Immerse yourself in Austen without picking up a book

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You've read it all - the novels, the juvenilia, the criticism and many, many spinoffs (some good, some abysmal). What do you do when you run out of Jane Austen to read? Well, fortunately for you, this year has prompted many to find new and interesting ways to celebrate the work of Jane Austen. In this article, we look at some videos and podcasts that will perfectly augment and enhance your Jane Austen experience.

Jane Austen and the Threads of Empire - Kate Evans in conversation

This extended interview between longstanding YouTuber Rosianna Halse Rojas and graphic novelist Kate Evans digs into the latter's new graphic biography of Jane Austen, Patchwork. In the book, Evans immerses the reader in the life and times of Jane Austen. In the above interview, filmed in the Verso archive. This interview digs into Jane Austen's patchwork coverlet, Cassandra's decision to burn Austen's letters, and the colonial history behind the period. The book is available from Verso.

Jane Austen Stories with Julie Andrews

If you're looking for a Jane Austen experience you can take in whilst you do the dishes, this new Jane Austen Stories podcast is a treat. From the Noiser network, the Jane Austen Stories podcast is narrated by the legend, Mary Poppins herself, Julie Andrews. The podcast is currently serialising Jane Austen's most famous novel Pride and Prejudice.

Lucy Worsley and Dan Snow discuss Jane Austen's death

In this video, historian and Jane Austen afficionado Lucy Worsley (whose book Jane Austen At Home is available in a gorgeous 250th birthday edition in our giftshop) joins The History Hit's Dan Snow at Jane Austen's House at Chawton to discuss her later life and death. This discussion is not only fascinating, but allows you to have a peek inside the house without making the trip to Hampshire.

Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike reunite for 20 years of Pride and Prejudice

2025 marks not only 250 years of Jane Austen, but also 20 years of Joe Wright's 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie. The movie, which is one of the most recognisable adaptations of Jane Austen's novel, has developed a cult following over the years. To celebrate this anniversary, Vanity Fair has reunited actresses Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley, who played Jane and Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 adaptation, to discuss their memories of making the film.

Jane Austen's Paper Trail from The Conversation

Despite all of the writing around Jane Austen, she remains something of an enigma. The Conversation's new podcast Jane Austen's Paper Trail aims to find the 'real Austen' amongst the scraps of evidence we have to piece together to create her biography. The six-episode series will anchor around each of her novels, talking to experts about who Jane Austen, the woman, the writer, really was.

Will you be checking any of these out? Let us know in the comments.

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