# Event Details - **Event Name**: Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. Special pre-talk with tea: World Tea House! - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 06:15 pm – Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-03:00) - **Event Description**: April 28, 6:30 pm Tuesday Night Talk, Sarah Emsley *Special pre-talk session, 6:15 pm: Special-tea Sampling and Tasting with Phil Holmans! Meet Philip Holmans, owner of World Tea House, who specializes in hand blended, organic, small, farmed teas from around the world. Philip will be sharing period-based teas and talk about their significance during the time period of Austen’s novels. ______________________________________________________________________ During the years when Jane Austen was writing the novels that would later make her famous, including Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, her naval captain brother and his family spent time in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their experiences were a source of inspiration for Jane when she wrote her naval novels, Mansfield Park and Persuasion. This illustrated talk will offer a tour of sites Captain Austen and his wife Fanny visited when they were in Halifax, including Government House, where they danced at a ball in 1810, and St. Paul’s Church, where their daughter was baptized in 1809, along with other places that would have been familiar to them, such as St. George’s, the Town Clock, and the Naval Yard. Sarah Emsley is the author of Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues and a history of St. Paul’s in the Grand Parade. She received her PhD from Dalhousie University, held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, taught classes on Austen in the Writing Program at Harvard University, and now lives in Halifax with her family. Her debut novel, The Austens, was published by Pottersfield Press in 2025. Tuesday Night Talks is open to everyone. We offer free admission from 4 pm - 8 pm. Donations to Feed Nova Scotia are welcome. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/halifax/imagining-the-austens-in-halifax-sarah-emsley-author-special-pre-talk-with-tea-world-tea-house/200029943914442 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Halifax - **state**: NS - **country**: Canada - **location**: 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B3J 1S3 - **lat**: 44.64764 - **long**: -63.5709 - **full address**: 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B3J 1S3 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. 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Is it right for me? - **A:** Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. Special pre-talk with tea: World Tea House! is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Halifax, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. Special pre-talk with tea: World Tea House! sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. 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