Thursday 30 October 2025
6-7pm
Event Code: SL12
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Austen's Powers
It is a truth universally acknowledged that birthdays ought to be celebrated
It is a truth universally acknowledged that birthdays ought to be celebrated
This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, whose literary brilliance continues to delight, challenge and beguile.
Join a panel of self-professed Janeites as they gather to observe the occasion and trace the peerless wit, scathing social commentary and iconic love stories that have inspired countless adaptations on pages, stages and screens.
Consider Austen’s literary afterlives with award-winning novelist Larissa Behrendt whose forthcoming novel reimagines Pride and Prejudice through a First Nations lens, expert in Romantic studies Professor Emeritus Will Christie and Walkley Award–winning writer and proud Austen-tragic Jane Caro. In conversation with Caroline Baum.
“My idea of good company…is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation.”
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