Our Founding Patron, Dr Sandy Lerner OBE, took the decision late last year to step down from our Board of Trustees, and to cease funding Chawton House Library from 2018 onwards. Dr Lerner’s support through her foundation the Bosack [...]
Welcome back to Chawton House Library Conversations. First launched on Sunday 8 March 2015 while celebrating International Women’s Day, our monthly podcast is a round up of news, events and highlights, helping you stay connected with Chawton House Library wherever [...]
Jane Austen Society of North America International Visitor, Part 1: Research Misty Krueger in front of Chawton House Library Hello! I am a Jane Austen scholar and assistant professor at the University of Maine at Farmington. As the Jane [...]
Monthly garden update: July As we head into August, Garden Manager Andrew Bentley reflects on the busy July we've had at Chawton House Library Now, I don’t intend to go all ‘Luvvie’ to you my dear readers but I must [...]
Our Executive Director, Gillian Dow was at Winchester Cathedral today for the official unveiling of the new £10, featuring Jane Austen’s image. Read the speech she gave, commemorating Jane Austen’s enduring legacy. History, real solemn history, I cannot be [...]
Welcome back to Chawton House Library Conversations. First launched on Sunday 8 March 2015 while celebrating International Women’s Day, our monthly podcast is a round up of news, events and highlights, helping you stay connected with Chawton House Library wherever [...]
Monthly garden update: June Garden Manager Andrew Bentley tells us about the latest garden happenings as we come to the end of June. 'Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing:–”Oh, how beautiful!” and [...]
The Unguide Project - Ryan Adams (Chawton House Library Internship 2017) During my tenure as an intern at Chawton House Library, I was requested to take part in the assistance of a project alongside a PhD candidate, Matthew Tyler-Jones, [...]
Welcome back to Chawton House Library Conversations. First launched on Sunday 8 March 2015 while celebrating International Women’s Day, our monthly podcast is a round up of news, events and highlights, helping you stay connected with Chawton House Library wherever [...]
Emma Brodey, our library intern for March and April of 2017, reflects on her time at Chawton House Library: A day at Chawton House Library in spring starts with a subtle sunrise-- one that we might not notice in [...]