I’m happy – but nervous – to be part of a panel at The Global Jane Austen Conference in Southampton on July 12th 2025 where I’ll be talking about Jane The Octopus and Austen’s influence on my writing.  https://www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/news/events/2024/08/the-global-jane-austen-celebrating-and-commemorating-250-years-of-jane-austen-english-university-of-southampton.page