We invite you to join us in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region by first becoming a member of JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America, which automatically assigns you to our mailing list. As well as communications from JASNA, you will receive announcements from JASNA-DC via our newsletter, The Austen Scribbler, with invitations to events and Jane Austen news.

We welcome members who are interested in every aspect of Jane Austen’s life and writing, the history of her fascinating family and the places where they lived, and the events and culture of late 18th/early 19th century England. We also enjoy learning about the arts, crafts, and fashions of the era. We explore all the current media treatments of Austen’s works as well as their many adaptations in contemporary films and novels. We learn from each other and from the different viewpoints and experiences we bring to the study of an author who remains so admired and influential today.