Share a Bench with Jane
“But now, let us go and sit down . . . and enjoy ourselves.” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey This month, we are pleased to announce that thanks to the wonderful support of the North American Friends of Chawton House [...]
Congratulations to our North American Friends!
We would like to offer hearty congratulations to our hardworking North American Friends of Chawton House (NAFCH) who have now launched their own beautiful new website. Over the last two years, NAFCH has already raised over USD$160K via a [...]
Over $30,000 raised in America!
Thank you to our wonderful North American supporters... The North American Friends of Chawton House (NAFCH) held a reception at the 2018 Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) AGM in Kansas in order to help raise funds for Chawton [...]
Author and Austen descendant backs our campaign
Caroline Knight, author of Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage and Jane Austen’s fifth great niece has pledged her support to Chawton House’s #BrickbyBrick campaign.
Best-selling author, Joanna Trollope OBE, endorses our campaign
Our patron, best-selling author, Joanna Trollope OBE, is the latest writer to endorse our campaign to Reimagine Jane's 'Great House'.
Best-selling author Edward Rutherfurd pledges his support
The historical novelist, Edward Rutherfurd, has made a generous $10,000 pledge towards our campaign to save #JanesGreatHouse.
Support our campaign #FickleFortunes
We are raising funds to bring Jane Austen and Germaine de Staël together for the first time in 200 years for our summer exhibition in 2017. We have been successful in a bid of £5,000 from the Friends of [...]
A major boost to our ‘Adopt a Book’ programme
Our new 'Adopt a Book' programme is an excellent way to support Chawton House Library and our work here. Our aim is to have secured 2,017 ‘adoptions’ by the end of 2017 – a momentous year for bibliophiles everywhere, [...]
Let there be light – protecting our collection
Our book conservation appeal has now raised almost 50,000 pounds to date and we are extremely grateful to all our friends who have donated so far. When books from our collection and loaned items from around the world were [...]
Become a Friend and Receive our Exclusive Quill Pin
Here at Chawton House Library, we recently launched an exciting new version of our Friendship Programme.