🎉 Happy 250th Birthday Jane Austen! 🎂 Today marks Jane Austen’s birthday and the 250th anniversary of her birth, #onthisday in 1775. 📖 Today we are celebrating her life and incredible contribution to English literature.

🎂 There's still time to book your tickets to our annual fundraiser, JANE AUSTEN’S VIRTUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY, tomorrow! 🎉 Join us in celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen with a fun-filled evening of revelry! Plus, a whole host of special guests! 🔗 Book your tickets: janeaustens.house/events/jane-...

🎉 PRIDE & PREJUDICE FESTIVAL 2026 TICKETS NOW ON SALE! 24-28 JANUARY 2026 📖 Our Pride & Prejudice Festival is back with a packed programme of exciting events! 🔗 Head here see the full line-up: tinyurl.com/y6ykjrjf 🎟️ Book tickets: janeaustens.house/visit/whats-...

🫖 Pop the kettle on and curl up with your favourite characters from Jane Austen’s novels with this quaint mug, from the delightful Emma Woodhouse to the unscrupulous Mr Wickham, the beloved Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Austen herself! 🔗 jane-austens-house.myshopify.com/collections/...

📺 Tune into our YouTube channel at 9pm tonight to watch our exclusive film, Celebrating 30 Years of Pride and Prejudice (1995), at the exact time the first episode of this iconic BBC adaptation aired 30 years ago! ⏰ 9pm TONIGHT! 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI12...

📽️ YOUTUBE PREMIERE, 8PM TONIGHT: ‘How do you like my trimming ’ Accessories, Making and Jane Austen’s Novels with Austen scholar, and author of Jane Austen Embroidery, Professor Jennie Batchelor. ☕️ Grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy! 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1x...

🍿 Tune into the Youtube Premiere of our captivating talk, Accessories, Making & Jane Austen's Novels, with acclaimed Austen scholar, and author of Jane Austen Embroidery, Professor Jennie Batchelor. ⏰ Available from Thursday 28 August 2025, 8pm (BST) 🔗 tinyurl.com/29puur7r

🎂 JANE AUSTEN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TICKETS NOW ON SALE! 12-16 DECEMBER 🌲 Celebrate Jane’s birthday with a whole host of seasonal events including special themed tours, cosy workshops, atmospheric performances, talks, virtual events and more! 🔗 janeaustens.house/news/tickets...

🎩 We LOVED seeing your Regency outfits on Saturday for our annual Dress Up Day! 🏡 Thank you to everyone who came along to visit the House, took part in our events and dressed up in their best Regency regalia! 🔗 janeaustens.house/visit/jane-a...

👀 We welcomed some special guests yesterday, screenwriter Andrew Davies and script editor Susie Conklin of the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Plus, a couple of other visitors you may recognise! We’ll be revealing more soon, keep your eyes out for an exclusive announcement!

☀️ Planning on visiting us this summer? It's essential that you pre-book your tickets and check availability to avoid disappointment as we’re experiencing a high volume of visitors in this anniversary year. 🏡 We look forward to welcoming you! 🔗 Plan your visit: janeaustens.house/visit/visito...

🎩 Join us for a fabulous evening of historical dress with Zack Pinsent of Pinsent Tailoring for DRESSING MR KNIGHTLEY! ⏰ Saturday 19 July, 6pm 📍 Jane Austen’s House 🎟️ £35 🔗 Head here to find out more and book your spot: janeaustens.house/events/talk-... 📷 Bo Francisco

🪶 PERSUASION & POETRY FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW ON SALE! 🍂 Celebrate Jane Austen’s autumnal novel Persuasion from 12-21 September 2025 with a whole host of fabulous events with a particular focus on poetry. 🔗 Head here to find out more and book tickets. janeaustens.house/jane-austen-...

A year ago today we asked volunteers to help transcribe Jane Austen’s older brother Frank's Memoir. The transcription is now complete and available to read online! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us to share Frank’s story. 📖 Read the Memoir: tinyurl.com/2hpp39n6

🎨 The Art of Cassandra opens 29 April at Jane Austen’s House! See 10 remarkable works by Jane Austen’s older sister, Cassandra Austen, 6 never shown before, in the largest-ever public display of her art. 🗓️ 29 Apr–8 Jun 2025 🎟️ Free with House entry 👉 tinyurl.com/5n7zabnt

📚2½ Centuries of Jane Austen travelling display now open at The Arc, Winchester! Head to your local Hampshire Library in 2025, and you may find this vibrant display, created by the team at Jane Austen’s House! Find out more and view the full tour schedule tinyurl.com/6ryu5des

👩‍💻 Join us online from the comfort of your own home, for a whole host of virtual events including Virtual House Tours, Book Clubs and special Virtual Talks and events as part of our 250th anniversary celebrations! 🔗 Find out what's on and book your spot: janeaustens.house/visit/whats-...

🌷 Listen to the April episode of our popular podcast A Jane Austen Year now! Slow down, take a mindful moment, and follow this seasonal journey through Jane Austen’s novels, the story of her life and the world she lived in. 🔗 Catch up on the series so far: www.buzzsprout.com/2434395

🎉 A JANE AUSTEN YEAR IS OUT NOW! This inspiring book charts the life, works and legacy of one of the world’s most beloved authors through the seasons of a year at Jane Austen’s House, the enchanting Hampshire cottage where she lived and wrote! ➡️ tinyurl.com/y59dwyxx

📖 Happy #WorldBookDay from Jane Austen’s House, the birthplace of some of the most treasured novels in English literature… 🏡 It was here, in this inspiring Hampshire cottage, that Jane Austen’s genius flourished and where she wrote, or revised and had published all six of her beloved novels.

🎉 EMMA FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW ON SALE! 📖 Celebrate Jane Austen’s Emma from 12-20 July 2025 with a whole host of fabulous events with a particular focus on fashion and dress. 🔗 Head here to find out more and book tickets now! janeaustens.house/visit/whats-...

📖 JANE AUSTEN IN 41 OBJECTS BY KATHRYN SUTHERLAND This brand-new book by Austen scholar and our Patron Kathryn Sutherland, is a Jane Austen biography in which objects with their own histories offer glimpses into her life. 🎉 Available wherever you get your books from 13 March! #booksky

🎉 SENSE & SENSIBILITY FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW ON SALE! 📖 Celebrate Sense and Sensibility from 1-11 May 2025 with a whole host of fabulous events. 🔗 Tickets for our last festival sold out quickly, head here to find out more and book tickets! buff.ly/4glwZc8

📖 On this day in 1813 Pride and Prejudice was published whilst Jane Austen was living in this very House. 🎉 We now know this day as #PrideandPrejudiceDay, and celebrate this globally beloved novel!

❗️We are closing early on Sunday 26 January for our sold-out Pride and Prejudice Festival events. Last admission is at 2pm. ⏰ Please check our opening times before visiting and pre-book your admission here: janeaustens.house/visit/visito... Thank you for your understanding!

Our Pride and Prejudice Festival begins tomorrow! We’re excited to celebrate with a whole host of in-person and virtual events, including our annual P&P Day on 28 January! There’s plenty to enjoy throughout the week including free events, pop-up talks and more! 🔗 janeaustens.house/visit/whats-...

📺 Enjoy a trip back to 1995 with our brand-new exhibition, AUSTENMANIA! opening 22 January. 📽️ This joyous exhibition celebrates four landmark film and TV adaptations 30 years on from their release and has been supported by DeMontfort University and the BBC. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3247nmw4

🎧 Kick off the new year by embracing the seasons and LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST, A JANE AUSTEN YEAR! Grab a cuppa and take a mindful moment to listen to our first episode, January, a seasonal journey through Jane’s novels and life, available wherever you get your podcasts! tinyurl.com/4zxm9kdx

‘I feel happy in having a friend to save me from the ill effect of my own blunder.’ ✍ Jane Austen writing to her publisher, John Murray, 11 December 1815. #janeausten #janeaustenshouse #booksky 💙📚

Not a cloud in the sky! 🦋