Books and Things | Celebrating Jane Austen July with the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation @katiejlumsden | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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Today, Claudia @SpinstersLibrary and I join the @janeaustenliteracyfoundation to discuss all things Jane Austen July.

More about the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation: janeaustenlf.org

*More about Jane Austen July*

Goodreads group: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd

My co-hosts are Marissa @BlatantlyBookish and Claudia @SpinstersLibrary.

You can find our announcement videos here:
Katie: youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6CqZ1Zst4
Marissa: youtube.com/watch?v=kPegr1krDcg
Claudia: youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwAILIW0Fk

*The Challenges*

1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817)
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book