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.

December Tea



The Idaho Region will celebrate the anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth at its 19th annual tea on Saturday, December 8, 2012.  The tea, which will be held at Boise’s Grove Hotel, will begin at 11:00 a.m.  The menu will include scones, tea sandwiches and pastries.

James Nagle, attorney, JASNA Secretary, and popular AGM speaker, will deliver a presentation entitled “Inheritance in Jane Austen’s Time.”  Mr. Nagle will cite examples from Austen’s novels and the BBC Series “Downton Abbey” to explain entails, women’s rights and primogeniture.

Books and gift items will be available for purchase.  Several baskets will be raffled, and raffle tickets will also be available for purchase.

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is available for attorneys attending the tea and presentation.  The CLE course number is 12-3075, and 0.5 credits will be given.  For details, visit the Idaho State Bar website, http://isb.idaho.gov/licensing/mcle/upcoming_courses.html. 

Reservation and prepayment are required by December 1, 2012.  Space is limited, and cost is $25.00 per person.  Please contact Irene Miller Coen, imcoen@live.com, or (208) 577-7686 for reservations and information.
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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.