Halifax Book Launch: Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister

Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS
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Please join Sheila Johnson Kindred for the launch of her book, Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen. Hear how Fanny Palmer, wife of Charles Austen, was an eye witness to British naval life during the Napoleonic Wars. Her story, informed by letters from Halifax and England, recounts her adventures at sea and on land and explores her influence on Jane Austen’s fiction.

Halifax author Sheila Johnson Kindred writes and lectures about Jane Austen’s family and fiction. Enhanced by rarely seen illustrations, Fanny's life story is a rich new source for Jane Austen scholars and fans of her fiction as well as for those interested in biography, women's letters, and history of the family.

The launch is open to the public and will take place at the Lindsay Children's Room on the 2nd floor of the Halifax Central Library, as part of the Central Library Programming.