Monthly Teas
Grab your favorite cup of tea and join RFW each month for an online presentation and discussion related to the extended Regency (1780-1840). RFW Members enjoy free access through their Dashboard to current and past Teas.
Upcoming Teas
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 11AM EST
Write On Time: Crafting Your Success with Effective Time Management
with SHANA GALEN
As an author with over fifty published novels, Shana Galen has gone through the ups and downs of crafting a finished novel. One of the biggest hurdles for authors is not only finding the time to write, but staying on task when we do! Luckily for us, as a best-selling and award-winning author, Shana Galen will share her tips on time-management and finding one of the keys to success.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 11AM EST
A Real Regency Christmas
with Andrew and Rachel Knowles
Did a Regency Christmas include presents, greetings cards and kisses under the mistletoe? What about Yule logs, mince pies and decorated trees? And was Santa a thing?
When Andrew and Rachel Knowles wanted to know what a real Regency Christmas looked like, they spent hours researching old books, letters and journals. In this talk, they’ll be sharing what they discovered about how Regency families celebrated the festive season.
OCTOBER 24, 2024 at 12PM EDT
One Very Superior Party
with KIM WILSON
In Jane Austen’s Emma, snobbish Mrs. Elton criticizes the society parties held in Emma’s village of Highbury, and plans to host “one very superior party” to show what a truly elegant party should be. Just in time for the holidays, in this informative talk, accompanied by amusing illustrations of Regency-era parties, games, foods, and table settings, Kim Wilson will show participants what Regency parties would have looked like and how they can easily recreate one at home.
A popular speaker, Kim travels regularly throughout the country giving entertaining and inspiring lectures to audiences at conferences, corporate events, museums, botanical gardens, cultural centers, historic sites, literary festivals, bookstores, libraries, literary societies, and garden clubs nationwide. She was a featured lecturer for the Fall 2014 program of the Royal Oak Foundation, the American partner of the National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and lectures regularly for Road Scholar.