An update on our Literacy Mentors scheme from our Program Manager, Jacqueline. Read on to meet some of our Mentors, learn more about our successes, and find out how you can get involved!

Karin Quint on the history of Austen in Dutch - and why her most famous line is so difficult to translate!

So much to read, so little time…Amanda Mortensen tells us exactly why you should never feel guilty for prioritising your love of books!

Award-winning sculptor Robert Truscott has designed our newest bookplate, exclusively for JALF! Julia, our Bookplate Program Manager, introduces the artist and his work.

Soniah Kamal (author of the recently-published Unmarriageable) discusses the joys of running her very own Jane Austen book club!

How teaching in the Gambia inspired a lifelong love of literacy - by the bestselling novelist, Jane MacKenzie.

An article to finish the centenary year of UK women’s suffrage from Dr Helena Kelly, acclaimed author of ‘Jane Austen, the Secret Radical’!

A contribution from Lucy Beresford on behalf of Worldreader - read about the brilliant work they are supporting in Ghana with your donations!!

Monica Fairview dissects Henry Austen’s choice of title for Jane’s posthumously-published masterpiece, Persuasion. Do you agree?

Today, the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation celebrates its fourth birthday - read on to discover what we have achieved in that time with your donations!

Odette Snel discusses the Jane Austen fan community in the Netherlands - and how much it has grown in the last few years!

Today we launch a brand new collectable bookplate - created by our very own ambassador, author and artist, Jane Odiwe!

Check out the final instalment of Julia’s interview with Jeremy Knight where they discuss the Knight family bookplates…and enter a draw to WIN!

We’re embarking on a brand new literacy program - and we want YOU to get involved!

An article by Emily Prince on the exquisite ring that resurfaced in 2012 - after being sold to an American pop star!

We are so excited to share with you the news of our new partnership and our success with our first funding project!

A report on the inaugural Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Parade for Literacy from Tony Grant.

Literacy Ambassador Cass Grafton discusses the famous topaz crosses gifted to Jane and Cassandra from their brother, Charles - Jane adored this gift so much, she featured it in Mansfield Park!

Warfare hangs in the background of Jane Austen’s novels - but she was a lot closer to the conflict in her real life.