Major site updates January and July
Minor site updates throughout the year

Jane Austen Society of Australia

What's New!

Major updates of the  JASA website are in about January and July, with the release of JASA's journal, Sensibilities, and the JASA Chronicle newsletter.
Other information and minor updates are added throughout the year.

January 2008

• JASA's Favourite 19th Century Novels - a survey 

• 2006 writing competition winners Jane Austen’s Characters Look for Work

April 2007

• The People in Jane Austen's Life: including, Tom Lefroy, Harris Bigg-Wither and friends and neighbours...

January 2007

• Extracts from most recent issues of JASA's refereed journal, Sensibilities, now online: December 2005, June 2006, December 2006.

July 2006

• 2006 writing competition topic: Jane Austen’s Characters Look for Work - U Open to JASA members only

June 2006

• Jane Austen in Perspective: An introduction to Jane Austen - by Joanna Penglase

April 2006

• Winners of 2005 writing competition

• Sensibilities journal index and extracts updated

• JASA Chronicle newsletter index updated

• 2006 Calendar updated with Susannah Fullerton's lecture series

January 2006

• 2006 Calendar of JASA events

• 2006 joining and booking form

December 2005

• New from Regency Fair - Bookmarks. Different fashion plate for each novel. Double-sided, each with an Austen quote. $12 a set of 6, or $2.50 each. 
  Perfect gifts - for yourself or for others!

• Plan ahead using our 2006 JASA Calendar

July2005

• New JASA publication: Jane Austen's Brother Abroad - The Grand Tour Journals of Edward Austen. 
  Order now from Regency Fair:
  - USD32.00, GBP18.00, CAN40.00  Incl. p&p
  - AUD25.00 + p&p

June 2005

• 2005 conference program

• Susannah Fullerton's literary talks for late 2005

November 2004

• 2005 calendar of JASA events

January 2004

• The Leighs - the Revelations of Stoneleigh Abbey and Austen's maternal heritage

• More info on the Jane Austen Quilt

• Austen Illustrated: Jane had no 'Phiz'

November 2003

• New from Regency Fair: #2 in the set of Jane Austen 'Rogues Gallery' teatowels - Sir Walter Elliot

• Plan ahead! Follow the link to 2004 Calendar and 2004 Order Form 

June 2003

• Study Guide for students - Emma & Clueless,  and Pride and Prejudice

• Jane Austen at the seaside

March 2003

• New products in Regency Fair  

  • Jane Austen bookplates $9.50 per set of 16

  • Jane Austen 'Rogues Gallery' teatowels - rub Mrs Elliot's nose in it for $15.00

February 2003

• Jane Austen's grave

January 2003

• 5 new book reviews

• 2002 writing competition winner: A review of Mansfield Park by [that noted intellectual] John Thorpe of  Northanger Abbey

December 2002

• Calendar for 2003 now available.

• Revamped images gallery

• 8 new Austen citings, including Rudyard Kipling and Harper Lee

August 2002

• New publication: Where's Where in Jane Austen and What Happens There

• June 2002 Newsletter

• Library list updated

July 2002

• Crossword: Pride & Prejudice

• JASA members only - Enter Now - 2002 Writing Competition
  Genre: Book Review. Topic: Writing as one of Jane Austen’s characters,
  compose a book review of any other Jane Austen novel. Maximum length
  2000 WORDS - more details on writing competition

June 2002

• More Austen Citings, (incl. Charlotte Bronte, Amy Tan and the Black Books TV series)

• Program  details on the JASA 2002 annual conference now available.

• Juvenilia Conference at UNSW in Nov 2002 and literary talks by JASA President. Susannah Fullerton, added to the JASA Calendar 

March 2002

• Austen Citings - finding Jane Austen in unexpected places with unexpected people

• 2002 Annual Conference: Jane Austen: ‘With Regard to Education…’. 
  Annual Conference cost details and booking form available now. 

February 2002

• 2001 Writing Competition: Read the First Prize winner - A Personal Collection by Ruth Williamson

January 2002

• Update your bookmarks!!! JASA's website has moved to a new server, www.jasa.net.au, and has a new email address, info@jasa.net.au

• The site has a sponsor: Jane-Austen-essays.com. This helps pay for JASA's web costs. Let us know what you think.

• Calendar, Conference, Order Form, Library catalogue, Book reviews index, Sensibilities index and Sensibilities extracts all updated.

October 2001

• Links to Amazon added to our Book Reviews. Follow the link, buy the book, and JASA benefits.

September 2001

• Regency Fair now has pictures of some of the Austen-related items for sale by JASA -- for those who can't make it to meetings.

July 2001

• Read online extracts from the June 2001 Sensibilities,   JASA's twice-yearly journal, .

• JASA's Country Weekend - Jane Austen in London | Scene of Dissipation & Vice | A Visit to the Dentist | Shopping | Sanitation | Parks and Pleasure Gardens | Gentlemen's Clubs | Prostitution | The Thames | The Theatre | Art

• Adapting Mansfield Park for the stage

June 2001

• 2001 Annual Conference Program released. Still some places available.

• 2001 Writing Competition topic announced: Genre - short story (up to 2000 words) Topic - open, with a Jane Austen theme. More entry details...

• Sense & Sensibility study day ~ The Retreat from Reason: About the study day, In Defence of Edward Ferrars, S & S crossword

May 2001

• Order now your copy of the JASA publication, A Century of Wills from Jane Austen's Family, 1705 - 1806.

April 2001

• The Jane Austen patchwork quilt, and how it is constructed.

March 2001

• The Jane Austen Menorial Trust in Chawton has recently acquired a portrait, believed to be of Cassandra Austen, and Cassandra's sterling silver teapot, hallmarked 1832.

December 2000

• December 2000 issue of the JASA Newsletter on the Web

• Read the winner of the 2000 writing competition - Charlotte Lucas' diary entry on her engagement to Mr Collins.

• Extracts from  papers from December 2000 Sensibilities (JASA's journal)

• A Mansfield Park crossword

August 2000

• June 2000 issue of the JASA Newsletter on the Web

• Feature article: The Country House, including those in the novels of Jane Austen

• Extracts from  papers from July 2000 Sensibilities (JASA's journal)

• The 2000 writing competition

January 2000

• December 1999 issue of the JASA Newsletter on the Web

• Extracts from   papers from December 1999 Sensibilities (JASA's journal)

• Extracts from  papers from July 1999 Sensibilities (JASA's journal)

• Winners of the 1999 JASA Writing Competition announced.
  Read the 1999 1st Prize winning entry on-line.

• A new link to Jane Austen's House Museum

October 1999

• A new link to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath.

July 1999

• July 1999 issue of the JASA Newsletter on the Web

• 1999 Writing Competition
  Topic announced

• Emma's Men
  Crossword

• Mrs. Goddard's School
  A new group for younger Jane Austen enthusiasts

• Book Reviews
  Now listed by title and author

• 10 Lives of Jane Austen
  A book review special, comparing 10 Austen biographies

• A 'gallery' page of  images used on this site.

April 1999

• A new link to the Janeites discussion list.

December 98

• December 98 issue of JASA Newsletter on the Web.
  Includes reports on JASA's Annual Conference on Jane Austen's Families.

• Winners of the 1998 JASA Writing Competition announced.
  Read the 1998 1st Prize winning entry on-line.

• Details of JASA's 1999 Annual Conference.

• New JASA Calendar of Events for 1999

• JASA Order Form.
  Print out the form and use it for:
  1. all membership applications
  2. to book for coming JASA events
  3. to nominate for JASA committee positions in 1999

September 98

• A picture of a bookshop in Jane Austen's time

July 98

• A new link to the American Society of Jane Austen Scholars

• A new link to the Museum of Costume, Bath

• The July issue of the JASA newsletter on the Web
  Includes a blockbuster feature on Chawton, Hampshire, UK.

• Announcement: topic for the 1998 JASA writing competition
  JASA members: start scribbling, win prizes!

• 7 new book reviews

• An updated library catalogue

May 98

• Jane Austen and the Antigua connection?
  Did you realise that Antigua, the source of Sir Thomas Bertram's wealth, and subject of Fanny's brave question about slavery, had connections with Jane Austen's family?

FEEDBACK: info@jasa.net.au

24 February 2008

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