Event List

All Ages.Celebrate the beginning of Winter Park Library’s “Year with Jane Austen” at this Austentatious tea party! Dress in your best to enjoy a cup of tea, snacks, and Austen-them...

Grades K-4.Time travel with us as we journey back to see what life might have been like for children in Jane Austen’s Regency England! Write with a quill, create themed crafts, and...

Ages 10-adult. Winter Park Library launches our Year with Jane Austen with a screening of Becoming Jane, the captivating film that brings to life her early years and lasting legacy...

Learn Regency dancing with Jane Austen Society of North America. This session is great for beginners and experts alike as these dances are easy to learn. No dance experience or par...

Ages 18+. A brief, fun and sometimes irreverent look at the time period that inspired Jane Austen and why her six novels continue to capture our imaginations years later. Partnersh...

Age 18+. A discussion of the highly emotional mid-18th century Cult of Sensibility movement (favorited by authors like Samuel Richardson and Goethe), Austen’s nuanced views, and ho...

Learn about Jane Austen’s love of gardens – from her personal cottage garden to kitchen gardening to the grand estates that she visited and wove into her novels. 

Next year marks the 250 anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. In honor of this literary giant, Winter Park Library will celebrate with a Year with Jane Austen. Scheduled throughout t...

Ages 18+. Who was Jane Austen? Discover that and more in this brief but in-depth history. Learn about about her childhood, her life experiences, and what influenced her. Wrap up wi...

 An overview of some Austen contemporaries who contributed to the Regency world through astronomy, mathematics, paleontology, politics, travel and exploration, literature, and...