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A few updates on the site
Just a few weeks now until we all gather in North Carolina. We have a few updates on the site we want to make sure you know about:...
Jane Austen Summer Program
May 31, 2017


What you learn from reading ‘Persuasion’ footnotes
Our official reading copy of “Persuasion” is the Penguin Classics edition, but many Jane Austen fans have their own favorite copies they...

Jennifer Abella
May 24, 2017


Recommended readings and a few Austen links
Hello, JASP-ers! It’s just a few weeks until we meet in North Carolina. We’ve added two supplemental readings to the site at the bottom...

Jennifer Abella
May 18, 2017


Six times Jane Austen wrote about ships in her letters
Scorpion Dec. 24-26, 1798: Admiral Gambier in reply to my father’s application writes as follows. — “As it is usual to keep young...

Jennifer Abella
May 17, 2017


Six degrees of … Jane Austen adaptations
By Jennifer Abella Maybe it’s that the acting community is small. Or that Great Britain is small. Or that the world of Jane Austen...

Jennifer Abella
May 10, 2017


Going to the Regency ball? Here’s the 411.
For veterans and first-timers alike, our ball is one of the highlights of the Jane Austen Summer Program. Here’s how to navigate our...

Jennifer Abella
May 3, 2017


May 11: Library panel on Austen’s popularity
Live near Chapel Hill? Check out professors James Thompson and Inger Brodey — co-founders of the Jane Austen Summer Program — as they...

Jennifer Abella
Apr 27, 2017


A peek behind the scenes of the Jane Austen Books shop
If you’ve been to the Jane Austen Summer Program, you’ve probably seen them before. If you’re new to the program, you’re in for a treat....

Jennifer Abella
Apr 26, 2017


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