2024 Annual Events
You are welcome at our 2024 reading group meetings. Please take a moment during the week before the meeting to call or email the host and respond to this invitation. Also, if possible, bring something for the tea table.
(Note: Non-members are welcome to attend up to three of our in-person meetings before deciding whether to continue attending by joining JASNA.
To R.S.V.P., or for more information about the reading group meetings, contact our Regional Co-Coordinator, Vonnie Alto at [email protected].
The reading group meets five times each year: January, March, July, September, and November. Regular meetings (left column) are held at 1:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted. We also have a Spring Tea held in May, and this year it's a Special Event (right column). We look forward to seeing you!
(Note: Non-members are welcome to attend up to three of our in-person meetings before deciding whether to continue attending by joining JASNA.
To R.S.V.P., or for more information about the reading group meetings, contact our Regional Co-Coordinator, Vonnie Alto at [email protected].
The reading group meets five times each year: January, March, July, September, and November. Regular meetings (left column) are held at 1:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted. We also have a Spring Tea held in May, and this year it's a Special Event (right column). We look forward to seeing you!
Reading Group Meetings
January Meeting
Rescheduled due to inclement weather!
Date: February 11, 2024
Host: Kim Higgins Discussion Topic: Proposals in Jane Austen's Novels: (Implied, Unspoken, Rejected, Accepted) Discussion Leader: Joann Graham March MeetingDate: March 10, 2024
Host: Pauline Beard Discussion Topic: Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley Discussion Leaders: Cynthia Eckersley and Pauline Beard July Meeting
Date: July 9, 2024
Host: Lauri Conway Discussion Topic: Frances Burney's Literary Influence On Jane Austen's Writings Discussion Leader: Paula Stephankowsky September Meeting
Date: September 8, 2024
Host: Arnie Perlstein Discussion Topic: How the Lives of Women Changed During the Revolutionary Era of Jane Austen (Fanny Hill, Juvenilia: Henry & Eliza, 2 stanza charade) Discussion Leader: Arnie Perlstein November Meeting
Date: November 10, 2024
2024 AGM Sharing Host: Joann Graham: Discussion Topic: The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things By Paula Byrne Discussion Leader: Malcom Fredeking December
Celebration of
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Spring Tea
May 19th
Regency Era Conjuring
1 hour Magic Act Magician: Professor DR Schreiber 
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Austen, Annotated:
Jane Austen's Literary, Political, and Cultural Origins October 18-20, 2024 Hosted by JASNA Cleveland, OH jasna.org/agms/cleveland2024/welcome.php |