Archive - The Austen Connection

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Because Jane Austen is all about power, belief, persuasion, and using your voice

Mar 17

Black history, women's history, Regency history, and some great Jane Austen reads

Mar 5

February 2023

Dueling portraits of power and influence in Emma and Knightley, and The Great Jane-Austen Showdown, part 2

Feb 19

We need romance, sparkle, joy, and Jane Austen Listen now (37 min) | A Valentine's podcast episode with romance writer Felicity George on updating our heroes, our heroines, and our cultural attitudes…

Feb 12

It’s the month of love - we’re deconstructing 'Pride and Prejudice', disastrous proposals, and the sexiest arguments of Jane Austen

Feb 4

December 2022

We are not just good company. We are the best.

Dec 31, 2022

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' is one of the most astonishing, unexpected feminist novels in recent times. And we’re tracing it back…

Dec 29, 2022

Capitalists, Christmas films, dueling bookstores, and Jane Austen

Dec 23, 2022

It’s Jane Austen’s birthday. She's talking to us across 247 years.

Dec 16, 2022

November 2022

Live from Austen Con! Listen now (43 min) | We did a cool Jane Austen thing, and here's the podcast - with author Devoney Looser talking about 'Sister Novelists…

Nov 30, 2022

Power, romance, Austen, and the mediated princess

Nov 26, 2022

October 2022

Happy Halloween

Oct 31, 2022

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