Regular meeting venue: St Dunstan's Church Hall or on Zoom, second Monday of each month
Secretary: John Ingram, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 01227 472589
President: Professor Malcolm Andrews, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

The Canterbury Branch was re-founded in 1996 by Dr Frank Fricker with a programme of monthly talks, of a mainly academic nature, and occasional outings. That, with the annual Birthday Lunch, remains the basic pattern. However, before each talk there is a convivial half-hour for refreshments, news and chat, not always strictly Dickensian. The Branch AGM is held at its December meeting, when business is leavened by a Christmas entertainment accompanied by Dickens Tart and Punch. The Canterbury Branch has twice staged the Fellowship's Annual Conference, in 2005 and 2012.

A short introduction to Canterbury

Regular meeting venue: Once monthly, Channing Hall, Surrey St. Sheffield. 
Branch Secretary: Julie Edworthy,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Branch Administrator:  Julian Crooks  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sheffield Branch currently has 40 members. We study the works, life, and times of Charles Dickens, usually attached to reading a particular work each year. There is an annual programme of events designed to facilitate our study in a variety of ways - talks, trips, workshops, readings, musical and theatrical events. We hold an annual public reading of `A Christmas Carol` every December in aid of Sheffield's homeless people.
Our venue is in the city centre and easily accessible by public transport. There is good access for those with physical disability. Membership costs £12 a year.

Website: lasocietedesamisdedickens.wordpress.com
Regular meeting venue:
Contact: Annpôl KASSIS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Programme 2022

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Bulletin 2022

Homage to Janine Watrin June 2022

Website: https://baltimoredickensabout.com/
Regular meeting venue: The Hale Auditorium, on the campus of Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD  21210.
Contact: Ruth Scally (president): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alternative: Andrea Struble (secretary): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Baltimore chapter became a branch of the Dickens Fellowship in 2014 after having been active for a number of years. Our enthusiastic group of Dickens devotees reads one novel by Dickens each year, with five or six monthly meetings beginning in September.

The Baltimore branch may be unique in that we have an official Sommelier who sends photos, descriptions and tasting notes for the wines he has selected for each meeting. The wines are provided by our Sommelier and served in stemware, adding another dimension of interest to our Dickens discussions.

The group sometimes schedules outings to a theater or other local venue—and in June we have a party, where we celebrate all things Dickens and vote on the next novel selection.

Special guests with a Dickens connection are occasionally invited to our meetings. In October 2022, we welcomed Loyola University Maryland professor Brian Murray, who joined us for a discussion of Our Mutual Friend. Professor Murray is the author of two books about Dickens: Charles Dickens (biography and literary study, 1994), and the illustrated Bedside Guide to Dickens (2009). 

Dickens visited Baltimore in 1842 and was favorably impressed with our public buildings and monuments, many of which still exist. He returned to the city during his second U.S. visit in 1867–68, when he performed a public dramatic reading.

The Baltimore branch welcomes visitors to our meetings! Meetings are on Friday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. See the schedule in our events listing. Email and let us know if you plan to join us. The Hale Auditorium is located off the E. Melrose Street parking lot behind the church. Enter the auditorium under the green awning.

Regular meeting venue:  St Swithin’s Church Hall, Waverley Road, Southsea, Portsmouth. (To navigate to the car park at the rear of the building use PO5 2QZ).

We usually meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 14:30 to 16:30, except for July and August. We are a friendly group and new members are always welcome.  To find out more, please contact:

Secretary: Geoffrey Christopher – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 023 92 664 205 
Chair: Tim Suffolk - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 023 9238 8870

A typical meeting will consist of:

• An informative and entertaining lecture from a guest speaker
• A discussion on some aspect of our chosen Dickens Book of the Year
• Refreshments break (tea/coffee/ biscuits available for a small fee.)

The Portsmouth Birthplace branch of the Dickens fellowship has connections with Dickens Birthplace Museum: https://charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/ 
and meets monthly for an afternoon of good Dickensian fellowship under the Chairmanship of Tim Suffolk.
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