Not in New York City? No problem! Lady Jane’s Salon’s are popping up all over the country. Be sure to check out Lady Jane’s Salon–Denver and Lady Jane’s Salon–Raleigh/Durham and Lady Jane’s Salon–Naperville. Interested in starting a salon in your hometown? Read our guidelines below.

Starting a Lady Jane’s Salon of your own

Are you interested in hosting a Lady Jane’s Satellite Salon in your hometown? Due to popular demand, the New York City Salon’s co-founders have schemed and plotted to incorporate all lovers of romance reading under the banner of Lady Jane’s. Here’s how it works:

• Get a group together. Trust us, you can’t run a salon on your own.
• Get in touch with us—we’ll give you some information on how to get it all rolling, from finding the right spot, starting a Google doc, and booking authors.
• Join us on the blog! We’ll set it up so that, say, the organizer(s) of Lady Jane Chicago can submit a post about upcoming speakers, guest blog, or post salon videos.
• Last but not least, Lady Jane’s is about sharing a love of romance fiction. One way we do that is by charging a modest admission fee of five dollars OR one gently used romance novel. Net proceeds at the year’s end support a local charity, preferably one that assists women and in some way promotes literacy.

By signing on to host a Lady Jane’s Satellite Salon of your own, we ask that you agree to:

• Use the Lady Jane’s Salon name *only* in conjunction with the name of your city/town/locale e.g., Lady Jane’s Salon–Denver. This avoids confusion for us all, including publishers and media outlets.
• Donate all admission books to a charity 501c3 that supports women. Town libraries are fine; your personal library is not.
• Direct admission dollars to 1) supporting the salon’s operational costs e.g., venue rental if applicable/staff gratuities, web site admin, and 2) a designated charitable organization. The money isn’t yours to spend, so don’t spend it on you.
• Invite authors! From big names to newbie’s, or historical to paranormal, all authors are welcome so long as their work fits within the broad category of romance fiction.
• Invite book lovers! Lady Jane’s is for everyone who appreciates the pleasure of a good romance story, so don’t forget local librarians, publishing industry professionals, and local reporters. Hint: The latter are always on the look-out for romance related stories for February.

Once you sign on to the above stipulations, we’ll gladly provide you with a presence on our website as an official Lady Jane’s Salon satellite. Welcome to the salon!

Best wishes,

The Lady Jane Salon Team:
Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Hieber, Maya Rodale and Ron Hogan.

Interested? Email us at ladyjanessalonATyahoo.com or contact us on Facebook