2012 Annual Events

  • Reading Group discussions (January, March, July, September, and November): We meet on the second Sunday of the month @ 1pm.  Please take a moment during the week before the meeting to call the host and reserve a place, and if possible, bring something for the tea table. For more information, please contact our Secretary (see our Contacts page).
  • Spring luncheon (April or May): Includes lecture
  • Jane Austen Birthday celebration (December):  Afternoon tea, birthday toast, lecture
For info about shared transportation to events, please visit our Carpooling page.

2012 Jane Austen Birthday Celebration

Saturday, Dec. 1
Location:  Oaks Park Pavilion in SE Portland (click here for web site and directions)

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Exciting news about our annual Birthday Celebration! There will be a luncheon and English country dancing. Members are welcome to come in costume and participate in the dancing -- or come and enjoy the general splendor.

More details available on the invitation, posted here as a PDF document.

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2012 Reading Group Meetings

To Woo and Lose:  Disappointed Suitors
January 8 @ 1pm
Host: Shirley Walker-Jones, Tigard
Discussion Leader: Pat Fulbright
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Persuasion
March 11 @ 1pm
Host: Kathleen McCann, Lake Oswego
Discussion Leaders: Kate Lozano & Jennifer Snoek-Brown     
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Liberal or Conservative Jane?
July 8 @ 1pm
Host: Kim Higgins, Tigard
Discussion Leader: Bill Boyd & Elaine Blatt

Sex, Money and Power
September 9 @ 1pm
Host: Alexandra Guerra, Tigard
Discussion Leader: Susan Schwartz & Janet Rohrbaugh

Pride and Prejudice & North and South (E. Gaskell)
November 11 @ 1pm
Host: Bill & Marna Boyd, SE Portland
Discussion Leader: Alex Guerra & Kelly Kirschner

New Members meeting

Sunday, April 15 @ 1pm
Location: Marva Wiebe, Hillsboro. Email us for more info

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Our chapter will be hosting a new member meeting. It is a meeting intended for "newish" members, for members who are less familiar with Austen's works, and for those who would like to welcome new members into the group in a more personal way. We will be discussing Pride and Prejudice, and those present will be able to drive the discussion and ask questions.

2012 Spring Luncheon

Saturday, May 12 @ 1 pm
Location: The Little Church at 5138 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97221 (click here for Google Maps location)

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Program
Dr. Anita Fisher, a history professor at Clark College and colleague of our own Pat Fulbright, will be discussing social and economic issues in the time of Jane Austen.

Jane Austen Tag Sale 
An exciting update! We will have a tag sale during the Spring Luncheon. Please bring anything related to Jane Austen and her life to donate. Items will be placed on tables according to their estimated value; we will have three tables with items priced at $1, $5, and $10. All unsold items will be donated to charity after the event. 

2012 Annual General Meeting

Sex, Money and Power in Jane Austen's Fiction
October 5-7, 2012
Location: New York, NY
2012 AGM New York