Newsletter

No 37

October 2011

A lively bi-annual publication mailed to members in the spring and autumn, detailing recent and forthcoming Society and regional events, together with articles, letters, book reviews and advertisements.

The Society is pleased to offer advertising space at attractive rates within this publication to members and external organisations. If you would like to take advantage of this facility, please contact the Publicity Coordinator, Clare Graham, The Barn, Eden Farm Lane, West Malling, Kent ME19 6HL, or via e-mail at publicity@jasoc.org.uk.

Books for review in the NewsLetter may be submitted to The Editor, 8 Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Bristol BS48 3RP.

Material for the NewsLetter and articles for consideration for the Annual Report may be sent in hard copy to The Editor, 8 Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Bristol BS48 3RP, or by e-mail to the Editor, d.selwyn.1@btinternet.com.

Issue No 37 of the Newsletter includes the following:

• Review of the Jane Austen Society AGM and afternoon lecture held in Chawton on 16 July 2011.

• Review of the Annual Conference of the Jane Austen Society held in Sidmouth (Devon) in September.

• Diary 2011-12. Details of forthcoming events arranged by the Society and its Branches and Groups (together with contact details).

• Brief review of the Alliance of Literary Societies AGM and lectures held in Lichfield in May.

• Obituary on behalf of Jon Spence, author of Becoming Jane Austen: A Life and an active member of the Jane Austen Society of Australia.
  
  

• Book Reviews:
       Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture by Rupert Willoughby (ISBN)
  
  

• Letters to the Editor
  
  

• Competition No. 20, and winning entry for Competition No 19.