The Jane Austen Society of North America is our national organization. This site has information on the Society, news, events, and publications. Several U.S. and Canadian regional groups are online.
The Janeites is a Yahoo! Group discussing Jane Austen's books, related movies, works of her contemporaries, and Austen criticism.
The Republic of Pemberley is a wonderful world where fans of Jane Austen can gather to chat, publish and read sequels, and generally lose themselves in their Jane Austen obsessions.
A Woman's Wit:
Jane Austen's Life and Legacy
View the Jane Austen Exhibition online and
at The Morgan Library and Museum,
225 Madison Ave., New York, NY.
Nov. 6, 2009 - March 14, 2010
Emma Returns to Television
Masterpiece on PBS premiers a
new three-part adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
January 24 - February 7, 2010.
See the Great Books Foundation for discussion guides for teachers and book groups.
The Fourth Annual Regency Exhibition Ball
March 27, 2010, in Lansing, Michigan.
"An event so great, even Caroline Bingley would approve." Tickets: $22.
Penguin Classics on Air Penguin.com has online broadcasts of discussions of authors. Listen to Who is Your Favorite British Woman Novelist: Jane Austen or Elizabeth Gaskell?
PBS.org features JASNA on a list of Selected Resources for their Jane Austen series!
Masterpiece on PBS.org has a downloadable Teacher's Guide that "offers ideas and tips on how to teach the works of Jane Austen, using film as another avenue into her world.… Sections that explore universal themes–Novel to Film, the Art of Adaptation, Self-Discovery, Society and the Self, Satire and Irony–provide questions and activities that can be used for any of Austen's works."
The Web is a virtual cornucopia of Jane Austen information and websites. These are some we enjoy visiting. To suggest a site for inclusion, please contact jasnagcr@sbcglobal.net with the URL.