Jennie Batchelor
@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social
Academic (#c18th century #literature) and Head and Prof of English and Related Literature at the Uni of York working on periodicals, media, women writers, material culture, dress history. Writer. Crafter. #SEND parent. Coffee Lover.
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Book selfie! So pleased to have been part of Encounters with Jane Austen which out in just a few days from @aurorametro.bsky.social . It had been terrific to work with the brilliant Cheryl Robson and to be in such stellar contributor company. Find out more here: www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...
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reviewed great collection on writers & new media in the 19C print culture sublime! ed and intro by alexis easley w essays by @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social & more!
in Review 19 --
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in Review 19 --
www.review19.org/view_doc.php... & looking forward to talking about it at @navsa2025.bsky.social !!
BRITISH WRITERS, POPULAR LITERATURE AND NEW MEDIA INNOVATION,
1820-45 by Alexis Easley, ed., Reviewed by Sarah Allison
Review 19: Assessing New Books on English and American Literature of the Nineteenth Century
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November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
reviewed great collection on writers & new media in the 19C print culture sublime! ed and intro by alexis easley w essays by @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social & more!
in Review 19 --
www.review19.org/view_doc.php... & looking forward to talking about it at @navsa2025.bsky.social !!
in Review 19 --
www.review19.org/view_doc.php... & looking forward to talking about it at @navsa2025.bsky.social !!
Delighted to have received a text from a friend who saw the Beyond the Bonnets exhibition at the Winchester ARC, which (to my surprise) featured my published research on Susanna Sackree, who looked after the children of Jane Austen’s brother and later become the housekeeper of Godmersham Park. 1/
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Delighted to have received a text from a friend who saw the Beyond the Bonnets exhibition at the Winchester ARC, which (to my surprise) featured my published research on Susanna Sackree, who looked after the children of Jane Austen’s brother and later become the housekeeper of Godmersham Park. 1/
After a mad few weeks of work, I finally finished a couple of projects. One big and one small. The crochet craft bag was supposed to be a beginner’s project, but every one of the 36 granny squares, magic circles and mattress stitch joins tested this beginner. The sprig was much more my comfort zone.
October 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
After a mad few weeks of work, I finally finished a couple of projects. One big and one small. The crochet craft bag was supposed to be a beginner’s project, but every one of the 36 granny squares, magic circles and mattress stitch joins tested this beginner. The sprig was much more my comfort zone.
Couldn’t resist this almost disbound copy of the Lady’s Magazine for 1777. It has a map sampler pattern for the Americas I have desperately wanted for some time and I was worried this was going to be chopped up for its lovely plates. I hope “Ann Nickleson” would approve. This is her book.
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Couldn’t resist this almost disbound copy of the Lady’s Magazine for 1777. It has a map sampler pattern for the Americas I have desperately wanted for some time and I was worried this was going to be chopped up for its lovely plates. I hope “Ann Nickleson” would approve. This is her book.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Still pinching myself. Last night I talked about “Jane Austen, Her Writing and Her Craft” before a sold out crowd at Harewood House and enjoyed one last walk round of our exhibition Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter. It was both wonderful and sad But all good things, as they say…
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Still pinching myself. Last night I talked about “Jane Austen, Her Writing and Her Craft” before a sold out crowd at Harewood House and enjoyed one last walk round of our exhibition Austen & Turner: A Country House Encounter. It was both wonderful and sad But all good things, as they say…
What a marvellous day in Bath with Strictly Jane Austen Tours, talking all things Austen and attending and helping out at an embroidery workshop led by Alison Larkin. #Austenat250
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What a marvellous day in Bath with Strictly Jane Austen Tours, talking all things Austen and attending and helping out at an embroidery workshop led by Alison Larkin. #Austenat250
Excited for the week ahead. Not one but two talks to celebrate #Austen250. On Tuesday, I will be at the Gainsborough Hotel in Bath talking about Austen and women’s magazines. On Thursday, I will be at Harewood talking about Jane Austen’s Craft. Around that will be a lot of Head of Departmenting.
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited for the week ahead. Not one but two talks to celebrate #Austen250. On Tuesday, I will be at the Gainsborough Hotel in Bath talking about Austen and women’s magazines. On Thursday, I will be at Harewood talking about Jane Austen’s Craft. Around that will be a lot of Head of Departmenting.
Today has been a long one. Nonetheless, I feel energised and humbled by the last meeting of today in which I joined the wonderful editorial team (and fellow editorial board members) of @abojournal.bsky.social for our annual meeting. ABO’s work and the work it supports are vital and outstanding!
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today has been a long one. Nonetheless, I feel energised and humbled by the last meeting of today in which I joined the wonderful editorial team (and fellow editorial board members) of @abojournal.bsky.social for our annual meeting. ABO’s work and the work it supports are vital and outstanding!
Last night was the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen, a collection of essays, interviews, poems and short fiction about to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth. I wrote the book’s introduction to the book, which includes a short account of Austen’s life, work and legacies. #Austen250
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Last night was the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen, a collection of essays, interviews, poems and short fiction about to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth. I wrote the book’s introduction to the book, which includes a short account of Austen’s life, work and legacies. #Austen250
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Back into research after attending Attingham Trust's 'New Perspectives in Country Houses' course, and channelling Jane (photo from the amazing Austen/Turner exhibition at Harewood House, in collaboration with @cecs-york.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social )
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Back into research after attending Attingham Trust's 'New Perspectives in Country Houses' course, and channelling Jane (photo from the amazing Austen/Turner exhibition at Harewood House, in collaboration with @cecs-york.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social )
So excited for the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen on 2 October. Join Cheryl Robson (and me!) for a wonderful evening with April de Angelis, Katie Lumsden, Mary Hamer, Jen Francis, Caitlin Grills,Karenjit Sandhu and Kim Bailey. Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...
Celebrating Jane Austen: A Talk and Readings
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen and launch of a new book
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September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So excited for the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen on 2 October. Join Cheryl Robson (and me!) for a wonderful evening with April de Angelis, Katie Lumsden, Mary Hamer, Jen Francis, Caitlin Grills,Karenjit Sandhu and Kim Bailey. Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...
Wonderful article on Miss Lambe in Jane Austen’s Sanditon in The Conversation by our brilliant colleague, Olivia Carpenter! theconversation.com/jane-austens...
Jane Austen’s real and literary worlds weren’t exclusively white – just read her last book, Sanditon
While her inclusion of Miss Lambe, a Black character, is great, we should be wary of seeing it as representative of Austen having ‘radical politics’
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September 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Wonderful article on Miss Lambe in Jane Austen’s Sanditon in The Conversation by our brilliant colleague, Olivia Carpenter! theconversation.com/jane-austens...
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Thanks so much for your fab introduction @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social Looking forward to our upcoming event too! Thanks also to contributors @juliamiller.bsky.social @aprildeangelis.bsky.social @zitaholbourne.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #janeausten #englishliterature bit.ly/42vsQyk
September 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thanks so much for your fab introduction @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social Looking forward to our upcoming event too! Thanks also to contributors @juliamiller.bsky.social @aprildeangelis.bsky.social @zitaholbourne.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #janeausten #englishliterature bit.ly/42vsQyk
It was so lovely to be at the launch of Jane Austen’s Fashion Bible by the incomparable Ros Ballaster at Chawton House last night. Always a pleasure to hear Ros talk about Austen and the book is sumptuous #JaneAusten #Austen250
September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It was so lovely to be at the launch of Jane Austen’s Fashion Bible by the incomparable Ros Ballaster at Chawton House last night. Always a pleasure to hear Ros talk about Austen and the book is sumptuous #JaneAusten #Austen250
Book selfie! So pleased to have been part of Encounters with Jane Austen which out in just a few days from @aurorametro.bsky.social . It had been terrific to work with the brilliant Cheryl Robson and to be in such stellar contributor company. Find out more here: www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Book selfie! So pleased to have been part of Encounters with Jane Austen which out in just a few days from @aurorametro.bsky.social . It had been terrific to work with the brilliant Cheryl Robson and to be in such stellar contributor company. Find out more here: www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...
Today was the last session of the Jane Austen Book Club at Harewood House. led by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social and me to run alongside Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter exhibition. Today, we spent a lot of time talking (amongst other things) about silence. #AustenandTurner #Austen250
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today was the last session of the Jane Austen Book Club at Harewood House. led by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social and me to run alongside Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter exhibition. Today, we spent a lot of time talking (amongst other things) about silence. #AustenandTurner #Austen250
I had the best morning ever earlier this week at the fabulous Quilt Museum in York conducting research for my book The Writer’s Craft. The collection is extraordinary and the generosity and expertise of Curator, Heather Audin, equal to it. #quilting #needlework #craft #writing #sewing #18c
September 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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The wonderfully accomplished @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social talks about needlework & embroidered accessories in #JaneAusten's life & novels. Loved it --- fascinating detail. Lots of things to learn/think about --- always wondered about stomachers, for instance.
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Accessories, Making and Jane Austen’s Novels - A Talk by Jennie Batchelor
YouTube video by Jane Austen's House
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August 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Tomorrow is the Netflix premiere of a film by Richard Osman and ‘How do you like my trimming: Accessories, Making and Jane Austen’s Novels' by me. Shot in the Drawing Room at Jane Austen’s House, the talk examines Austen's needlework: www.youtube.com/user/janeaus... 1/
Jane Austen's House
Jane Austen's House is the most treasured Austen site in the world. From this picturesque cottage, deep in the Hampshire countryside, Jane revised, wrote and published her six extraordinary novels, wh...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tomorrow is the Netflix premiere of a film by Richard Osman and ‘How do you like my trimming: Accessories, Making and Jane Austen’s Novels' by me. Shot in the Drawing Room at Jane Austen’s House, the talk examines Austen's needlework: www.youtube.com/user/janeaus... 1/
Congrats to all receiving A-level results. We look forward to welcoming students in Sept. I joined York as Head of English in 2003 but was an undergrad here in the mid-1990s. As a 1st-gen Uni student, I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was books lit me up. Going to York changed my life. 1/
August 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Congrats to all receiving A-level results. We look forward to welcoming students in Sept. I joined York as Head of English in 2003 but was an undergrad here in the mid-1990s. As a 1st-gen Uni student, I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was books lit me up. Going to York changed my life. 1/
Looking forward to the publication, of Encounters With Jane Austen, a book masterminded by the wonderful Cheryl Robson at Aurora Metro. I was honoured to be asked to write the introduction to this collection which covers Austen’s life and work and what her writing means to me. 1/
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Looking forward to the publication, of Encounters With Jane Austen, a book masterminded by the wonderful Cheryl Robson at Aurora Metro. I was honoured to be asked to write the introduction to this collection which covers Austen’s life and work and what her writing means to me. 1/
Totally missed #WorldEmbroideryDay due to busy-ness at work. Anyway, here’s two of the current projects. Trying #goldwork for the 1st time with Hand and Lock kit and working on recreating Jane Austen’s handkerchief for Cassandra.
August 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Totally missed #WorldEmbroideryDay due to busy-ness at work. Anyway, here’s two of the current projects. Trying #goldwork for the 1st time with Hand and Lock kit and working on recreating Jane Austen’s handkerchief for Cassandra.