Jane Austen and her legacy – 250 glorious years at the National Library

Overview

Susannah Fullerton OAM, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia will deliver a public lecture marking the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.

In 1775 a girl was born in a small Hampshire village. As a teenager, she began to write stories, little dreaming that one day her writings would be beloved around the world, turned into popular movies and TV adaptations, sequelled, prequelled, adapted in a myriad of ways, and studied in schools and universities globally.

Why are her novels so adored, in what ways did she change literary history, where in the world does one find Jane Austen societies, and why do readers go back to her books again and again?

Susannah Fullerton, OAM, FRSN, is in Canberra to lead a literary and art tour with ASA Cultural Tours. Long-time President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, author of books about Jane Austen and leader of tours to places associated with Jane Austen, Susannah will speak about her favourite novelist and the extraordinary legacy that makes her the world's favourite female novelist 250 years after she was born.