and yet I persist

Kia ora If you know me, you know I love Lady Susan. I'm thrilled a theatre company in the UK is doing an online adaptation - 41 videos sent to your inbox over 41 days starting 22 September!!! (Details here)In my last email I mentioned how busy I was...

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Aug 20, 2025
Emma Chapter 44

Emma flakes on apologising to Miss Bates Jane Austen’s Lady Susan delivered to your inbox: 41 short films in 41 days22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025Creation Theatre is an award-winning company, recognised for its innovative and unusual digital theatre. To celebr...

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Aug 08, 2025
Emma Chapter 43

It’s here, possibly the worst (ie most uncomfortable) chapter Austen ever wrote; Boxhill Jane Austen’s Lady Susan delivered to your inbox: 41 short films in 41 days22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025Creation Theatre is an award-winning company, recognised for its i...

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Aug 01, 2025
Emma Chapter 42

There is drama in the strawberry fields of Donwell Jane Austen’s Lady Susan delivered to your inbox: 41 short films in 41 days22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025Creation Theatre is an award-winning company, recognised for its innovative and unusual digital theatre....

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Jul 25, 2025
Emma Chapter 41

Mr Knightley is suspicious but Rachel suspects Miss Bates could keep a secret Jane Austen’s Lady Susan delivered to your inbox: 41 short films in 41 days22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025Creation Theatre is an award-winning company, recognised for its innovative a...

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Jul 18, 2025
Talk tomorrow + many, many other things

Gah! I've been so busy with Austen stuff!!!I've got:a talk at a virtual conference tomorrowgroup read (two of them!) starting next weeka meeting next weekenda movie the following weekendoh and in between those last two, an awards thingySo, ah, sorry...

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Jul 17, 2025

This weekend I participated in a discussion with JASNA Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Region entitled “What a man should be” based off this quote from Emma: “So unlike what a man should be!—None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence...

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Jul 16, 2025
The Kids Table

We’re awkwardly aware of the age gap between Mr Knightley and Emma – 16 years makes us uncomfortable. It gets worse when Harriet develops a crush, a full 20 years, making Mr Knightley more eligible to be her father than her husband. His companions ar...

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Jul 15, 2025
Your exclusive access to retreat tickets

Kia ora ,I'm so excited to share that tickets for the retreat are now available!!You have first access: tickets are exclusively available to the waitlist for the next 48 hours before being released to others.It’ll be 7 nights 24-31 July 2026 on the G...

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Jun 24, 2025
My friend Pat

Kia ora e ,A writer friend of mine, Pat Whitaker, died last month. People say it's an "honour" to be with someone in their final days. Being allowed into this very vulnerable time is difficult to describe. You're grieving someone while they're still...

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Jun 19, 2025
Retreat: pricing

Kia ora ,Our retreat Persuasion: Linger and Gaze 24-31 July 2026 is just over a year away. If you're interested in merch you can check it out here.Next month I'll be able to book and can confirm pricing but based on preliminary calculations it'll loo...

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Jun 14, 2025