September 17, 2022

We held a Regency Card Party in which Teresa taught us how to play games mentioned in Austen's novels.

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August 6, 2022

Our August meeting consisted of a hybrid Zoom/in-person lively discussion of Jane Austen’s Persuasion: the book, various adaptations, its main characters and themes, and how all of this might be compared to Austen's other novels and writings. We had loads of fun and had a very nice turn out.

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July 14, 2022

On July 14, 2022 we had a Persuasion 2022 Watch Party!

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May 21, 2022

We watched and compared various versions of Mr. Darcy's first proposal from different adaptations of Pride and Prejudice.

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April 9, 2022

April 9 Recap – Emma Chapter 43: Box Hill

April 9 proved to be a lovely day for the park. The temperature was abnormally cool for this time of year in Tampa and it was nothing less than delightful. We had a nice turn out of eleven and performed a dramatic reading of Emma’s Box Hill scene. This was following by a lively discussion of the Box Hill event as well as the practice of out loud readings in general. Our cast included: Kathy B. as Emma, Rob R as Frank Churchhill, Julie P as Mrs. Elton, Stephanie as Miss Bates, Erik as Mr. Weston, Jean as Mr. Knightley, Kathryn D. as Jane Fairfax, Teresa R. as Mr. Elton, and Sydney as our Narrator. Alicia & Vikki stood as understudies & assisted with direction.

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February 26, 2022

We met at Lowry Park where we played Zero to Hero, a game in which we ranked Austen's characters from worst to best.

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December 11, 2021

We held our annual Jane Austen Birthday Tea at Vikki's house.

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November 6, 2021

We resumed in person meetings at Anclote River Park to discuss Sanditon.

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July 17, 2021

We met via Zoom to discuss sibling relationships in Jane Austen's novels.

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May 22, 2021

We watched "Being Mr. Wickham," a performance by Adrian Lukis, who played Wikckham in the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice which told the story of Mr. Wickham's history encompassing his childhood, the events of Pride and Prejudice and his later life. We enjoyed the show, adn afterwards discussed villains in Austen's novels generally, including the question of whether any of them are redeemeable. In keeping with the topic, our fanfiction bookclub read More Than He Seems: Reinventing Pride and Prejudice's George Wickham which was a fun, if farfetched, vindication of Wickham.

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March 20, 2021

John Case, an Oxford Graduate and lecturer in English Literature and Language presented Clergymen in Jane Austen, The Good, the Dim, the Gluttonous, the Vain, the Witty, and the Down-to-Earth.

If you missed the presentation you can watch the video here.

The presentation was a lot of fun and led to some interesting discussion and insights with Mr. Case. In case you're wondering:

The Good - Edmund Bertram (I would argue Edward Ferrars would fit here as well)
The Dim - Mr. Collins
The Gluttonous - Dr. Grant
The Vain - Mr. Elton
The Witty - Mr. Tilney
The Down-To-Earth - Mr. Morland (Catherine's Dad, though I would argue that Edward Ferrars also fits here)

JASNA member, Brenda Cox created a blog post of her thoughts following the presentation, you can read it here: Jane Austen's Clergymen by Brenda Cox

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February 6, 2021

We had a zoom meeting in which Vikki Silverman gave an interesting and insightful presentation about Jane Austen as a feminist for her time with examples from all six novels.

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December 12, 2020

Virtual annual Jane Austen birthday tea party.

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November 21, 2020

We had a virtual meeting to discuss servants in the Regency era and Jane Austen's novels and to review this year's virtual Annual General Meeting.

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September 26, 2020

We had another virtual meeting to discuss Jane Austen's juvenilia in anticipation of this year's Annual General Meeting.

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August 15, 2020

We welcomed three new members to our meeting and had a great time trimming Regency Era hats! We also watched this video of John Mullan talking about Austen's heroines.

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June 6, 2020

We had another Zoom meeting and discussed modernizations of Jane Austen's works.

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May 2, 2020 We had another Zoom meeting and discussed illness in Jane Austen's works.

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March 28, 2020

We had our inaugural Virtual Meeting via Zoom. It was great seeing everyone and having a chance to catch up.

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February 29, 2020

At home meeting with JASNA President Liz Philosophos Cooper in which she gave her talk: Jane Austen: Working Woman “I must keep to my own style and go on in my own Way.” Jane Austen was a working woman and determined professional writer. This illustrated talk will explore Austen’s involvement in the business of publishing novels during a time of rampant financial instability. The Austen family were active participants in both war and finance and these two sectors intertwined in the story of Jane Austen’s writing and publishing.

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February 26, 2020

We attended an advanced screening of the new Emma film.