by jasnasouthwest | Mar 13, 2020 | Events, Featured, News
Your health and wellbeing, and that of the greater community, remain our highest priority. Out of an abundance of caution during these unprecedented times, we are postponing our May 2, 2020, event at the Mission Inn, “Ms. Austen Goes to Washington.” The...
by jasnasouthwest | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, Featured, News
The 25th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has been postponed until the weekend of October 3-4, as a precaution in light of public health concerns related to the coronavirus. JASNA Southwest will again host a booth at the event, which is the nation’s...
by jasnasouthwest | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, News
We are pleased to announce the trivia contest winners for our Emma swag giveaways, courtesy of Focus Features. Trivia Question 1—Barbara, Santa Barbara Trivia Question 2—Fatma, Ontario, Canada Trivia Question 3—Tracy, Placentia Trivia Question 4—Catherine, Porter...
by jasnasouthwest | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured, News
We are slightly delayed in announcing our winners of the Emma giveaways (we want to make sure we are correctly counting across all of our platforms). Stay tuned! And sorry for the delay. Thanks again to all who participated!
by jasnasouthwest | Mar 6, 2020 | Featured, News
The answer to our final trivia question of the week is State of Play (miniseries), with David Morrissey (who played Col. Brandon in the 2008 S&S miniseries), Polly Walker (who was Jane Fairfax in the 1996 theatrical release of Emma) and James McAvoy (who played...
by jasnasouthwest | Mar 6, 2020 | Featured, News
Bill Nighy plays Mr. Woodhouse in the new film version of Emma, which opens in wide release today! He famously starred in Love Actually with numerous other Austen adaptation stars—Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant and Keira Knightley. But he also...
