As the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation funds our fifth Anganwadi early leanring centre in Delhi to participate in the Worldreader Read to Kids program, our Founder and Chair, Caroline Jane Knight, shares her visit to India to see the literacy program in action.

Our Founder & Chair, Caroline Jane Knight, reflects on a childhood spent in her grandmother’s tearoom at Chawton House, and her passion for cooking Austen family recipes today.

Does the quality of translations matter? Angelica Trejo discusses reading Austen in Spanish and her work looking at the accuracy of translations.

Jane Austen’s books have comforted many. In this issue Natalie Jenner, Foundation ambassador and international best selling author of The Jane Austen Society, asks ‘Why Jane?’

Julia B. Grantham on the new silhouette of Jane Austen by celebrity silhouette artist, Charles Burns, and what Jane’s family said about her prettiness.

Sophie Spruce considers Anne Elliott’s role in the novel as a model woman using Jane’s claim that Anne really was ‘almost too good for me.’

The creator of Sanditon Season 2: Parker Brothers Build The Boardwalk, Carol Lisa O’Brien, shares the story behind this innovative pandemic project.

As we launch our 2021 Writing Competition, our 2020 winner Cathryn Goddard shares her inspiration and the delights of having her story recorded as an audiobook and published worldwide.

September is Literacy Month at the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation - a month of fun activities sharing our love of reading, writing and all things literacy, for adults, children and families to enjoy.