Events
Check out our upcoming events below – registration or contact information is listed with each event. Please note that, for popular events, preference will be given to Wisconsin members.
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For the 2025/2026 JASNA Wisconsin program season, the theme will be "Bath" to align with the 2026 AGM theme of Jane Austen's "Bath novels": Northanger Abbey and Persuasion!
We use Zoom for all of our virtual events, so if you are unfamiliar with that platform here is a good video to familiarize yourself with it!
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For write-ups of past events, check out our blog, The Wire.
Thursday Morning Coffee & Tea Hour
Date: Every Thursday @ 9 am CT
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Please email rc@jasnawi.org for more information.
Community read of Northanger Abbey
Date: Sunday, April 19 @ 2 pm CT
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Please email rc@jasnawi.org for the Zoom link.
Details: Read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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Dr. Tracy Fernandez Rysavy (Chair Northern Wisconsin Group and Associate Professor at UW Green Bay) will lead a discussion of Northanger Abbey including a discussion of Gothic Literature.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Jane Austen
Date: Monday, April 20 @ 7 pm CT
Location: Brookfield Public Library, Community Room
To Join: Please contact the library for more information
Details: Lecture
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​Merri Cvetan from the Jane Austen Society of North America, Wisconsin, will introduce you to Jane Austen. Including, her family, and engagement, words attributed to Jane, her death and where she’s buried, and a few other things in between.
Spring Luncheon and Lecture: "Genius and Ingenuity: A Literary Detective Investigates Austen Artifacts" featuring Dr. Juliette Wells
Date: Saturday, April 25 2026, 11 am to 3:00 pm CT
Location: Blackhawk Country Club, Madison, WI
To join: Get Tickets Here
​Details: Our guest speaker will be Juliette Wells, Austen scholar and Professor of Literary Studies at Goucher College.
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In honor of Austen's recent landmark birthday, Dr. Wells pays tribute to the ingenuity of knowledgeable Janeites, whom our favorite author entrusted would recognize her genius. Chief among these was Alberta H. Burke*, the renowned twentieth-century collector, whose treasures included a dozen Austen manuscripts, including Cassandra's note on her sister's dates of composition. Dr. Wells raises new questions about this artifact and tells two other stories of her recent discoveries regarding mysterious portraits.
*Alberta H. Burke was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and earned a masters degree in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee-Area Book Club
Date: Sunday, May 17
Location: At a member's shome
To join: Please email milwaukee@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: The theme of the 2026 AGM is the “Bath” novels, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Jane Austen's Northanger Abby was her first sale in 1803 and Persuasion her last completed manuscript. We will discuss these two novels.
Madison-Area Tea and Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: A member's home--email for location
To join: Please email madison@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Spring book club
Watch this space for details
North Woods Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Please email northwoods@jasnawi.org for more information.
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Virtual "Book and a Movie" Chat
Date: TBD as events come up
Location: Contact rc@jasnawi.org
Details: TBD