Upcoming Events

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-themed activities.

Grades K-4.

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 partners required. Dress for comfort.

Come along with us for an evening of crafty fun! Create something you can proudly display. Craft changes quarterly. Materials provided. Sign-up for each session is recommended.

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. Partnership with Jane Austen Society of North America.

Age 18+.

All Ages.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day like it’s 1811! Learn the ancient art of writing original poetry (or completing Regency Mad Libs) for your own handmade cards to share with a loved one.

Have you always wanted to learn calligraphy, or simply jazz up your handwriting? Here's your chance.

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. 

This 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.

Join us for a special screening of the beloved 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility as part of our Year With Jane Austen celebration.

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 with a mini-trivia game.

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

Join us for a special screening of the 1995 adaptation of Persuasion as part of our Year With Jane Austen celebration.

As part of the Library’s Year of Jane Austen, this month’s novel Persuasion is set shortly before Waterloo, with a key character, Captain Wentworth, a returning Royal Navy hero. Napoleon Bonaparte escaped his exile on

Join us for a delightful screening of the 1996 adaptation of Emma as part of our Year With Jane Austen celebration.