DICKENS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2010

St George the Martyr (Little Dorrit's Church), Borough High Street
- venue for the annual commemoration service in May

photo by Mary Jane Mallonee

Details of the 2010 programme are provided below. Fuller information, including details of any supplementary events, is published from time to time in the newsletter London Particular and on this site, where changes and additions are notified on the News page. Art Workers Guild, Queen Square

Ordinary meetings are held at

The Art Workers Guild
6 Queen Square
London WC1N 3AT

starting at 6.30 p.m. The nearest Underground station is Russell Square.

Founded in 1884, the Art Workers Guild is a society of artists, craftsmen and designers drawn together by a common interest in the interaction, development and distribution of creative skills. It acquired the property at 6 Queen Square in 1914. Further details of the Guild and the venue are to be found at: http://www.artworkersguild.org.

JANUARY: Tuesday 26th: Social Evening, with refreshments, to include an introduction by Dr Tony Williams to our book of the year, The Old Curiosity Shop.
FEBRUARY: * Monday 8th: Celebrating Charles Dickens’s 198th Birthday, dinner at the National Liberal Club.
: Wednesday 24th: ‘What the Butler Saw - Victorian domestic servants’: talk by Alison Gowans.
MARCH: Monday 22nd: Film of The Old Curiosity Shop (details tbc).
APRIL: Wednesday 28th: ‘Youth and Age in The Old Curiosity Shop’: talk by Professor Grahame Smith, President of the Dickens Fellowship.
MAY: Thursday 13th: Dickens Day at Leadenhall Market: all-day reading of The Pickwick Papers (tbc).; *Sunday 16th: Commemoration Service at the Church of St George the Martyr, Borough High Street, at 11.00 a.m., followed by lunch at the George Inn, Southwark.; Tuesday 25th: ‘Writing a Life of Dickens – and After?’: talk by Professor Michael Slater.
JUNE: *Tuesday 8th: Wreath-laying at Westminster Abbey to mark the 140th Anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. Assemble at 5.45 p.m. inside the West Door. Members may wish to attend Evensong beforehand in the Abbey at 5.00 p.m.
JULY: Wednesday 21st – Monday 26th: 104th International Dickens Fellowship Conference in Eastbourne. Further details from the Conference website www.dickensfellowship.org/Conference2010.htm.
Contact:
Maggie de Vos
7 Wellington Quay, Sovereign Harbour North
Eastbourne BN23 5AQ
dickens2010@googlemail.com
AUGUST: Saturday 14th: ‘Dickens North of Doughty Street’: walk led by Dr Tony Williams. Meet at the Charles Dickens Museum at 2 p.m.
SEPTEMBER: *Saturday 4th: Annual Outing, this year to Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.; Thursday 16th: ‘Bloody Murder! – Dickens and the Police’: talk by Allan Clack.
OCTOBER: Wednesday 13th: ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’: talk by Dr Beryl Gray. Saturday 23rd: Open Day at the Charles Dickens Museum, as part of the Bloomsbury Festival (tbc ).
NOVEMBER: Monday 15th : ‘Dickens and Turner’: joint meeting with the Turner Society, with contributions from Professor Malcolm Andrews, Professor Léonee Ormond and Turner expert, Andrew Wilton.
DECEMBER: *Saturday 4th: Christmas Supper.
Thursday 9th : Entertainments and social event.

For details of events marked * please contact the Social Events Organiser,

Peter Duggan
6 Citrus House, Alverton Street
Deptford, London SE8 5NP.
Telephone (after 7 p.m. please, Monday to Friday only): 020 8691 1039.

Fuller programme information, including details of any supplementary events, will be published in the London Particular and on the website, www.dickensfellowship.org. Details of events marked ‘tbc’ are to be confirmed.

Download the Dickens Fellowship 2010 Programme in pdf format.