Austen in August
- The Bookery
- Aug 26
- 2 min read
Three Jane Austen-related things you can't miss this summer!
This August, we've been celebrating all things Jane Austen. With our latest Bookery Book Club podcast episode releasing tomorrow—and it's centered on Jane Austen's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey—we're detailing a few Austen-related things you can't miss this summer.
A Jane Austen Year
Mentioned in our podcast, A Jane Austen Year is a seasonal journey through Jane Austen's novels, her life and the world she lived in. Created and produced by the staff at Chawton, the house where Austen wrote many of her novels, which is now a museum. The podcast features selected scenes from Austen's novels paired with snippets of letters, details about items in the museum's collection and the sounds of life at the house where Jane and her mother and sister once lived.
Miss Austen
Also briefly mentioned on our August Bookery Book Club podcast episode, "Miss Austen" is a short series that follows Jane's sister, Cassandra, in the aftermath of Jane's untimely death. The four-episode series is based on Gill Hornby's best-selling novel and imagines the details of Cassandra's mission to burn Jane's correspondence after her death. The series reveals snippets of the sisters' lives, from deepest disappointments to greatest joys, and reimagines how those experiences could have shaped Austen's iconic novels.
Rifle Paper Jane Austen Novels
We love all things Rifle Paper Co. here at The Bookery, but the company's "In Bloom" book collection featuring three Austen classics—Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility—beautifully illustrated by Rifle Paper co-founder Anna Bond. And, if you want to add to your Rifle Paper Co. Jane Austen collection, don't miss the Ladies Night Book Club gel pens, complete with quotes from Austen favorites.
Netflix just began filming a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The six-part series is expected to debut on the streaming network in early 2026. We'll reserve our thoughts on this latest interpretation until we see it. . . but until then you'll likely find us watching the BBC's 1995 version starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.
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