Jane Austen Fans Unite at NSU’s Library with Series of Events, Tea & Biscuits

Do you love classical literary novelist Jane Austen? Then don’t miss out on a special series of events at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library especially for “Janeites” and budding fans alike. Here is the schedule:

For teens:

• Zombie Book Talk (ages 15-18)

Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Take a classic Jane Austen novel and add brain-eating undead and you’ll get the bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Come discuss this entertaining mash-up of a classic.

• Teen Movie Matinee (ages 13-15)

Friday, Jan. 21 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Watch a movie with friends on an early release day. Trivia question: the movie Clueless was loosely based on which Jane Austen novel? Find out at the movie matinee!

For adults:

• An Afternoon With Jane Austen in Three Parts
  Sunday, Jan. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.

o        1 to 2 p.m. – Solving a real Jane Austen Charade; followed by “Jane Austen the Secret Radical Feminist: The Shadow Story of Emma” with Arnie Perlstein, an independent scholar and attorney.

o        2:15 to 3 p.m. – “Becoming Jane: Austen and Contemporary Popular Culture” with Suzanne Ferriss, Ph.D., professor of English from NSU’s Farquahar College of Arts and Sciences.

o        3 to 4 p.m. – “Becoming Janeites: Creating a Vibrant Local Community for the Love of Jane” and tea with biscuits.

For more information, please visit www.nova.edu/library/main or call 954-262-4637.