• Janette Haslam: Ladies’ Period Costumier

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Discover the intricate world of a professional ladies’ period costumier. This lecture explores the journey into the role.

  • The Watsons with Rose Servitova

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    In her talk on The Watsons, Rose Servitova explores what inspired her to complete Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – from fandom and her fascination with Austen

  • Austen Fantasy House Hunt

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    The streets and houses in Jane Austen’s novels are essential to defining the people who occupy them, but what about the buildings the characters never actually visit?

  • Jane Austen’s Portrait

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    This talk charts the extensive research made by forensic artist portrait painter, Melissa Dring, when commissioned to produce a new likeness of Jane Austen in 2001.

  • Assembly & Diversity in Jane Austen’s Bath

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies.

  • An Evening with Ian McEwan for What We Can Know

    Bath Pavilion N Parade Rd, Bathwick, Bath

    Ian McEwan, Booker Prize-winning author and friend of the bookshop, will return to Bath to celebrate his latest novel - What We Can Know 

  • Ben Lippett and How I Cook

    Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath York Street, Bath, United Kingdom

    Chef Ben Lippett distils his years of experience as a professional chef in restaurants all over the world to reveal the hows and whys

  • Living with Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion

  • 250 years before Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world

  • The Worlds of Jane Austen

    BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, United Kingdom

    The Worlds of Jane Austen takes a fresh look at Jane Austen’s life, inspirations and legacy, drawing on the latest research in an accessible and lively way.