Aberdeen is the chosen location for the 2016 Conference of the International Dickens Fellowship.  Find out more information on membership, participation, and sponsorship as posted at the Dickens Museum of London’s website . Read the full press release below: Press Release 9.4.2014 Prestigious International Conference coming to AberdeenAberdeen has been selected to host the 2016 […]

The Research Society for Victorian Periodical’s (RSVP) 2015 Conference in Ghent made international news in a number of ways with lectures and papers presented in an awe-inspiring, historical setting. RSVP reports on scholar and bookdealer Jeremy Parrott’s presentation of a marked set of All the Year Round with hand-written annotations in the margins, some of […]

Liquid Dickens Halifax, Nova Scotia 8-10 July 2015 In 1842, Charles Dickens visited several prominent cities in the United States and British North America. He subsequently published a travelogue, American Notes, detailing his experience in North American society. He arrived in Halifax Harbour in January of 1842, and the fledgling garrison town would be incorporated […]

Dr. Sandra Spencer, Secretary of the Denton Dickens Fellowship, will be at Westminster Abbey  to lay the wreath commemorating the 144th Anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. The annual ceremony is preceded by Evensong in the Abbey. Evensong is at 5:00 p.m. (GMT) Assembly for the Wreath-Laying is at 5:45 More information available at […]