JASNA NorCal Annual Jane Austen Birthday Gala Tea
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Trinity Lutheran Church at 1295 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Details and registration coming soon on our website.
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Events Calendar
Our calendar features a wide range of in-person and online programs, including talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more. We also highlight events of interest from the broader Jane Austen and Regency world. All event times reflect the organizers’ local time zones. JASNA regional events are additionally listed on the main JASNA web site.
To submit an event for the calendar, kindly email news@jasnanorcal.org.
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JASNA NorCal Silicon Valley TheatreWorks Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
FeaturedFollowing our Gala Tea we will cross the street to Silicon Valley TheatreWorks to see the new play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Tickets for the play are available now through TheatreWorks https://theatreworks.org/mainstage/georgina-kitty/ . TIckets are selling fast. Make sure you select the matinee to join us. 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
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JASNA NorCal Virtual Reading Group – The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
FeaturedMore information at JasnaNorcal.org
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JASNA NorCal presents James Nagle, “Ending the Regency Marriage” – a virtual presentation
FeaturedJane Austen’s writings focus on forming the Regency marriage, from the courtship to the proposal. Unfortunately, ending the Regency marriage was also a fact of life (hello, Mr. Rushworth!). In Jane’s time there was no such thing as a no-fault divorce; instead, the process was long, complicated, very expensive, and engendered a great deal of […]
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Virtual Reading Group: Once Persuaded, Twice Shy: A Modern Reimagining of Persuasion
FeaturedJoin us to discuss Melodie Edwards's Once Persuaded, Twice Shy: A Modern Reimagining of Persuasion.
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JASNA NorCal presents “Formed for [an] Elegant and Rational Society”: The History of Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line – a virtual presentation by Susan Allen Ford
FeaturedHow did Persuasions develop from a 32-page newsletter designed to serve a fledging organization to a 256-page printed journal and a vibrant online journal accessible worldwide? The story of Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line is part of JASNA's history that helps us see the genius, the excitement, and the growing pains of the organization and its […]
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Virtual Reading Group: In the Path of Jane Austen: Travels and Tales, a 250th Birthday Anthology
FeaturedFor our May reading group, we're discussing a new anthology of Austen-inspired short stories that the publisher describes as "just as much a whimsical travelogue as an anthology of excellent Regency romance fiction and fantasy. Each author tells the story of their homage to Jane Austen during their past travels to the UK, with photos to […]
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JASNA NorCal presents Conduct Literature in Jane Austen’s Time (in person) by Stanford PHD Candidate Rebecca Adams
FeaturedConduct literature refers to texts that instruct and inform and give guidance on basic etiquette, and larger matters of religion and intellectual life. The primary concern of such works was virtue and propriety. Jane Austen was no stranger to the genre, though her personal feelings towards it are difficult to ascertain. Conduct literature seems to […]
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JASNA NorCal Virtual Reading Group: Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James
FeaturedJoin our discussion of Death Comes to Pemberley. "P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem." - Goodreads
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JASNA NorCal July 2026 Reading Group: Jane Austen in 41 Objects by Kathryn Sutherland
FeaturedFor our July reading group, we'll discuss Kathryn Sutherland's most recent book, Jane Austen in 41 Objects, in anticipation of her presentation to JASNA NorCal members in September.
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JASNA NorCal Virtual Reading Group: Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser
FeaturedOnline: ZoomFor our September reading group, we're catching up with Devoney Looser's 2025 book all about the wilder side of Austen's writing, life, and legacy. As the book jacket explains, "Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in Wild […]
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JASNA NorCal presents Jane Austen in 41 Objects, a virtual presentation by Professor Kathryn Sutherland
FeaturedJane Austen in 41 Objects is Professor Kathryn Sutherland’s attempt to address a paradox: of all writers Jane Austen is among those very few that we most ardently wish to know but so little survives for us on which to base our knowledge. Summarizing a life in 41 objects is a way of acknowledging that […]