https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1704526460419-35XH0HNFC8HO3VDVDHV1/Webpage+header.png Events https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/edwardknight280226-g79em monthly 0.5 2026-03-15 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/edwardknight280226 monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/prideandprejudice-frompagetostage monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/8f016c51-9d34-4ea1-9c7d-c3a3295a0cbd/02-12-25-Pride-and-Prejudice-Tech-Morgan-Roberts-931.jpg Events - A Conversation with Lewis Treston - Make it stand out Photo: Morgan Roberts https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-different-screen-presentations-of-mr-darcy monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/c447735b-7257-450b-aaa1-5f47f70913dd/unnamed+%283%29.png Events - The Different Screen Presentations of Mr Darcy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/2025-studyafteroon-mansfieldpark monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/d709dcd5-cb89-4071-8f8d-b22af843fd90/Screenshot+2025-02-16+at+1.57.47%E2%80%AFpm.png Events - 'Mansfield Park' Study Afternoon - Make it stand out Scene from ‘Mansfield Park’ (1999) https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-story-of-muslin monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/8f369257-b263-4436-b634-52224973c859/Screenshot+2025-02-16+at+1.53.45%E2%80%AFpm.png Events - Muslin: Fabric of Empires - Make it stand out JJ Feild and Felicity Jones as Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland in ‘Northanger Abbey’ (2007) https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-moral-encounters-in-jane-austens-novels monthly 0.5 2024-09-30 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/pride-and-prejudice-study-afternoon monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/portraits-in-pride-and-prejudice monthly 0.5 2024-01-06 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/why-mr-collins-the-church-and-the-clergy-in-the-time-of-jane-austen monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/teaching-jane-austen-in-the-classroom monthly 0.5 2024-02-01 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/jane-austens-false-friends monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1e03a49d-0545-4bd1-9cbc-d248a162b5ca/Screen+Shot+2023-05-03+at+5.24.25+pm.png Events - Jane Austen's False Friends - Make it stand out Anna Chancellor as Miss Bingley, Pride and Prejudice, BBC 1995 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/philadelphia-hancock monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1683097912301-NER8F5X4D3X21WZRRVAW/Screen+Shot+2023-05-03+at+5.09.35+pm.png Events - Finding Philadelphia's Story - Make it stand out Miniature of Philadelphia Hancock by John Smart. Currently located in Jane Austen’s House museum, Chawton, England. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/sense-and-sensibility-study-afternoon monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/ad698ab7-380e-42dc-8790-8c211d9c7317/Screen+Shot+2023-05-03+at+4.21.58+pm.png Events - 'Sense and Sensibility' Study Afternoon - Make it stand out Photo of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ first edition https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/bringing-pemberley-to-life-on-stage monthly 0.5 2023-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/99883fda-a889-4467-a087-eeb0de6e06af/The+wickhams2.jpeg Events - Bringing Pemberley to Life on Stage - Make it stand out Creatives from the Growl Theatre production of ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley’ in December 2021 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/event-cancelled-my-life-with-a-famous-relative-dnz2z monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1570835589054-7SBV8C56XOWE2ONXE26A/Jane+and+me.jpg Events - Caroline Jane Knight: My Life with a Famous Relative - Pre-orders are open for Caroline Jane Knight's book 'Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage' https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/2022-christmas-luncheon monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/dbf0ef1d-1248-4265-bb63-6f9094111543/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+7.27.42+pm.png Events - 2022 Christmas Luncheon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/jewels-of-the-regency monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/baf3b8d2-83ee-48b6-ba3b-642e220a6ad4/JA+ring.jpeg Events - Jewels of the Regency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/lady-susan-is-dead monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/20th-anniversary-meeting monthly 0.5 2022-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1571219838632-19R1M2DSK4O2YIQR333F/susannah+cropped.png Events - 20th Anniversary Meeting - Make it stand out Susannah Fullerton, President JASA https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/regency-costumes-m4jb3-6yxtd monthly 0.5 2022-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1627701224293-9OLR1FT2P4RX91VYR2HI/Screen+Shot+2021-07-31+at+12.36.33+pm.png Events - Pride and Prejudice on Screen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/jasa-brisbane-2021-christmas-luncheon monthly 0.5 2021-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1632824562776-G4KHKUWAMSI28O59TDGR/Screen+Shot+2021-09-13+at+7.52.00+pm.png Events - JASA Brisbane 2021 Christmas Luncheon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/regency-costumes-m4jb3 monthly 0.5 2021-10-08 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/event-cancelled monthly 0.5 2021-08-08 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/regency-costumes monthly 0.5 2021-09-24 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/miss-bennets-jig-dancing-in-jane-austens-world monthly 0.5 2021-04-01 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/persuasion-on-screen monthly 0.5 2021-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1612250977854-M2WGV72IG58T08ARQ5PS/persuasion+film+covers.jpg Events - Persuasion on Screen https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/event-cancelled-my-life-with-a-famous-relative monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/health-happiness-and-the-19th-century-old-maid monthly 0.5 2020-07-21 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-strength-of-fashion-of-any-old-pelisse-recreating-jane-austens-pelisse monthly 0.5 2020-06-20 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-baronetage-sir-walter-elliot monthly 0.5 2019-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1571655646286-E61QTWJRMOQ3TU8AGTJ6/Mr+Wickham.jpg Events - Bad Mr Wickham! https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/jasa-brisbane-christmas-lunch monthly 0.5 2019-10-22 https://jasabrisbane.org/upcoming/the-zen-of-jane-austen monthly 0.5 2020-01-11 https://jasabrisbane.org/photos daily 0.75 2023-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680405439920-0U4K5SVGWEUMZ8PL9HQC/Caroline%2Bcropped.jpg Photos - Caroline Jane Knight Caroline Jane Knight, fifth great-niece of Jane Austen, joined us on 25 February 2023 to give an entertaining and extremely informative talk about growing up at Chawton House and her famous relatives legacy including Caroline’s foundation ‘The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680404843604-GCHER56Y8H6RE0NYSGZ2/Adrian+Dickens+cropped.png Photos - Adrian Dickens Jewellery historian Adrian Dickens joined us on 1 October 2023 to discuss jewels of the Regency era, as well as the three pieces (that are known of) relating to Jane Austen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680410929686-99XC2DJQX7V6A0FQLH10/Tim+Bullamore+cropped.png Photos - Tim Bullamore On 13 August 2022, Tim Bullamore, an award-winning obituary writer best known to JASA members until recently as publisher and editor of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, gave an entertaining presentation of how her obituary might appear in The Times of London today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680404814969-AMRGBDVA0V8H9WP5LIJF/Gov+house+cropped.png Photos - Government House visit - 16 June 2022 As part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations, JASA Brisbane members attended a tour of Government House in Brisbane, home of the Governor of Queensland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680404764113-65X1CM4WMH4LMGICZ0RE/Victoria+cropped.png Photos - Dr Victoria Bladen On 19 February 2022, Dr Victoria Bladen from University of Queensland gave a presentation on adaptations of ‘Pride and Prejudice’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1680404786128-ONP0BB4HN2OJ79Y9WLUD/Kate+Ferrett+cropped.png Photos - Kate Ferrett On 9 October 2021, Kate Ferrett gave a presentation on Regency costume and particularly the costumes in the 2020 film Emma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1581150553562-D61FSET15IPAFY9X2KXF/Walter+Mason.jpg Photos - Walter Mason - The Zen of Jane Austen On Saturday 8 February 2020, over 70 JASA Brisbane members came together for the first meeting of the year to hear a wonderful presentation by Walter Mason on The Zen of Jane. Walter's talk was greatly enjoyed by all present showing the links between the tenets of Buddhism and Jane's work as well as providing us with some wonderfully entertaining anecdotes along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572950492432-VVG4WG9YJE8NHBPVTJEE/fullsizeoutput_3598.jpeg Photos - Susannah Fullerton Susannah Fullerton (President, JASA) enjoys a cup of tea after presenting her talk ‘Bad Mr Wickham!’ on 2 November 2019. After her busy few weeks, and presenting a wonderfully entertaining talk, we think she’s earned it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572652976004-U7Y3QKRANVIV2SBP9DHZ/Margi.jpg Photos - Margi Abraham On 14 September 2019, the JASA Brisbane group met to listen to a talk about one of Jane’s lesser known works Lady Susan presented by Margi Abraham. Following the talk, we were challenged with a very tricky quiz about the malevolent misses in Austen’s novels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572653019905-6O8A84TMFUVFWMC7Z0WB/olivia+.jpg Photos - Olivia and Elise To burn or not to burn? Should Jane's sister Cassandra have burnt so many of Jane's letters? Attendees at the JASA Brisbane meeting on 6 July 2019 were invited to listen to a debate with opposing arguments presented by Olivia Williamson (left) and Elise Gane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572653045014-W0BMNMYSOOSLHUUPA7AW/Ruth.jpg Photos - Ruth Williamson Despite a rainy day, over 50 people met for July's JASA Brisbane meeting where the focus was on The Letters of Jane Austen. The group was joined by New Zealand's Ruth Williamson, Editor of the JASA Chronicle who provided an informative presentation on Jane Austen's letters and their history from private family correspondence to the publication of the remaining letters while attempting to answer the question: Should Cassandra have burnt so many of Jane's letters? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572653148507-28GN67JS0GA42X5QN9JS/Sandra+and+andrew.jpg Photos - Sandra and Andrew JASA Brisbane is fortunate to have Sandra (and occasionally Andrew) join us for our regular meetings in Regency Dress. Sandra makes the beautiful outfits she wears and we look forward to sharing more of them over the coming months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8f06b79744ce5d4f9718aa/1572653070318-BVUMTDL3IQWL9WA34U6V/narelle+and+jami.jpg Photos - Narelle and Jami JASA Brisbane was entertained by two of our members Narelle and Jami who presented a selection of the letters of Jane Austen (put together by Barbara). 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