Aphra Behn comes to Chawton House
. “All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn … For it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” -Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929) Recent years have [...]
Celebrating William Cowper
Running Schedule: 25 April, 2021 Welcome to this virtual study day on William Cowper at Chawton House! The videos below will premier on YouTube at the specified times, and you can access them by clicking the Watch Now buttons. [...]
Easter at Chawton House
Enjoy the stunning grounds at Chawton House over the Easter holidays. With the Gardens at Chawton House open daily throughout the Easter holidays, 10am – 4pm from Monday 29 March to Sunday 11 April, there’s plenty to enjoy in [...]
Digital Conference: Adventurous Wives in the Long C18
Call for Papers: After postponement last year due to the Coronavirus, Chawton House will now be host to an online conference in May 2021, and the conference organisers, Dr Alison Daniell and Dr Kim Simpson have reopened the CfP: [...]
The Jane Austen Society 80th Birthday Party
Chawton House Presents The Jane Austen Society's 80th Birthday Party Welcome to this free online day of celebration hosted by Chawton House celebrating the Jane Austen Society's 80th birthday, its legacy, and, of course, the great author [...]
Introducing the Chawton House Summer Series
It is now looking as though the UK can start to emerge from lockdown. At Chawton House, we are planning our reopening, and delighted to be able to go ahead with our Plant Fairs Roadshow in July (with safety [...]
Virtual Garden Festival
Catching Up Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with this wonderful weekend of talks and discussions. We hope we've brought a little bit of the Hampshire countryside direct to your homes. The videos [...]
Virtual Garden Festival – Saturday
Saturday Schedule Time (BST) Speaker Event 11:00 Claire Thurlow Claire Thurlow is a writer and writing coach who is passionate about helping people who have an urge to write. She has an MA in Creative Writing from [...]
Virtual Garden Festival – Sunday
Sunday Schedule Time (BST) Speaker Event 11:00 Clio O'Sullivan Clio O’Sullivan is the Communications and Public Engagement Manager at Chawton House. Alongside her work at Chawton, she studies part-time at the University of Southampton, undertaking a PhD [...]
Lockdown Literary Festival – Sunday
Sunday Schedule Time (BST) Speaker Event 10:00 Claire Thurlow Claire Thurlow is a writer and writing coach who is passionate about helping people who have an urge to write. She has an MA in Creative Writing from [...]