Jane Austen News - Issue 124
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An Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature

We have founded the New Academy to remind people that literature and culture at large should promote democracy, transparency, empathy and respect, without privilege, bias, arrogance or sexism. The New Academy regards this as so important that the world’s greatest literature prize should still be awarded in 2018.The New Academy are asking Sweden's librarians to nominate authors for the prize. Nominees can come from anywhere in the world, but must have written at least two books, one of them having been published in the last ten years. They are looking for an author who has told the story of "humans in the world". The four most popular authors following a public vote will be put before the New Academy jury. This is a one-year only award, however. The day after the winner is presented with their award at a formal celebration the New Academy will be disbanded.
In awarding this prize, we are staging a protest. We want to show people that serious cultural work does not have to occur in a context of coercive language, irregularities or abuse
Pride and Prejudice in Newcastle Coleman's Field at Jesmond Dene (a park in the east of Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is set to have a season of open-air theatre this summer starting with, we're pleased to say, Pride and Prejudice, which will be performed on July 5th and July 6th.

The Jane Austen Dancers Out And About This weekend we had the pleasure of seeing Bath based dance troupe the Jane Austen Dancers, performing at a local music festival. Keynsham, which is about 15 minutes from Bath and gets a brief mention in Jane's Northanger Abbey, had its annual music festival on Sunday the 1st of July, and despite the incredible heat a team of dancers from the Jane Austen Dancers came to perform some traditional dances for the crowds. Here are a few snaps from their performance. (Please excuse the tent pole, it was impossible to get a shot without one...)




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