In August, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh from <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-bookshelf">The Bookshelf</a> on Radio National, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-bookshelf/still-turning-heads-at-250-jane-austens-enduring-charm/105708980">teamed up</a> with the indomitable <a href="https://english.princeton.edu/people/sophie-gee">Sophie Gee</a> — Professor of English at Princeton University, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities at the University of Sydney, and co-host of the podcast <a href="https://www.secretlifeofbooks.org/">The Secret Life of Books</a> — and Scott Stephens from The Minefield, to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen (1775–1817).In front of a live audience at the State Library of New South Wales, the quartet discussed Austen’s innovative approach to fiction, why her novels are of such abiding interest to moral philosophy, the importance of “a room of her own” when writing, and her subtle critique of patriarchy, gender norms, slavery and religion.Finally, they reflect on three exemplary moments in Austen’s last three novels — Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816) and Persuasion (1818).This episode was originally broadcast on <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-bookshelf/still-turning-heads-at-250-jane-austens-enduring-charm/105708980">The Bookshelf</a> on Thursday, 11 September 2025.

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