Jane Austen Society of North America

JASNA Membership

To join the Wisconsin Region, simply join our nationwide parent organization, the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA).  Members at the national level receive subscriptions to both the national newsletter, JASNA News, and the Society’s well-respected annual journal, Persuasions. National membership also entitles you to attend the Annual General Meeting, a three-day celebration of Jane Austen’s writings, life, and times hosted in a different North American city every year. For more information on our national organization, please visit JASNA.org.

Wisconsin Region

If you are a member of JASNA and live in Wisconsin, you are automatically a member of the Wisconsin Region and are welcome to attend all our events and activities. Madison and Milwaukee have book discussion groups that meet three times a year. We also have a fall event in Milwaukee, toast Jane Austen’s birthday at a luncheon in December, hold a Spring Gala in Madison and celebrate summer with a Box Hill picnic. You will receive emails about upcoming events.

Wisconsin Region Newsletter

To receive our excellent newsletter, there is a subscription fee of $8 per year or $15 for two years. Please email our membership coordinator, Judy Beine for more information.

Membership year

The membership year begins September 1 and ends August 31. Members joining between July 1 and August 31 receive the summer issue of JASNA News and are otherwise enrolled for the following full membership year.