Vancouver Region         

 News & Notes:

BOOKS AND BERRIES: The following books were reviewed at our June meeting:

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler,

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts,

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley,

Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery,

Corduroy Mansion by Alexander McCall Smith,

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton,

Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury by Rebecca Dickson,

The Other Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview,

Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford,

An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aiden,

These Three Remain by Pamela Aiden

Byron by Edna O'Brien,

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell,

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.

Writers on the Spectrum by Dr. Julie Brown.

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.

Books reviewed at Books and Berries in September:

Elspeth Flood: The Private Patient by P.D. James

Barbara Phillips: Through Black Spruce and Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

Marg Savery: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough

Laureen McMahon: Rough Guide to Classic Novels from Don Quixote to American Pastoral by Simon Mason

Lorraine Meltzer: The Second Mrs. Darcy by Elizabeth Aston

Joan Reynolds:  Women Writing About Money - Women's Fiction in England, 1790-1820 by Edward Copeland

Chawton House

July 3 was the date of a reception at Chawton House hosted by new owner, Sandy Lerner, founder of Cisco Systems. On this video, Lerner 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.