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Jane Austen Society of Australia

Calendar of Events 2009

All meetings are held at:
   Uniting Church
   7 Lord Street
   Roseville NSW
unless otherwise indicated.

Read extracts from talks given at meetings and conferences and published in JASA's journal Sensibilities

Attendance at meetings is $4 per person, unless otherwise indicated (all amounts in Australian dollars). This fee covers venue hire, gift vouchers for guest speakers, a first-class afternoon tea and, very importantly, insurance cover for attendees while at the venue. Bookings not required unless otherwise indicated.

Use the handy JASA Order Form to book for the Annual Conference and Study Days, or simply to renew your own membership or give a membership as a gift.

Jane Austen phone line:
(02) 9380 5894
Email: info@jasa.net.au

Music and Romance in Sense and Sensibility
Thursday 13 August 2009, 6pm.
Free general admission

Presented by Professor Jeanice Brookes (University of Southampton)

Melba Hall , Gate 12, The University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville

More info: mlloyd@unimelb.edu.au
ph: 03 8344 7830 or see the University of Melbourne website

Sat 21 February

Persuasion and its Readers, Past and Present
Dr Joanne Wilkes,
University of Auckland, NZ
2:00 pm
Roseville

Sat 21 March

JASA STUDY DAY
Northanger Abbey: The Journey of a ‘sad little shatter-brained creature’
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $20
Roseville
BOOK NOW!

TALKS BY SUSANNAH FULLERTON
2009

Tuesday 28 July 2009
Brief Encounters: Literary Travellers in Australia
A talk about her new book by Susannah Fullerton
The Children’s Bookshop, Beecroft
7.30pm
Phone 02 9481 8811

Starting Thursday 6 August 2009
E M Forster: A Selection of his Novels
A four week course at WEA
10.30am-12.30pm
Book through WEA on
02 9264 2781

Tuesday 18 August 2009
Robert Burns
A talk to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth
Free
Ashfield Library
1.00-2.00pm

Wednesday 26 August 2009
Brief Encounters: Literary Travellers in Australia
A talk about her new book by Susannah Fullerton
The State Library of NSW
12.30pm
Phone: (02) 9273 1414

Masterpieces of
European Literature
A 10 week course on some of the great books of Europe
Presented at the
Art Gallery of NSW

Some books included are
Don Quixote, War and Peace, Madame Bovary, The Little Mermaid, The Count of Monte Cristo, Germinal, Eugenie Grandet, Les Miserables, Crime and Punishment, Dr Zhivago, The Fairy Stories of the Brothers Grimm, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
and The Leopard.

Course dates:

Fridays: 11 and 18 Sept; 9, 23 and 30 Oct; 13, 20 and 27 Nov; 4 and 11 Dec 2009

Saturdays: 12 and 19 Sept; 10, 24 and 31 Oct; 14, 21 and 28 Nov; 5 and 19 Dec 2009

For enquiries or bookings, contact
the State Library on
9273 1500 or
WEA on 9264 2781 or
Art Gallery on 9225 1700

Sat 18 April

Brothers, Sisters and the Idea(l) of Fraternity in Persuasion
Katrina Clifford,
JASA Member
2.00 pm
Roseville

Sun 24 May

JASA’s 20th Birthday Harbour Cruise,
including afternoon tea
Departs Commissioners Steps
in front of the
Museum of Contemporary Art,
at 1.30pm
Cost: $50
BOOK NOW!

Sat 20 June

A Two-Inch Bit of Ivory Meets the Toy-Box of the Heart: Jane Austen and Alexander Pope
Dr Sophie Gee,
Harvard University, USA
2:00 pm
Roseville

Sat 15 August

Laying Everything Open: Newspapers in Jane Austen’s Fiction and Letters
Dr Gillian Russell,
ANU,Canberra
2:00 pm
Roseville

Sat 26 September

JASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
for the 200th anniversary of the Austens’ arrival in Chawton.
Jane Austen and Chawton,
Epping Club, Sydney. $70 members, $80 non-members
10:00am - 4:30pm
BOOK NOW!

Sat 17 October

The Political World of Jane Austen
John Gascoigne, UNSW
2:00 pm
Roseville

Sat 12 December

JASA CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Venue, costs and entertainment to be advised.
12 noon

FEEDBACK: info@jasa.net.au

20 June 2009