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May 2024
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Call for papers

'Manuscript and Print in the Eighteenth Century', conference taking place on 23-24 May 2024 at the University of Sheffield.

Though print was undoubtedly in the ascendant during the period, it was through manuscript practices of writing and archiving – not print – that most people had contact with the written word. The conference investigates the relationship between an expanding print culture and the continuing power of the hand-written form.

Plenary speakers include Thomas Keymer and Susan Whyman.

The deadline for the Call for Papers, is the of 16th March 2024.

You will shortly be able to register for the event here:
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May 2024
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Call for papers

Anna Letitia Barbauld in Twenty Hundred and Twelve: New Perspectives

Chawton House Library 11-12 May 2024

Keynote speaker: William McCarthy, Barbauld's biographer and editor

The 200th anniversary of Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, Barbauld's most powerful and controversial poem seems an ideal moment for a reappraisal of her life and works.

The conference is co-hosted by Chawton House Library, the University of Leicester, and the University of Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SCECS). Please send abstracts of 200-500 words for the attention of the conference organisers Gillian Dow, Felicity James and Olivia Murphy to Sandy White: sw17@soton.ac.uk The deadline for abstracts is the 30th of January 2024.

For further details of the conference and paper proposals please
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Nov 11
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Second Impressions by Ava Farmer.

New book by Chawton House Press. An historically and socially accurate sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Second Impressions is a story of the Darcy Family, their friends, and relations. It has been ten years' since that happiest of days when Mrs Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. What does Elizabeth do all day at Pemberley? What has happened to Mr.& Mrs. Bingley? Has Lady Catherine been allowed to visit? Have Mr.& Mrs. Wickham become, as Jane predicted, steady and rational? What about England’s most eligible daughter, Georgiana Darcy? Even Anne de Bourgh has a life after 'P&P'.

Published as the first book from Chawton House Press, 'Second Impressions' draws its history from the novels, maps and other volumes which comprise the Chawton House Library.

The book can be pre-ordered by following the link below.

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Download the free iIPhone, iPad and Android App, which is available from OOKL, a free directory for cutural venues. You can use OOKL to find interesting things to see and do around you, as well as the events and lectures happening at Chawton House Library.

OOKL can be downloaded from the iTunes app store on your phone or via the iTunes website by clicking here.

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Virgin Money Giving

The New Chawton House Library fundraising web site is now live.

Virgin Money Giving, are a new, not for profit, charity fundraising website. They differ from other similar fundraising web site's by not charging a monthly fee or large set up fees, which means more of your money goes to the charity of your choice.

Our dedicated website can be found by following the link below.

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