Sydney Writers' Festival x SLNSW Livestream - Austen's Powers

This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, whose literary brilliance continues to delight, challenge and beguile. Join a panel of self-professed Janeites as they gather to observe the occasion and trace the peerless wit, scathing social commentary and iconic love stories that have inspired countless adaptations on pages, stages and screens.

Consider Austen’s literary afterlives with award-winning novelist Larissa Behrendt whose forthcoming novel reimagines Pride and Prejudice through a First Nations lens, expert in Romantic studies Professor Emeritus Will Christie and Walkley Award–winning writer and proud Austen-tragic Jane Caro. In conversation with Caroline Baum.

This event is presented by Sydney Writers' Festival in partnership with the State Library of NSW. It will be livestreamed to Queanbeyan Library.