Austen-tation

To mark the sesquicentenary of Jane Austen's birth, this episode is an edited version of an event for Sydney Writers Festival. Speakers are scholar of English literature Professor William Christie, bestselling author Jane Caro and First Nations author Larissa Behrendt. Each of them celebrates different facets of their admiration for Jane Austen in terms of her characters, and her social commentary on class, entitlement, her love of nature, and the dynamics of family. To learn more about Jane Austen I recommend Paula Byrne's The Real Jane Austen - a life in small things

You can listen to Austen-tation online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Austen-tation is an episode from Life Sentences Podcast by Caroline Baum.

This episode is 50:14 long.

This episode was published on Jan 1, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Life Sentences Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.