Austen Book Club Sets Dates

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Wed, Sep 01, 2010

The Jane Austen Book Club will meet monthly from September through December to discuss books and topics by and about the author Jane Austen. The meetings are held on Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Colgate Bookstore. Club membership is free and all are welcome to join.

The schedule of topics includes:

Saturday, September 11 – Pride & Prejudice (& Parenting) – a group discussion of Jane Austen's most famous novel, with special focus on the parent-child relationships in the story.

Saturday, October 16 – The Watsons & Emma Watson - The group will discuss The Watsons & Emma Watson by Jane Austen and Joan Aiken at today's meeting. The book includes the unfinished fragment of a Jane Austen novel and a completion of the novel written by a contemporary author.

Saturday, November 13 – "Annotating Austen" Special Event – David M. Shapard, the editor of The Annotated Price & Prejudice and The Annotated Persuasion, will discuss the process of annotating Austen's novels, help lead a group discussion of Persuasion, and sign copies of the books. The discussion will be followed by afternoon tea at the Colgate Inn, which will include soup, salad, gourmet tea sandwiches, scones, and assorted desserts. The cost for the program is $30/person and the reservation deadline is October 31. For more information, or to sign up, please visit www.colgatebookstore.com/austen.

Saturday, December 11 – Dancing with Mr. Darcy & Birthday Celebration – The group will discuss Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House Library, an anthology of winning entries in the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009, held to celebrate the bicentenary of Austen's arrival in the village of Chawton, where she spent the most productive years of her literary life. We'll also celebrate the 235th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth (December 16, 1775) with holiday refreshments.

Copies of each month's selected book are available at the Bookstore at a 10 percent discount.

For more information about the Jane Austen Book Club or Austen-related titles, please contact the Colgate Bookstore at 228-7480.

Source: Colgate Bookstore

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