“At half past six, in the bleak, icy evening of 21 January, in the year of 1804, Anne Sharp arrived in the threshold of Godmersham Park.” Opening lines of Godmersham Park (2022) In her latest novel, Godmersham Park, writer Gill Hornby [...]
Music book once owned by Jane Austen and bearing her signature donated to Chawton House Chawton House, Hampshire, July 2023. A music book once belonging to Jane Austen and bearing her signature, whereabouts unknown since 1978, has been rediscovered. The [...]
We are delighted to announce this year’s Visiting Fellows, who will join us over three Cohorts, each spending a month in the Library to work on their research projects. The Fellowships are awarded to postgraduate and early career researchers [...]
We are delighted to have welcomed a new addition to our collections this week, following our Autumn fundraising campaign. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Posthumous Works arrived safely with us, along with her translation of Jacques Necker: On The Importance Of Religious [...]
. *Please note that following the passing of HM The Queen, the launch date of our campaign was postponed from 10 September, the date of Wollstonecraft's death, until October 1st to respect the period of national mourning.* Chawton House is [...]
. Following the success of last year’s pilot Visiting Fellowship scheme, we have now chosen our six Fellows for 2022. Three will join us from mid-July for a month, and three will join us in November. The competition was [...]
Chawton House has acquired a rare copy of Charlotte Smith's (1749-1806) first novel, Manon L'Escaut: or, The Fatal Attachment We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Manon L'Escaut: or, The Fatal Attachment. A French Story (London: Printed for T. [...]
. Are you a postgraduate or early career researcher working on early women's writing? We are delighted to announce that we are now receiving applications for our 2022 Fellowships. If you've struggled to find the space, time and resources for [...]
Earlier this year, we announced a new summer Fellowship programme aimed specifically at early career researchers. In August we will welcome three residential Visiting Fellows working on women’s writing of the long eighteenth century. These Fellowships have been [...]
For the month of August, 2021, we are delighted to offer three residential fellowships for UK-based postgraduate or early career researchers (within 5 years of PhD) working on women’s writing of the long eighteenth century. These fellowships have been made [...]