Susannah Fullerton is a literary historian, lecturer, and scholar who has been president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia for nearly thirty years.

Fullerton is the author of numerous books on Austen and other topics, including Jane Austen and Crime, Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, A Dance With Jane Austen, and Jane & I: A Tale of Jane Austen Addiction. In addition, with Anne Harbers, she authored Jane Austen: Antipodean Views (2001).

She is one of the most sought after speakers in Australia, who has introduced many audiences to various writers and works of literature through her lectures, literary tours, and her popular newsletter, Notes From a Book Addict.

Fullerton is also Patron of the Kipling Society of Australia, a founding member of the NSW Dickens Society, a founding member of Australian Brontë Association, and a Lady Patroness of the International Heyer Society.

In the videos below, Fullerton discusses her love of Jane Austen, her earliest memories of her mother reading Pride and Prejudice to her, and the ongoing influence of and impact of Austen and her writing in Australia, including through the Jane Austen Society of Australia.

You can also access Fullerton’s YouTube playlist directly.

Susannah Fullerton on Her First Memories of Jane Austen and Her Special Relationship With Her Mother

Susannah Fullerton on Jane Austen’s Prominence and the Role of the Jane Austen Society of Australia

Susannah Fullerton Details Why We Keep Coming Back to the Novels of Jane Austen in Our Modern World

Susannah Fullerton Explains How Jane Austen Allows For Differences of Opinion and Invites Debate

Susannah Fullerton Reflects on the Theme of Ignorance in Northanger Abbey and Other Austen Novels