Imagining the Austens in Halifax - Sarah Emsley, author. Special pre-talk with tea: World Tea House!

Why we picked it

April 28, 6:30 pm Tuesday Night Talk, Sarah Emsley *Special pre-talk session, 6:15 pm: Special-tea Sampling and Tasting with Phil Holmans! Meet Philip Holmans, owner of World Tea House, who specializes in hand blended, organic, small, farmed teas from around the world. Philip will be sharing period-based teas and talk about their significance during the time period of Austen’s novels. ______________________________________________________________________ During the years when Jane Austen was writing the novels that would later make her famous, including Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, her naval captain brother and his family spent time in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their experiences were a source of inspiration for Jane when she wrote her naval novels, Mansfield Park and Persuasion. This illustrated talk will offer a tour of sites Captain Austen and his wife Fanny visited when they were in Halifax, including Government House, where they danced at a ball in 1810, and St. Pa