AUSTEN CON 2021 SCHEDULE
Our 2021 event is held in the beautiful surrounds of Abbotsford Convent, as well as presented online. Watch this space for more information about the venues, and online access.
ABBOTSFORD EVENT
The events below take place in the beautiful surrounds of Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Attendees to the Abbotsford in person event can also access the online recordings for up to 48 hours after the event.
Please note, due to space limitations some of our activities require prebooking. Prebooking is free, and the sewing session has an additional charge for high quality materials so you can make your piece.
| Laundry | Industrial school main space |
Industrial school break out |
Mezzanine | Boiler Room | |
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| 9.00 am | Welcome and intro 9 AM - 9:30 AM |
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| 9.30 am | Behind the Black Veil: The Horrid Mysteries inspiring Northanger Abbey 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
Letters 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM Prebooking required |
Games, reading, chill out space 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Vendors |
Quiet space 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM |
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| 10.00 am | Escape Room bookings required sessions at 10.30am 11.40am 12.50pm 2.20pm 3.30pm |
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| 10.30am | Before Bridgerton: Representations of Race in Georgian Fiction 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
A Network of Spies and Scandal: Pamphlets in Regency England 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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| 11.30 am | A_tistic: Neurodivergence in P & P 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
Speed Dating: Austen Edition 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
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| 12.30 pm | Sewing a day cap 12.30 PM to 2PM Prebooking required |
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| 1.00 pm | The East India Company 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM |
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| 2.00 pm | Cabaret and DJ Preview of 'Sense & Sensibility the Musical' 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM |
Dancing 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
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| 3.30 pm | Panel: Non-canonical pairings 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM |
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| 4.30 pm | Fashion Show 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM |
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| 5.00 pm | close | ||||
ONLINE SCHEDULE
For our online ticket holders, links to the streams and zooms will be sent via email. Streamed events will be available to view again for all attendees (in person and online) 48 hours after the event.
The events take place in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT / UTC+11)
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| Youtube Stream (Streamed events will be available for 48 hours after the initial event) |
Zoom |
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| 9.00 am | ||||
| Behind the Black Veil: The Horrid Mysteries inspiring Northanger Abbey 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
Letters 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM |
9.30 am | ||
| 10.00 am | ||||
| Before Bridgerton: Representations of Race in Georgian Fiction 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
A Network of Spies and Scandal: Pamphlets in Regency England 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
10.30am | ||
| 11.00 am | ||||
| A_tistic: Neurodivergence in P & P 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
11.30 am | |||
| 12.00 pm | ||||
| Speed Dating: Online 12.40 PM to 1.40 PM |
Sewing 12.30 PM to 2PM |
12.30 pm | ||
| The East India Company 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM |
1.00 pm | |||
| 1.30 pm | ||||
| Cabaret and DJ Preview of 'Sense & Sensibility the Musical' 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM |
2.00 pm | |||
| 2.30 pm | ||||
| 3.00 pm | ||||
| Panel: Non-canonical pairings 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM |
3.30 pm | |||
| 4.00 pm | ||||
| Fashion Show 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM |
4.30 pm | |||
| 5.00 pm | ||||