Jennie Batchelor

Jane Austen Society of North America Enjoy our Austen Chat podcast episodes and watch the winning short films from our annual Young Filmmakers Contest. Audio versions of the podcast episodes are also available on your favorite podcast ap...

Had lots of fun recording this podcast on Jane Austen and needlework for Austen Chat/the Jane Austen Society of North America www.youtube.com/@jasna.org

The Culture & Craft of Wood Type | Rare Book School Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 12–17 July 2026 Format: in person, York, UK Fee: $1,495 This course offers an in-depth engagement with the culture and craft of wood type, with a core focus on the...

🚨 Two @rarebookschool.bsky.social courses coming to York in July!
@wordsmith.bsky.social 'The Culture & Craft of Wood Type' & @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social 'The Rise of Periodical Print Culture'
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🗃️ #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thC

Thrilled to be contributing author for this incredible online course offered by the Royal School of Needlework: theHistory of Embroidery. My own contribution is an illustrated history of Georgian domestic embroidery using lots of collections, including my own.
royal-needlework.org.uk/courses/hist...

Women stood in a hall next to a projector and screen. The screen shows a slide with a portrait of Austen and a shaw she stitched

I had a terrific day on Saturday recording a podcast interview and then giving a talk at the Jane Austen Society London branch on Jane Austen, Her Writing and her Craft! It was fantastic turnout with lots of terrific questions.women stood

Photo courtesy of Laura Rocklyn.

The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700–1830 | Rare Book School Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 12–17 July 2026 Format: in person, University of York in York, UK Fee: $1,495 This course focuses on the diversity and proliferation of periodical publications…

@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social shares that applications are now open for her new Rare Books School course on "The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700–1830." The course will run from the 12th-17th July 2026. More info at the Rare Books School website: buff.ly/hY81Dzi Thanks for #SharingYourNews!

I cannot tell you how excited I am about our new MA in Creative Writing, taught by wonderful colleagues in English and Arts and Creative Technologies at York. Please spread the word widely!

Thank you. I am happy with them!

Yes, I am stitching David Bowie’s face while drinking champagne and watching The Princess Bride. And a happy new year to you all.

A linen handkerchief (unbleached) with the initials CA stitched in white surrounded by a scalloped border, eyelets and flowers.

A linen handkerchief (unbleached) with the initials CA stitched in white surrounded by a scalloped border, eyelets and flowers.

@janeaustensummer.bsky.social this June I ran a couple of embroidery workshops. The fabric we used reminded me of the handkerchief #janeausten monogrammed for her sister Cassandra so I decided to copy it. The original is wonky and my replica is not to scale but I am happy with it. Happy 250th!

Thanks, Bob!

"In an era where the authentic written word is under threat....English isn't just about reading the past--it's about understanding the power of words and narratives in the present and future and giving our students the skills to successfully navigate the world".

True of all UK English programmes.

Today the Sunday Times discusses the decline in students studying A-level and beyond. I believe this is reversible. I believe it is necessary. And I’m glad to have some of my words on the importance of the discipline and the vibrancy of our degrees in English at York in the article.

It's 12 days of Jane Austen! We're counting down to the end of our Kickstarter campaign! Due to loss of NEH funding, we're raising $9,000 to add music to Jane Austen's Desk, our award winning digital platform. For more info and to donate visit: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jan...

Really enjoyed this article by Emily Wells, New Discoveries: Paper Gardens: A Collection of Needlework Patterns Drawn by Lady Jean Skipwith | The MESDA Journal url:https://www.mesdajournal.org/2025/new-discoveries-paper-gardens-a-collection-of-needlework-patterns-drawn-by-lady-jean-skipwith/ 1/

Thank you so much, Sophie!

A wonderful write-up of the best exhibition I saw in 2025- AUSTEN & TURNER: A COUNTRY HOUSE ENCOUNTER at Harewood House. If you couldn’t make it to Leeds to see this extraordinary “what if…?” extravaganza in person, then reading this article is very much the next best thing.

A Palimpsest of Country House Culture - Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter (Harewood House) - BSECS These three players—Austen, Turner, Harewood—weave themselves in each gallery’s themes, bringing to our attention myriad resonances and surprises.

I adored the exhibition and wrote about it for @bsecs.bsky.social *Criticks* this summer.

www.bsecs.org.uk/criticks-rev...

What a dream to co-author this article with the one & only @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social

A watercolour of a woman with a black and grey gown (seated) facing away from the viewer. A man in a dark coat stands over her. JMW Turner, Two Figures (1827).

Also for the Austen 250th, @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social and I are thrilled our article about Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter is published today in a very special issue of Persuasions On-Line. Working on this exhibition was the highlight of my year. jasna.org/publications...

La ‘Austenmanía’ está más viva que nunca: los fans de Jane Austen vibran en el 250 aniversario de su nacimiento La escritora inglesa ha logrado sobrevivir al paso del tiempo gracias no sólo a la brillantez de sus seis novelas, sino también a todo un universo audiovisual basado en sus obras

Happy 250th, Jane. I love how the quote they chose from me in this piece (with many sound bites) in Spanish paper El Periodico is about her technical brilliance. I also like how my name and hers have been mangled together (Jannie Batchelor may be my new moniker): www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...

Thank you!

Thanks, Dave. Hope all’s well with you.

You are very kind, Rose. Thank you so much!

Thank you. Very kind and please take care of yourself. You’d think in the 13 years since my son’s birth I would have a harder shell. I will next week. Just not this one.

I try not to talk about this much, but in case someone else needs to hear it… Being a carer to a loved one is incredibly hard physically and mentally and unbearable sometimes. Doing paid work on top of that can sometimes feel impossible no matter how much of a privilege it is to have the option.

A tin full of yellow square biscuits on an Arts and Crafts red, golf and green tea towel

It’s been an age since posting. No particular reason except all round busyness. But this gorgeous Christmas gift from the wonderful @mikinski.bsky.social (scholar and 18th century baker extraordinaire) could not go undocumented! #christmas #janeausten

Thank you for sharing your review, Sarah. I am so delighted to be part of this collection.

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 !!

But really, I (unapologetically) work on one thing: women’s work in the eighteenth century and to unearth women’s contributions to all of our histories. 3/3

Someone said to me recently, “You work on rather a lot of things: literary history, women writers, sewing and craft, book history, the eighteenth-century sex trades, education and so on”. I am not sure it was a compliment. 2/