Sydney Writers' Festival - Wild for Austen

Watch the livestream of Devoney Looser's book Wild for Austen streaming direct from the Sydney Writers’ Festival at Bowral Library!

If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest in her new book, Wild for Austen. 

As dramatic characters and events come to life in this entertaining account, we learn that Austen was far wilder in her time than we’ve given her credit for. Join author and scholar Devoney Looser in conversation to explore everything from Austen’s relationship to the abolitionist movement to her views on women’s suffrage, as well as the fascinating journey her legacy has taken over the past 250 years.

Devoney Looser:

Devoney Looser, Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, is the author of several books, including Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës and The Making of Jane Austen. A Guggenheim Fellow and an NEH Public Scholar, Looser has published essays in The Atlantic, New York Times, Salon, Slate and The Washington Post. She is a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and played roller derby under the name Stone Cold Jane Austen.

Place: Henrietta Rose Room, Bowral Library
Date: Thursday 30 October  
Time: 7:30PM
Bookings: are essential and can be made here. This is a free event.