	{"id":101985,"date":"2025-12-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=101985"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:13:14","slug":"fun-literature-tea-and-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/fun-literature-tea-and-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun, literature, tea and cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HEATHCOTE Library recently concluded four weeks of celebrations for Jane Austen&#8217;s birthday with a high tea.<\/p>\n<p>Organisations around the world celebrated the 250th anniversary of the author&#8217;s birth.<\/p>\n<p>The library hosted four Regency-inspired sessions last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen&#8217;s birth, we hosted a series of engaging programs, from Regency letter writing and paper-quilled gift cards to cameo silhouettes, all designed to capture the elegance and creativity of the Regency era,&#8221; Goldfields Library coordinator Elise Wright said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our final session, the Regency High Tea, was a lovely morning, well attended and full of charm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guests enjoyed a delicious morning tea, along with a variety of Jane Austen-inspired activities like paper dress origami, flower arranging, a Jane Austen-themed jigsaw puzzle, and Dance Card Trivia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101987\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101987\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/JaneAustenhightea4_22717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/JaneAustenhightea4_22717.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/JaneAustenhightea4_22717-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/JaneAustenhightea4_22717-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/12\/JaneAustenhightea4_22717-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaye Johnson and Shelley Dyett were waited on Regency-style by Hannah Thomson and Elise Wright from Heathcote Library. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sue Bier attended the sessions and said she thoroughly enjoyed the activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank Elise and Hannah for a wonderful series of Jane Austen activities and especially for the high tea morning,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were great activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had a beautiful morning tea and it was lovely to see the fashions of the era.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another attendee, Fiona Hanlon, was equally impressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a great Jane Austen High Tea; fun, literature, tea and cake,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What more could you want?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Heathcote Library Christmas-New Year hours are: Thursday 25 December-Thursday 1 January, closed; open as usual from Friday 2 January 9.30am-12.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEATHCOTE Library recently concluded four weeks of celebrations for Jane Austen&#8217;s birthday with a high tea. 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