My time spent at Chawton House as a Library intern was so enjoyable. I came to the library fresh out of an MA in Museum Studies at Newcastle University and the internship provided me with the perfect opportunity [...]
Happy Halloween from Chawton House Library! Detail from Chawton House Library's 1863 illustrated edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner “Your old Men murdered, your Mothers outraged, your Wives defiled, your Children danced, [...]
‘I am now alone in the library, Mistress of all I survey’ Jane Austen, letter from Godmersham Park, 1813 It’s #NationalLibrariesWeek, and a good time for us to remind our friends and supporters that Chawton House Library provides a [...]
At the 2017 JASNA AGM in Huntington Beach, Gillian Dow gave the opening plenary lecture. In it, she discussed Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘Jane’s Marriage’, written c. 1922, in which Kipling accompanies Austen to paradise, sees her welcomed into an [...]
Spurred on by the abundance of apples in our Walled Garden, one of our staff decided to try a recipe from the Knight Family Cookbook. Here are the results... It all began so well, apple scrumping in Walled Garden [...]
Sandford Award 2017 For the third time Chawton House Library has won a Sandford Award for Heritage Education. This prestigious prize is awarded once every five years, and celebrates education programmes at heritage sites across Britain. Judge Caroline Marcus was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]