Jane Austen 200 Press

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Liz Leask

Local and Regional Press

Head of Marketing, Hampshire Cultural Trust

liz.leask@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk

Tracy Jones

National and International Press

PR, Brera London

tracy@brera-london.com

Press releases

Jane Austen's House Museum launches bicentenary commemorations

Jane Austen’s House Museum launches bicentenary commemorations with a reinterpretation of the house interior following discovery of wallpaper fragments.

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Artists are announced for Jane Austen project

Twenty-one artists’ designs commissioned for the Sitting With Project

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The Mysterious Miss Austen

2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of the universally admired author Jane Austen – and Hampshire Cultural Trust is coordinating a yearlong series of events to celebrate her creativity and talent.

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The Grange Festival announce a specially-commissioned orchestral version of Mansfield Park

The Grange Festival announces the world premiere of a specially-commissioned orchestral version of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen.

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Jane Austen Regency Week in East Hampshire

Jane Austen Regency Week - a nine- day annual Festival of events celebrating Jane and the Regency period – will take place between 17th and 25th June in and around the market town of Alton in Hampshire and the nearby village of Chawton.

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Winchester 'Rain Jane' trail makes a splash for Jane Austen bicentenary

An innovative new trail to raise awareness of a programme of events across Hampshire to mark the 200th anniversary of local author Jane Austen has been commissioned by Winchester City Council and sponsored by Winchester College and the Jane Austen Society of North America.

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Jane Austen 200: A life in Hampshire

Jane Austen 200: A year packed with exhibitions, talks, walks, writing competitions, performances and much more.

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HRH The Earl of Wessex officially opens landmark Jane Austen exhibition at Winchester Discovery Centre

The Mysterious Miss Austen, a landmark exhibition exploring the author’s life, work and relationship to Hampshire, was officially opened on Thursday 18 May by HRH The Earl of Wessex at The Gallery in Winchester Discovery Centre.

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Celebrating Jane Austen in Upper Clatford

On Saturday 8 July, the All Saints’ Fundraising Committee will be organising an event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, All Saints’ Church, Upper Clatford, near Andover.

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The Jane Austen Effect Pulls in the Crowds

The world’s first sculpture of local author Jane Austen and a fascinating exhibition about her connections to Basingstoke have marked a new chapter for the Top of the Town.

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