# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Just in time to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, the ASU Book Group's October 2025 reading selection is “Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane” by Austen expert Devoney Looser, a Regents Professor of English at ASU. 

The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly this fall from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hayden Library Luhrs Reading Room, room 101 on the ASU Tempe campus.

This special meeting of the book group also celebrates the Department of English's 125th anniversary as part of ASU Humanities Week and includes a swag giveaway for in-person attendees!

Haven't read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.

*Note new in-person location for 2025.

Synopsis: Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in “Wild for Austen.” These, and many other events and characters, come to life throughout this rollicking book. Austen, we learn, was far wilder in her time than we’ve given her credit for, and Looser traces the fascinating and fantastical journey her legacy has taken over the past 250 years.

About the group: The ASU Book Group is sponsored as a community outreach initiative hosted in partnership between the Department of English and ASU Library. 

More information / register: https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/asu-book-group-wild-austen-devoney-looser
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tempe/asu-book-group-‘wild-for-austen’-by-devoney-looser/200028594249234
- **Event Categories**: meetups, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Tempe
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Charles Trumbull Hayden Library
- **lat**: 33.418913198644
- **long**: -111.93517564613
- **full address**: Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, 300 E. Orange Mall,Tempe, Arizona, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser being held?
  - **A:** ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser takes place on Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 01:00 pm at Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, 300 E. Orange Mall,Tempe, Arizona, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser?
  - **A:** ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser is organized by ASU Department of English.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser 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 Tempe, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If ASU Book Group: ‘Wild for Austen’ by Devoney Looser sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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