Jane Austen&rsquo\;s Bookshelf in vestigates the disappearance of Austen&rsquo\;s heroes&mdash\;women writer s who were erased from the Western canon&mdash\;to reveal who they were\, what they meant to Austen\, and how they were forgotten. Each chapter prof iles a different writer\, including Frances Burney\, Ann Radcliffe\, Charl otte Lennox\, Charlotte Smith\, Hannah More\, Elizabeth Inchbald\, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi\, and Maria Edgeworth&mdash\;and recounts Romney&rsquo \;s experience reading them\, finding rare copies of their works\, and dra wing on connections between their words and Austen&rsquo\;s. Romney collec ts the once-famed works of these forgotten writers\, physically recreating Austen&rsquo\;s bookshelf and making a convincing case for why these book s should be placed back on the to-be-read pile of all book lovers today. < em>Jane Austen&rsquo\;s Bookshelf will encourage you to look beyond a ssigned reading lists\, question who decides what belongs there\, and buil d your very own collection of favorite novels.
\nRebecca Rom ney is a rare book dealer and the cofounder of Type Punch Matrix\, a rare book company based in Washington\, DC. She is the rare books specialist on the HISTORY Channel&rsquo\;s show Pawn Stars\, and the cofounder of the Honey &\; Wax Book Collecting Prize. She is a generalist rare b ook dealer\, handling works in all fields\, from first editions of Jane Au sten to science fiction paperbacks. Romney is the author of Printer&rs quo\;s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History (with JP Romney) a nd The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books\, 1769\;&n dash\;1999. Her work as a bookseller or writer has been featured in < em>The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Forbes\, Variety\, The Paris Review\, and more. In 2019\, she was fe atured in the documentary on the rare book trade\, The Booksellers. She is on the Board of the Antiquarian Booksellers&rsquo\; Association of America (ABAA) and the faculty of the Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Mi nnesota).
\n&ldquo\;[A] gem of passiona te criticism.&hellip\; Jane Austen&rsquo\;s Bookshelf stirred some emotion s of my own. My penciled exhortations in the margins\, some of excitement or communion\, others of irritation\, are in a way a response to Romney&rs quo\;s invitation to join in her intellectual tussling. It may be how new canons are formed\; it&rsquo\;s certainly how enthusiasms are shared.&rdqu o\; &mdash\;New York Times Book Review
\nThis moderated one- hour program will be followed by a book signing with Rebecca Romney. A SL interpretation will be provided for discussion and Q&\;A. Assisted l istening device technology is also available upon request.
\nPa perHearts Bookstore \;will be on-site to sell books.
\nDoors ope n at 5:00pm. Advanced registration is suggested to ensure a seat in the th eater.
\nThis program honors Betsey Wright and h er commitment to women's issues.
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