Jane Austen Regency Week: 19th - 30th June 2024
Join Jane Austen’s family and Jane Austen Literacy Foundation volunteers at Jane Austen Regency Week 2024, in Chawton, Hampshire, UK. Click here for details.
The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2024 is Open!
Write an original short story, between 1000 - 2000 words, inspired by the theme ‘The Art of Listening’. Three winning stories chosen by the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation judges will be recorded as an audiobook by multi-award winning Austen narrator, Alison Larkin, and published worldwide. The overall winner for 2024 will be chosen by the public.
Free to enter and open to new and experienced writers around the world. Entries close midnight on Sunday 28th April 2024.
Click below for more details about our unique writing competition and for Entry Guidelines.
NEW RELEASE! Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2023 Winning Stories Audiobook
Listen to our three winning stories of 2023, selected by a panel of judges including Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet P&P 1995), Natalie Jenner (author of The Jane Austen Society) and Justin Young (lead writer Sanditon Seasons 2 & 3), recorded as an audiobook by multi award winning narrator, Alison Larkin, and published worldwide.
The three stories were published for the public to vote and this year’s winner is Small Print by Faith Cobaine.
To register your interest for our 2024 writing competition, launching at the end of March 2024, click here and complete the contact form at the bottom of the page.
Join our Community today!
Maybe you already love to read and want to share in the joy of being part of a community of readers that want to make a positive difference. Or perhaps you struggle to find time and inspiration in a busy life to read as regularly as you’d like. Our Community activities are designed to help everyone read more and connect with the Jane Austen’s family, Foundation Ambassadors and fellow book lovers who share your passion for meaningful reading.
If you are eager to share in the pure joy of reading, get ready for our exciting monthly reading challenges, cozy up with your own book at our regular Time To Read sessions, get access to our exclusive private Facebook group, and enjoy a range of events and activities where every page you turn helps support Jane Austen Literacy Foundation programs and activities.
In our last issue of 2023, our founder and chair Caroline Jane Knight, reports on a busy year at the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation.
“2023 has been our busiest year yet, with more literacy activities and programs than ever before”
NEW!
Darcy and Elizabeth Silhouette Bookplates
These beautiful bookplates come as a pair, and are made in silhouette style in homage to its popularity in Jane’s time and to leave room for your imagination.
Our bookplates are personalised with your name in Jane Austen’s handwriting, or the name of a friend - they make a GREAT gift!
CONNECTING THROUGH LITERACY
We connect a world-wide community of people who believe in the power of literacy and want to help those who need it.
Founded by Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen’s fifth great niece, the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation is a registered not for profit organisation run by volunteers. We run online literacy programs and activities that connect people across the world. We connect Literacy Mentors with schools and students to help improve literacy skills. We connect donors with the literacy programs we fund in developing communities, which in turn connect children with the world around them. 100% of donations received are spent on literacy programs and activities.
