Announcing the publication of the latest Frances Yates mystery, February 2021
Marjorie G. Jones in the Convent of Sor Juana de la Cruz, Mexico City.
A student of RBG at Rutgers Law/Newark & fifty years later, Marjorie G. Jones (RL68) speaks with students at Rutgers Law/Camden before a showing of The Basis of Sex (April 2019).
Marjorie G. Jones at the 50th reunion of the Class of 68, Rutgers Law School, Newark: https://law.rutgers.edu/class-1968-commemorating-50-years
Wearing her wildflower jacket, in summer 2016, Marjorie G. Jones spoke at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard.
Marjorie G. Jones at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, where the botanical prints of Mary Vaux Walcott are on exhibit (June 2015).
Marjorie G. Jones & publisher Nancy Schiffer at the Philadelphia Athenaeum, where the author gave a talk in December 2015 about.The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott.
News and Press Releases:
In June 2023, the fifth Frances Yates mystery At the Crossroads which takes place in Budapest, Hungary was published by Dorrance.
September 2022, at a newly established literary website, Marjorie G. Jones has posted synopses of five recommended books regarding women’s spiritual journeys: The best books about women's spiritual journeys (shepherd.com)
In The Château, the fourth Frances Yates mystery, which takes place at the Ursuline Convent in Quebec, was published by Dorrance in June 2022.
In January 2022, Marjorie Jones delivered a talk via ZOOM regarding her experiences teaching history and government in maximum security prisons in NY and PA: “The “Three Rs” of Prison Education (Repentance, Redemption and Renewal) and Why It Is Such a Good Investment” to Friends in the City in Philadelphia. https://friendscentercity.org/fitc
In November 2021 Marjorie G. Jones and friend Victor Psoras deliver cartons of books from her personal library to West Oak Lane Charter School in North Philadelphia to help restore depleted public school libraries in Philadelphia. See https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-school-district-library-building-21-20211016.html
In The Meeting, a Frances Yates Mystery, published by Dorrance Publishing, February 2021, takes place in Philadelphia, where Dame Frances encounters a murder and uncovers a ring of thieves plundering books and treasures from libraries and houses of worship.
“Fiction Is Stranger Than Truth: The role of the Biographical Novel” Presented to Women Writing Women’s Lives Seminar NYC, December 2020
Philanthropist Doris Buffett delegated Professor Marjorie Jones to promote prison education.
"In the Convent," by Regina Bannan, PhD, advocate for Women's Ordination Conference (WOC), Philadelphia, PA.
https://www.womensordination.org/blog/2020/08/08/fun-summer-read/
In the Convent, the second Frances Yates mystery, published by Dorrance Publishing, June 2020 takes place in Mexico City in the Convent of 17th century feminist mystic Sor Juana de la Cruz.
In November 2019 Marjorie G. Jones (Wheaton ’62) gave a talk at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia regarding Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), subject of her biography of the Philadelphia Quaker, known as the “Audubon of Botany” (Schiffer Publishing, 2015), to the Wheaton Club of Philadelphia.
In May 2019 Marjorie G. Jones, as keynote speaker, gave a talk "Thank You for Serving", at the Armed Forces Day ceremony at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution-Phoenix to honor incarcerated veterans.
In the Cards, the first Frances Yates mystery, published by Ibis Press, October 2018, takes place in a musty London library where renowned Hermetic scholar Dame Frances Yates deciphers the true meaning of Tarot and uses the cards to help solve a mystery... Amazon and Barnes & Noble
In May 2018 Marjorie G. Jones spoke at the Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin, Delaware, regarding the Life & Times of Mary Vaux Walcott.
In October 2017 Marjorie spoke to the Pennsylvania Society of Botanical Illustrators at the Jenkins Arboretum regarding consideration of botanical prints as historical documents.
The Life & Times of Mary Vaux Walcott was nominated for the 2016 Art in Literature: Mary Lynn Kotz Award. This unique award is cosponsored by two prestigious Virginia cultural institutions, the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and recognizes an outstanding book written primarily in response to a work (or works) of art while also showing the highest literary quality as a creative or scholarly work.
In summer 2016 Marjorie G. Jones spoke about The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard and the Whyte Museum in Banff, Canada.
In January 2016 Marjorie Jones spoke about Mary Vaux Walcott at the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research at Gladwyne, PA.
Currently teaching history for Villanova University's college program at Graterford Prison (PA), Marjorie G. Jones recently was featured in a front-page article for Milestones, the newsletter of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. The article was awarded the Gold/first prize in the Mature Media Awards for an article in a community organization’s publication. Milestones News regarding higher education in prison.
The Kindle Edition of Francis Yates and the Hermetic Tradition is now available for immediate download at Amazon Kindle Bookstore.
Francis Yates and the Hermetic TraditionFrances Yates and the Hermetic Tradition has been translated into Japanese by Sakuhinsha Publishing and into Italian by Casa dei Libri.
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Mercy College Press Release 03/31/08
NICOLAS-HAYS & IBIS PRESS Announcement
View Marjorie in the Wheaton Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2012
Marjorie Jones at Women’s March, Washington DC, 2017
Marjorie G. Jones visits the grave of Dame Frances Yates and her sister Ruby Yates at Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, UK, where the Yates family lived for many years.
Marjorie G. Jones speaking in December 2013 at the 12th Annual Book Fair in Rome, where the Italian translation of Frances Yates & the Hermetic Tradition was introduced by publisher
Casadei Libri.
Marjorie G. Jones with philanthropist Doris Buffett, honoree at the Women for Afghan Women Gala, NYC, May 2013
Marjorie G. Jones delivers the keynote address to the Alumni Association at her 50th reunion at Wheaton College (MA), Spring 2012
Speaking at Columbia Law School on behalf of Hudson Link, the program for higher education at Sing Sing prison, where Marjorie taught history for five years.
April 2012
Marjorie G. Jones with Mercy Sister Theresa Kane at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY (2010)
