Overview
- Jane Austen House Museum concluded a year-long anniversary program on December 16 with a virtual birthday event and in-person activities after reporting a sharp rise in visitors in 2025.
- Strictly Jane Austen Tours in Bath said this year’s festival events sold out weeks in advance, with larger parades and strong bookings already scheduled into spring and autumn 2026.
- New York’s Grolier Club opened “Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen,” a major exhibition running through February that features more than 100 books, letters, posters and other artifacts.
- The British embassy in Argentina marked the 250th with a period-dress ball and afternoon tea, where the ambassador highlighted Austen’s six novels and enduring themes.
- Literary experts, including John Mullan and Jannie Batchelor, cited Austen’s psychological depth and early use of free indirect discourse as key to her cross-generational appeal.