Hooray! I was recently informed that I’d won a competition with the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival. On the evening of Tuesday 26th November, I will be joining a panel of experts at the Watershed for a discussion on Jane Austen’s magnificent Pride and Prejudice, before a screening of the latest film. Apparently I am the biggest young Jane Austen fan, so I’m jolly pleased!
The festival brings together the country’s best women writers, academics and feminist commentators, and was set up with three objectives:
– To celebrate the diversity and creativity of women writers
– To counter the male dominance of literature and cultural festival line-ups
– To promote women’s writing and literary history
In March I attended a fantastic panel discussion called ‘Bluestockings and Muses: A History of Women’s Writing’, and one of my own lecturers was a guest speaker. It really is a fab event set up by a cool lady who has recently published her own children’s book, Greta and Boris: A Daring Rescue. You can also read her blog here, where she writes about feminism, politics and stories.
If you want to see me chatting away about Austen with a few clever women, come along! You can have a look at the other speakers and find more information here.
Congratulations! Bristol’s a bit too far to get to this November but I’ll look out to see what happens next year. Thanks for the introduction.
Congratulations. Sounds good fun!
Good for you. Good to be honored and work with other writers.
congrats! happy 2014