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News & Notes:

Why We Janeites are Leading the Charge:

Our JASNA Vancouver members recall highlights of
Forth Worth, 2011

Fashion's Olio Folio - a History of Women's Small Chic Accessories from 1770-1070

Costume historian Ivan Sayers will present on the smaller accessories worn by fashionable women from the late 18th century up to the 1970s on six Mondays Jan. 9-Feb. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. at Simon Fraser University's downtown campus. This program is for seniors. The fee is $104. for the six sessions. To register, go to www.sfu.ca/seniors.

Dr. Rowan McMaster consulted these works for his presentation to our region on Women on Men-of-War ships.
Consulted Works

Books and Berries books:

The following books were reviewed in June, 2011

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson reviewed by Joan Reynolds.

Dianna Mosley by Anne de Courcy reviewed by Sandy Lundy.

Up and Down Stairs: A History of the Country House Servant by Jeremy Musson reviewed by Joan Reynolds.

The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis reviewed by Elspeth Flood.

Mrs. Delany and Her Circle by M. Laird and A. Weisberg-Roberts reviewed by Sandy Lundy

Sugar: A Bittersweet History by Elizabeth Abbott reviewed by Joan Reynolds.

A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen edited by Susannah Carson reviewed by Phyllis Bottomer.

Plus - The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock and Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier.

Little Flower Academy English students demonstrate Regency dancing for the Jane Austen Vancouver Region members on May 14.

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Jane Austen Christmas
 
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Nora Morrow receives a new apron in gratitude for her years of service in the kitchen. Patricia McLean fashions a Christmas floral arrangement Regency style.
   
Adrian Salvail-Lopez – winner of the Christmas arrangement. The dancers assemble after the Christmas luncheon.

 

Family therapist and Jane Austen enthusiast Ron Richardson’s presentation to JASNA Vancouver on March 20/2010
The Good Marriage in Jane Austen’s Novels (PDF)

Presentation by Dr. Robert Miles, University of Victoria, on Dec. 12
Jane Austen, Happiness and Moral Luck (PDF)

UBC student Victoria Tang’s award-winning essay (PDF) presented on Nov. 14.

 

Chawton House

On this video, Sandy Lerner, founder of Cisco Systems discusses her plans to search out books authored by long-neglected women writers of the 18th century for the Chawton House Library.

Ann Kent talk on gardens and floral design

Our region welcomed Ann Kent, a horticultural therapist and educator from VanDusen Botanical Gardens, on June 27 to give an illuminating talk on gardens and floral design from the Regency period.
Handout from the talk (PDF)

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JANE AUSTEN DAY – The Law, Lords and Ladies

Seattle lawyer Jim Nagel was the featured speaker for this year’s Jane Austen Day in Vancouver. Following a catered lunch, the afternoon was filled with games and skits in the “drawing” room.

Thanks to all who organized the wonderful event.
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Fun and Frivolity at KCTS Hycroft Tea: (click to enlarge)

To highlight their Masterpiece Classics series of Jane Austen programs, KCTS Seattle hosted a tea and dance at Hycroft in Vancouver. Several JASNA Vancouver members participated in the dancing exhibition for the 120 Austen fans who attended.

 

 

The following talks were presented recently to our members in Vancouver. Click to read them.

'Strangers filling their place': Jane Austen and the Decline of the Landed Order" (PDF) by Haymen Leong. Presentation to JASNA Vancouver May 24, 2008.

Austen Lecture & Prologue (PDF)
Dr. John Hulcoop, Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, presentation to JASNA Vancouver on Jane Austen Day, April 12, 2008.

Women’s Travel in the Time of Jane Austen (PDF)
by Barbara Hodgson
A talk for the Jane Austen Society, given on 8 April 2006, on the occasion of Jane Austen Day.

Soup and Snobbery: Food in the Novels of Jane Austen
by Tanya Lewis
A talk for the Jane Austen Society, given on 8 April 2006, on the occasion of Jane Austen Day.