To those
of you who might be interested in participating in an email group devoted to discussion
of all things Austen in that format, you might be
interested in learning, if you don’t already know, that the Janeites group,
which originated way back around 1999 (when it split off from Austen-L) has
migrated from yahoogroups, which is on its last legs, to the wonderful new platform
provided by io. Alas, the listowner Anne Woodley has still not been able to get
yahoogroups to allow the vast archive of posts going back to 1999 to be shifted
over to the io group page, but the discussion still lives on (under the
friendly stewardship of Nancy Mayer, who’s been in that role from the beginning)
like Scheherazade’s head, for another day, and posts are sent to the new email
address for the group, Janeites@groups.io.
While
the activity in the group is nothing like it once was, there remains a band of
true friends who still participate regularly. I am proud to count myself one, and
I know we all would love some fresh members to show up, so that we can have even
more of the best company than we already have. The conversation is smart, we keep
each other informed about the latest Austen-related scholarship, conferences,
etc etc, but also have fun raising all sorts of Austen-related topics that
provide grist for our mill.
So if
you’re interested, go to this page https://groups.io/g/Janeites and
join the group (as I recall, it was very easy to do, and I believe you had to
join io first, and then this specific group). If you try, and you have any
problem, for whatever it is worth, I’d be happy to try to help – just reach out
to me.
Cheers, ARNIE
@JaneAustenCode on Twitter
arnieperlstein@gmail.com
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