Why is Jane Austen so good? Professor John Mullan's explanation
Unboxing Deidre Le Faye A very special archive donation to Chawton House
Caroline Jane Knight Interview with Jane Austen's fifth-great-niece
The amicable clergy wife Mrs Grant from Mansfield Park
Austen on screen Pride & Prejudice 1940
Dialogue with death Bowen, Mrs Austen's apothecary
Pleasant memories Celebrating the anniversary
Plus news, book reviews, quiz, letters, reports from Austen societies and much much more!
Previous Issues
No. 53: September / October 2011
No. 53: September / October 2011
Jane Austen and Kate Middleton: how they are related
Stetsons for JASNA as members prepare to gather in Texas
Gorgeous Gainsborough: a new exhibition of the portraitist's landscapes
Dealing with illness and death in the Regency era
How Jane Austen uses characters overhearing conversations as a literary device
The bird man of Lyme Regis and his incredible drawings.
No. 52: July / August 2011
No. 52: July / August 2011
Preview of the Jane Austen Festival taking place in Bath in September
Painting a play: Somerset Maugham's fantastic collection of Georgian theatrical paintings is safe
Jane's forgotten brother: what became of George Austen?
How the seaside is depicted in Jane Austen's novels
The day rioters attacked the Lunar Society of Birmingham
How did Cassandra Austen handle her sister's legacy, and how will ours be handled when we are gone?
No. 51: May / June 2011
No. 51: May / June 2011
Americans in Bath: Celebrating 50 years of the American Museum in Britain
Battle wounds and bedlam: Living with illness in Georgian times
Loitering with James: Maggie Lane asks if Jane Austen helped her brother with his periodical,The Loiterer
Amanda Vickery interview: Meet the academic who has brought the Georgians to life on TV
Correspondence culture: Kelly M McDonald on the art of letter writing
No. 50: March / April 2011
No. 50: March / April 2011
JARW at Fifty: The Jane Austen community worldwide celebrates the 50th edition of Jane Austen's Regency World
Sandy Lerner interview: The entrepreneur who rescued Chawton House speaks exclusively about the pleasure and pain of such a significant project
Regency royal weddings: What Prince William and Kate Middleton can learn from Georgian nuptials
Home comforts: Maggie Lane on how Jane Austen's books show how ideas about the home were changing.
Clerical fathers: Contrasting the lives of George Austen and Patrick Bronte
No. 49: January / February 2011
No. 49: January / February 2011
Sense and Sensibility at 200: Leading writers look at the history, relevance, importance and morality in Jane Austen's first published novel.
Festival comes to town: Marvelous images from this year's Jane Austen Festival, Bath.
What price Paradise? Life as a Jewish person in Regency England
Wives by Advertisement: the risks and rewards of Georgian lonely hearts' adverts
Jane Austen and Robert Burns: what she really thought about the Scottish poet
No. 48: November / December 2010
No. 48: November / December 2010
All I want for Christmas - seasonal gift suggestions for the Austen fan in your life – or hints to drop your family and friends if you are an Austen fan!
Power of attractions: what gives some of Jane’s characters sex appeal
Why I'm banishing Jane from my bookshelf: the reader who has fallen out of love with Austen
Thanks for all the fish: Amy Patterson, of Jane Austen Books, finds similarities in the writings of Douglas Adam and Jane Austen
November in the novels: a busy time of year in Jane’s writing
Tom and Jerry: No, not the cartoon; a sportswriter’s fiction from the 1820s
