ICA news: Janet Osborne masterminds novel win

Janet Osborne, a member of Berrings Guild for the past six years, loves Jane Austin’s novels. She has read Pride and Prejudice loads of times and brings it on holidays with her, most recently on a trip to Dubai.

“I don’t have to start at the beginning. I just open any chapter. I read it as a teenager and I loved it even then. I’ve seen the film but it would never beat the book.”

So it’s no surprise Janet picked Pride and Prejudice as her topic for Cork Federation’s inaugural mastermind competition, which was hosted by Ballincollig Guild in May. The mum of two, whose husband’s two aunts persuaded her to join Berrings Guild, won the competition.