa bring our friends from “Persuasion” — if they were real today? If you’re still...
Jennifer AbellaDec 16, 2016Happy birthday, Jane Austen!Happy birthday, Jane Austen! Two hundred forty-one years ago, our favorite author was born. How will you celebrate today? We have a few...
Jennifer AbellaDec 14, 20168 times Wentworth and Anne made us hold our breathsWho doesn’t wait with bated breath whenever Anne and Wentworth meet? Here are the top moments: When they first meet again after all those...
Jennifer AbellaNov 30, 2016The Jane Austen Summer Program pop quiz (or, what you need to know about JASP)Tomorrow is the big day, folks — when we open registration for the 2017 program! If you’re thinking about joining us this year or...
Jennifer AbellaNov 16, 2016‘Persuasion’ of the future: How Diana Peterfreund gave Austen a dystopian twistLast week we rounded up a few “Persuasion” retellings and updates. This week we look at one of them in depth, with a Q&A with Diana...