In 2002, the year before the opening of Chawton House Library, as a research collection and centre for research in women’s writing of the long eighteenth century, a call for papers was sent out from the University of Southampton and Chawton House Library inviting proposals for an international conference to be held in July 2003.
Chawton House Library is delighted to announce that we have just been awarded a five-year Sandford award for our education programme.
Ava Farmer's new novel available online.
In the long eighteenth century, life in a country house such as Chawton House had a routine dictated by the agricultural year, and by the social demands of sports such as hunting.
…the competition that celebrates the life and work of Jane Austen by inspiring and encouraging new writers.
We are now on OOKL: the free directory of cultural venues.