New podcast episode! May

Join us for another episode of our popular podcast A Jane Austen Year. It is a podcast with a difference – with just one episode per month, it invites the listener to slow down and join us on a seasonal journey through Jane Austen’s novels, the story of her life and the world she lived in.

‘May’ celebrates the garden here at Jane Austen’s House, both as it was in Jane Austen’s time and as it is today. We also drive along the Hogs Back, visit Bath and Winchester, examine Jane and Cassandra’s ‘topaze crosses’ and the Austen women’s patchwork coverlet, and witness the formation of the Jane Austen Society. We see Lydia joyfully depart for Brighton and accompany Emma and Frank Churchill to the much-anticipated ball at the Crown…

Each episode is recorded by the people who work here at Jane Austen’s House, caring for this special place and protecting it for future generations.

Find A Jane Austen Year wherever you get your podcasts, or listen to it here! 🎧

This series was written and recorded at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birthday in 2025.

If you enjoyed it, we think you’d also love our new book A Jane Austen Year – a gorgeous coffee table book full of pictures, extracts and stories. Every purchase supports our work, caring for and preserving Jane Austen’s House for future generations.