Jane Austen Society
of North America
Greater Phoenix
JASNA Greater Phoenix is a unique group of people, friends, who enjoy reading and discussing the works of Jane Austen. We also enjoy learning about and experiencing and some of the “past-times” Jane may have enjoyed. We are one of over 70 regional groups across the United States and Canada.
Members at a local JASNA meeting may discuss an Austen novel, hear a lecture about Austen or the Regency era, or enjoy a tea or Box Hill picnic. We celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday with a luncheon, tea, or special event. Other activities may include museum and garden tours, English country dancing, and Regency fashion shows. We also host special events such as scholarly conferences and galas which are open to the public.
January 2021 marked the beginning of our 10th year as a region. You are cordially invited to attend any of our events. Visitors are always welcome!
Our latest newletter is here!
Click on the image to the right.
Last year was so much fun, let’s do it again!
JASNA Greater Phoenix invites you to join us
in Prescott, where it’s a mile high
and ~20 degrees cooler.
Tea Party
Sunday, July 16, 2023
1:00 PM
Capital Canyon Club
2060 Golf Club Lane
Prescott, Arizona
Phoenix-area Janeites will probably carpool.
Further direction and gate code will be given upon response.
R.s.v.p.: jasnaphx@gmail.com
Please respond on or before June 15.
Regency attire always admired, but never required.
The absolute deadline to respond if you are uncertain of your plans is July 2. Please note any dietary restrictions you or your guests may have when responding.
There is no fee for members or guests to attend the tea, but donations to the region are always appreciated and welcomed so we can continue to plan amazing events for everyone to enjoy.
JASNA Greater Phoenix cordially invites you to attend,
via ZOOM, a discussion of
What Matters in Jane Austen?
Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
by John Mullan
Saturday, August 12, 2023
2:00 PM MST
Facilitated by Dr. Holly Welker
Which important Austen characters never speak? Is there any sex in Austen? What do the characters call one another, and why? What are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage? In What Matters in Jane Austen? John Mullan shows that we can best appreciate Austen’s brilliance by looking at the intriguing quirks and intricacies of her fiction. Asking and answering some very specific questions about what goes on in her novels, he reveals the inner workings of their greatness.
Written with flair and based on a lifetime’s study, What Matters in Jane Austen? will allow readers to appreciate Jane Austen’s work in greater depth than ever before.
R.s.v.p. jasnaphx@gmail.com by August 10. ZOOM link sent upon response.
Regency attire always admired, but never required.
Join us September 9 as Dr. Mullan himself will be with us (via ZOOM).
See info below.
JASNA Greater Phoenix cordially invites you to attend,
via ZOOM, a presentation of
What Matters in Jane Austen?
Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
with John Mullan
Saturday, September 9, 2023
10:00 AM MST
In twenty short chapters, each of which explores a question prompted by Austen’s novels, Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most in her beloved fiction. Readers will discover when Austen’s characters had their meals and what shops they went to; how vicars made good livings; and how wealth was inherited. What Matters in Jane Austen? illuminates the rituals and conventions of her fictional world in order to reveal her technical virtuosity and daring as a novelist. It uses telling passages from Austen’s letters and details from her own life to explain episodes in her novels: readers will find out, for example, what novels she read, how much money she had to live on, and what she saw at the theater.
John Mullan is a professor in the English department at University College London. He writes the regular “Guardian Book Club” column on fiction in the Guardian and frequently appears on the BBC’s Review Show. He was a judge of the “Best of the Booker Prize” in 2008 and a judge of the Man Booker Prize itself in 2009. He has lectured widely on Jane Austen in the UK and also in the US, and makes regular appearances at the UK literary festivals.
R.s.v.p. jasnaphx@gmail.com by August 10. ZOOM link sent upon response.
Regency attire always admired, but never required.
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