Print Culture & Calling Card Etiquette in the Time of Jane Austen
Giving and receiving visiting cards was essential to Regency social etiquette. Using Persuasion as an example Sarah J. Makowski, author of Bitches in Bonnets: Life Lessons from Jane Austen’s Mean Girls, will explore Austen's depictions of their use (and abuse) in communication and maintaining social hierarchies. Typography expert Manfred Makowski will then demonstrate the creation of authentic replica cards, including video footage from his letterpress studio. Participants can examine various traditional print materials, movable type, decorative elements, and tools. Each participant will receive a hand-printed souvenir calling card to keep for Austen’s 250th birthday.
Jane Austen Festival, Bath, UK
Friday, September 19, 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16 - 18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN
Registration via www.janeausten.co.uk
Auf’s Ohr: Bitches in Bonnets Reading
200-Year Celebration of the City of Gütersloh
5:00 PM Friday, June 6, 2025
Gütersloh Public Library - First Floor
Jane Austen Pod Squad Interview
Jane Austen Society of North America Virtual Region
Episode One: Interview with Author Sarah J. Makowski
www.jasnavirtualregion.org
May 2025
Unraveling Identity: Exploring the Enigmatic Past of a Misidentified Grandfather
Ontario Genealogical Society Annual Conference 2024
June 14 - 16, Toronto, Ontario
Online Bonus Track: Case Study
https://conference2024.ogs.on.ca/bonus-tracks/
We Take No Leave of You, Lady Catherine:
The Rocky Realities of Female Aging in the Regency and Today
Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting 2023
Pride & Prejudice: A Rocky Romance
Thursday, November 2, 3:30 PM
Bitches in Bonnets Book Signing
Sunday, November 9, 2023, 8:00 - 9:15
Jane Austen Books
JASNA AGM Emporium, Gaylord Rockies Resort, Denver, CO
Austen’s Troublesome Mums: Good and Dead or Bad and Alive?
Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute
Jane Austen Festival 2023, Bath, UK
Sunday, September 10, 2023, 4:30 - 5:30
Bitches in Bonnets Book Signing
Sunday, September 10, 6:00
Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, UK
Sunday, September 30, 8:00 PM GMT
Instagram Live: Ageless Austen
Chat with Austen expert, Regency celebrant,
and author Sophie Andrews, aka Laughing with Lizzie
https://www.instagram.com/laughingwithlizzie/
Virtual Talk: How Box Hill Makes Mean Girls of Us All
Jane Austen Society, England, Northern Branch
Emma Woodhouse is far from a flawless heroine. In Jane Austen’s portrayal of the spoiled rich girl’s defensive behaviour towards the new girl in town, she teaches us that black is never truly black, and white is often just a shade of grey.
Talk: How Box Hill Makes Mean Girls of Us All
Jane Austen Festival, Bath
Emma Woodhouse is far from a flawless heroine. In Jane Austen’s portrayal of the spoiled rich girl’s defensive behaviour towards the new girl in town, she teaches us that black is never truly black, and white is often just a shade of grey.
Virtual Talk: Jane Austen’s Mean Girls
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