Poetry Events with Jane Austen's House for Persuasion Festival

🪶Poetry Events with Jane Austen's House for Persuasion Festival
🏠 Goldfinch Books and Jane Austen's House
📌Fri 12th and Sat 13th September 2025

We are delighted to support Jane Austen's House on three events as part of their 'Persuasion Festival' that runs 12-21 Sept.

Persuasion Festival makes up part of their year-long celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth at Jane Austen's House.

​On Fri 12th Sept, join host Ellora Sutton and very special guest poet Rachel Long at Goldfinch Books, Alton for an evening exploring Jane Austen's poetry and poems inspired by her work and themes. Open-mic opportunities.
🎟️ https://janeaustens.house/events/festival-launch-poetry-evening-at-goldfinch-books/
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Spend Sat 13th Sept​​ at Jane Austen's House with acclaimed poet Maura Dooley. Start the day with an inspiring workshop in which lines and phrases from Jane Austen’s novels and poems will be used as starting points for your own work.
🎟️ https://janeaustens.house/events/sense-and-sensibility-a-poetry-workshop/

In the afternoon enjoy an informal talk about the poets Jane Austen loved, some of Jane Austen’s own poems and poetry written by Maura Dooley herself, in response to time spent at Austen’s home in Chawton.
🎟️ https://janeaustens.house/events/talk-jane-austens-love-of-poetry/


Please see Jane Austen's House website for accessibility, booking and further details.

You may also like the following events from Winchester Poetry Festival:

• Next month, 13th September, 02:00 pm, How We Shape The World: poetry workshop and sharing session for Heritage Open Days in Winchester

Also check out other Arts events in Liss, Literary Art events in Liss, Festivals in Liss.