The Idaho Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America was organized in 1994. Meetings are held four times each year in Boise, Idaho. For membership information, please visit www.jasna.org. For information about meetings, please contact Cheryl Russell-Griebenow, Idaho Regional Coordinator, at cgchapeau@msn.com.

JASNA-Southern Idaho Tea - December 2, 2017


The Jane Austen Society of North America
Southern Idaho Region

Announces its 24th Annual Tea:

SATURDAY,  DECEMBER 2, 2017
11:00 a.m. (Doors open at 10:15 a.m.)
The Grove Hotel, Front Street and Capitol Boulevard, Boise

CLAIRE BELLANTI
JASNA President

"You Can Get A Parasol at Whitby's:" Circulating Libraries in Jane Austen's Time

Tickets are $25 per person ($20 for JASNA members)

Reservation and pre-payment required by November 22, 2017
Contact Karin Holland
208-891-6108
karin.n.holland@gmail.com

Space is limited.  Please reserve early.

Raffle tickets, books and gift items will be available for purchase.
For 2017, a Special Raffle:  An Historically Accurate Regency Costume
Labor generously donated by Tamara Mackenthun; 
materials to be provided by the raffle winner.



SAVE THE DATE! 2016 TEA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016

Our annual birthday tea will feature JASNA Traveling Lecturer Dr. Timothy Erwin, Professor of English, University of Nevada at Las Vegas.  Dr. Erwin will discuss the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's Emma.  More details will be posted here soon.

The Jane Austen Book Club

2018 SCHEDULE
Tuesday, January 9 - Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley (7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room)
Tuesday, March 13 - Jane Austen's Prayers edited by Terry Glaspey (7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room)
Tuesday, May 8 - Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell (7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room Boise)
Tuesday, July 10 - The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser (7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room)
Tuesday, September 11 - Persuasion by Jane Austen(7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room)
Tuesday, November 14 - At Home by Bill Bryson (7:00 p.m., Collister Library, Sycamore Room)

The Jane Austen Book Club meets six times each year to discuss books by, about and because of Jane Austen. For information about book club meetings, contact Monica Van Bussum at jabcidaho@gmail.com.