Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest (JASNA-SW)

JASNA-SW Events & More

Coming Up
Click on the title above to register for the 19 May 2012 Spring Meeting, a seaside holiday with Jane Austen at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica.
The JASNA Annual General Meeting is filling up fast so if you want to attend, click here to register soon.
Events Gone By
JASNA Southwest's booth at the LA Times Festival of Books was a great hit! We had even more visitors, distributed even more JASNA-SW information, and sold even more books from Vroman's than we did last year. Click the title above for a photo montage.
On Saturday, 3 December 2011, we learned about Regency women's health issues at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Our first-ever super-regional weekend at the Huntington Gardens & Library and the Westin Pasadena was a spectacular success. Click on the title above for a photo recap.
Our first-ever JASNA-SW booth at the Festival was a resounding success. Please click on the title above for photos.
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JASNA members were treated to a sneak preview of the film about Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Click on the title above to see a trailer of the movie.
"Silver Forks, Golden Memories, and Library Treasures." Featured talk: Ed Copeland on Silver Fork Novels.
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Domestic Entertainments in Jane Austen's Time
History
Diana Birchall and People take us on a nostalgic journey.
In Memoriam
Sundries

The JASNA-SW booth at the LA Times Festival of Books, April 21-22, 2012 was a great hit! Click here for a photo montage.


2012 Spring Meeting:
At the Seaside with Jane Austen
19 May 2012

Sign up now for the Spring Meeting, a seaside holiday with Jane Austen at the beautiful Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, site of the historic Marion Davies Beach House. Presentations include:

"The Houses of Jane Austen in Fact and Fiction" by Iris Lutz, the current president of the Jane Austen Society of North America.

"Plucking a Rose under the Crescent Moon," a talk about waste management in Regency times by Jan Fahey.

"A Little Sea-Bathing Would Set Me Up Forever, Jane Austen and the Seaside" by Diana Birchall.

"Julia Morgan & the Marion Davies Beach House by Christy McAvoy .

Click here to register.

Why You Should Join JASNA-SW (it's only $15)


In addition to discounted admission to our already affordable Spring and Winter Events, your $15 membership:

* allows our Region to contribute to the restoration of Jane Austen's house and church at Chawton.

* provides food and drink to our holiday season reading group teas.

* allows us to keep our biannual meetings affordable. For example, our last two meetings cost 30% and 55% more, respectively, than what they brought in. Therefore, your $15 membership helped cover the cost of bringing in speakers, the food, and the venues.

* helps cover miscellaneous costs, such as printing and mailing out our newsletters and web hosting for this site.

In addition, members are the first to hear about special screenings and other Austen-related events. Some of these events are open to JASNA-SW members only.

Membership in JASNA-SW is only $15 per year. Please consider joining today. Click on the Join/​Contact tab above.



All roads lead to Austen. (photo by Diana Birchall)



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Welcome to the Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest (JASNA-SW), a region of the Jane Austen Society of North America.
JASNA-SW is a non-profit organization with a diverse membership: From admirers to aficionados, students to scholars, book purists to film fans, what brings us together is our love of Jane Austen. Through local reading groups and events that are both entertaining and informative, we celebrate ­the work and life of Jane Austen, the world of her books, and her influence in popular culture.


My idea of good company ... is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. --Jane Austen

ABOUT JASNA, OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) is the parent organization for our regional group.

Members of JASNA receive an excellent journal, Persuasions, and are eligible to attend the three-day Annual General Meeting. JASNA has many entertaining and informative activities for members and supports our local organization in a variety of ways.

For more information about the Jane Austen Society of North America, our annual meetings, and how to join the Society, visit JASNA's national website, jasna.org.