Hooray, I have at last finished A Thing that has kept me chained to the computer (mostly unproductively) for a week. Taking a break for Bluesky therapy.

Very fetching boots

There are so many ways that archival collections and thus histories can be amplified or silenced --including digitization. This was one of my efforts at describing how that works, and the implications. www.historians.org/perspectives...

Here is a list of upcoming Jane Austen and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights & everything in between! Check the event websites for more information and details. 👉🏻 excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bro...

Here's a comment from one of our 2025 speakers. We welcome proposals from academics and non-, and look for a wide variety of topics -- just address one or both of the theme novels in some way.

#cfp Explore Austen's first-sold and last-composed novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, with the Jane Austen Society of North America. CFP closes November 30. #c18 #18thc #18thcentury #austen #janeausten

PLEASE SHARE: The Call for Papers for the 2026 JASNA AGM is open through Nov 30. The conference will be in Tucson, AZ, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026, focusing on Jane Austen's Bath Novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. 1/4

Timeline cleanse It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Jane Austen event must be in want of a ball. #jasna #neatravels

Reflecting on the highlights of the Jane Austen Society of North America's "Austen at 250" conference in Baltimore: Paula Byrne's lead-off keynote, speakers from 9 countries, Austen's birthplace artifacts on display (first time in US!), 950 enthusiastic Austen admirers. On to 2026!