{"id":11311,"date":"2026-03-04T09:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerncounties.ca\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=11311"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:14:46","slug":"author-reading-sarah-emsley","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/westerncounties.ca\/fr\/events\/author-reading-sarah-emsley\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Reading: Sarah Emsley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-id=\"756c6d30-a9de-495a-9987-6a51e3a493c1\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Join author Sarah Emsley for a discussion of her novel <a href=\"https:\/\/samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com\/v2\/record\/S195C566324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Austens<\/a>. The book focuses on the friendship between Jane Austen and her sister-in-law Fanny. Fanny lived in Halifax with her husband at the time when Jane was in England, writing Pride and Prejudice. In this program, Sarah will read from The Austens and discuss the true story that inspired it.<\/p>\n<p data-block-id=\"f49cd8c7-1de8-44fd-9f07-147d256a695f\">Questions from the audience are welcome. Please register by contacting the library by April 7. Registration is preferred but not required.<\/p>\n<h3 data-block-id=\"6e6f1107-7c8c-433d-b3c5-55d8d2b911af\">About Sarah Emsley:<\/h3>\n<p data-block-id=\"c1ebaf2d-a414-4686-a201-c7a7f3a0a416\">Sarah received her PhD from Dalhousie University. She had a research position at the Rothermere American Institute and at the University of Oxford. She has also taught classes on Jane Austen in the Writing Program at Harvard University. She now lives in Halifax with her family.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join author Sarah Emsley for a discussion of her novel The Austens. The book focuses on the friendship between Jane Austen and her sister-in-law Fanny. 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