by jasnasouthwest | Sep 29, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
Nearly 140 JASNA Southwest members and guests gathered at Chapman University for “Jane Austen Meets Mary Shelley” on September 14. Numerous students from both Chapman University and Azusa Pacific University joined JASNA members for this event, which featured speakers...
by jasnasouthwest | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured, News
The eagerly anticipated, eight-part series Sanditon, based on the unfinished novel Jane Austen was working on shortly before her death in 1817, will premiere on PBS MASTERPIECE on January 12, 2020. The series stars Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood, Theo James...
by jasnasouthwest | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured, In Memory, News
JASNA Southwest board member Nancy Ramsey passed away on August 15 after a long battle with lung cancer. Nancy grew up in Burbank and Lancaster with her siblings Robert and Sue. As an adolescent, she was an avid horseback rider and dreamed of traveling to exotic...
by jasnasouthwest | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured, News
The mini-series Sanditon—based on the unfinished novel Jane Austen was working on shortly before her death in 1817—is being brought to life by award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies, who has already adapted Pride and Prejudice (1995), Sense and Sensibility (2008),...
by jasnasouthwest | Jul 6, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
More than 180 members and guests attended “It’s All Relative: Relationships in Austen” on June 1 at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, making this one of the largest turnouts ever for a JASNA Southwest regional meeting!...
