The Annual Conference is our members' opportunity to meet in person with fellow Dickensians from around the world, to have their say on Fellowship matters at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), and to hear a range of informative and entertaining lectures relating to that year's theme.
There is also a Grand Conference Banquet, with a guest speaker, and some time to explore the local area.
In 2027, the 120th Annual Conference and AGM of the Dickens Fellowship will be hosted by our Haarlem branch and based in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.
Ghosts of Conferences Past ...
2026 - Copenhagen, August 4-6 - 119th
2025 - Canterbury July 14-16 - 118th
2024 - Portsmouth August 5-8 -117th
2023 - London July 26-28 - 116th
2022 - Online July 15-16 - 115th
2021 - Online July 16-18 - 114th
2020 - Cancelled owing to Covid; AGM held online
2019 - Eastbourne - 26-29 July -113th
2018 - Sydney, Australia - 25-30 October 2018 - 112th
2017 - Carrara, Italy - 20-25 July 2017 (view pictures)
2016 - Aberdeen, Scotland - 20-25 July 2016 - 110th
2015 - Bristol, England – 23-28 July 2015 - 109th
2014 - Chicago, USA -16-21 July 2014 - 108th
2013 - Boulogne Sur Mer, France - The 107th annual conference was held in France 26 June - 1 July 2013
2012 Portsmouth, England In the bicentenary year the 106th annual conference was held in the city of Dickens’s birth, from 9th-14th August 2012.
2011 Christchurch NZ cancelled due to earthquake. A mini conference, the 105th, was held in Canterbury, England in July 2011
2010 Eastbourne, England The 104th conference of the Dickens Fellowship was held in Eastbourne from 21st to 26th July 2010.
2009 Cleveland, Ohio USA The 103rd conference of the Dickens Fellowship was held in Cleveland, Ohio.