The Austen Connection

Jane Austen goes to the Oscars

‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’ gives the Austen fandom something to root for.

Mar 14

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Fire on ice: Heated Rivalry, Elizabeth and Darcy, and enemies-to-lovers romance

And what it all has to do with Jane Austen

Mar 7

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February 2026

The violent, Romantic logic of ‘Wuthering Heights’

And Emily Bronte’s Model Collapse

Feb 21

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Reading Jane Austen for the first time

Let's talk about love and Big Books - with tips from Librarian Tabrizia Jones and Plain Jane

Feb 14

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My Top 10 Jane Austen Lectures on YouTube

We're hanging out with Jane Austen videos. Netflix and chill, without Netflix. Plus, an extravaganza of Jane Austen links!

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January 2026

We're coming for you, 2026

We're talking about and reading Jane Austen, together, all year long.

Jan 18

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December 2025

Joy, senseless joy!

We've spent a year reading Jane Austen, together - let's celebrate!

Dec 14, 2025

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How to be a Leading Man

'Persuasion' and a picture of perfection

Dec 7, 2025

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November 2025

Jane Austen is a Desi Muslim Auntie

Six questions for author Noreen Mughees about 'Persuasion', Muslim romance, and second-chance love

Nov 30, 2025

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Superfine

We're arguing about ships and chivalry and guys and gallantry. We're Romantic, weary, fed up, and 'superfine'. Our Great Jane Austen 250th read-along…

Nov 23, 2025

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Real housewives of Somersetshire

Mary Musgrove and Sophy Croft upend and deconstruct gender - and the Great Jane Austen Read-Along continues, with 'Persuasion'

Nov 16, 2025

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‘She was only Anne’

We’re reading the sad, soulful, and poetic story that is Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ - and we're reading it together, on the Great Jane Austen Read-Along

Nov 9, 2025

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