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Spring Gathering and AGM

7 March 2026

Venue: Aston-By-Stone Village Hall, Aston-By-Stone, United Kingdom

Midlands Branch event

Cost: £20 per person.
Please bring your own lunch
Tea, coffee, biscuits (and alternatives) provided.
Speakers: 
 – Dr Jen Baker –  Jane Austen and the Gothic Imagination 
Dr Baker is an Assistant Professor at Warwick University and her research includes the Gothic from 1760 to the present.
 – Harvey Dearden – Jane Austen: Redemptress
An exploration of her person, art and following.
 –  Alison Utting – Miss Plymley Recollects
A performative monologue based on the diaries of Katherine Plymley, a Shropshire based contemporary of Jane Austen.