Name: Sense, Sensibility and Scones: Livestream of Wild About Jane Austen
Start: 2025-11-13T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-13T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Rugby Library and Information Centre

Sense, Sensibility and Scones: Livestream of Wild About Jane Austen

Join us as we livestream the Wild About Jane Austen event from the British Library and enjoy with scones, jam and cream!
About this Event

Join us at Rugby Library where we will be livestreaming the event 'Wild About Jane Austen' from the British Library in London. Enjoy scones, cream, jam and a cup of tea (vegan and gluten free options will be available, whilst stocks last) from Pickle and Pie whilst watching the event FREE of charge! Regency dress is not essential but highly encouraged!

Wild About Jane Austen with Professor Devoney Looser, Bee Rowlatt and Kate Evans at the British Library:

An energetic exploration of a writer for our times.

We know Austen’s novels, but how well do we know their author? Presented for generations as a quiet spinster, this session introduces Jane Austen the ambitious writer, with insights into her relationship to the abolitionist movement and women's suffrage. In celebration of Austen’s 250th anniversary this evening brings together bold new interpretations and studies of her work in a questioning light, asking - who was Austen, what did she care about and what does her work mean to us in 2025?

This event is part of our Jane Austen 250 celebrations, where we will have Austen themed events taking place in libraries across Warwickshire.

These special events have been organised to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.

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