Branches and Affiliated Societies of the Dickens Fellowship

Branch and Affiliated Society Structure
  • Branches and Affiliated Societies are autonomous bodies which have independent programmes and  membership arrangements.
  • The network of branches and affiliated societies is co-ordinated by the Central Fellowship in London
  • Branches are an integral part of the Fellowship. They are self-supporting, elect their own officers and dispose of their own funds.
  • Affiliated Societies pay a reduced affiliation fee and their members have no voting rights or other Fellowship benefits.
  • Branch administrators can add local events, or alternatively can send details to Calendar and News
How to Form a Branch or Affiliated Society
  • A new branch or affiliated society of the Dickens Fellowship can be formed with the agreement of the AGM or Council, who meet annually. 
  • A new branch or affiliated society needs to show some evidence of :-
    • Viability – number of members (this can be around 10-15 to start with).
    • Details of activities already undertaken (meetings, talks, social events).
    • Location of meetings.
    • Information about the subs charged (if any) to members.
  • Once chartered, branches are required to pay annual subs of £30.  Branch members are entitled to a reduced subscription rate to The Dickensian, the journal of the Fellowship, to attend the annual conference, to vote at the AGM and at Council, and to free entry to the Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street, London on production of their branch membership card.
  • Once chartered, affiliated societies pay annual subs of £15 and their members don't receive the voting or benefit rights of branches.
  • For further information please see our Constitution or Contact Us

Links to the current list of Branches and Affiliated societies can be found below.

United Kingdom

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USA

Asia and Pacific

Canada

Europe

London Central Fellowship

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A symposium in honour of Emeritus Professor Michael Slater MBE
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Carolyn Lambert: Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell: A Relationship in Print
Date : Tuesday, 24th October
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Monthly Meeting of Baltimore Dickens Society
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Nottingham
Branch Meeting
Jill Davis will lead our discussions on Our Mutual Friend, Book 1, chapters 7-11
Date : Tuesday, 3rd October
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Broadstairs
Dr Jeremy Parrott on 'Charles Dickens and the English seaside holiday'
07:00 PM
The Pavilion, seafront, Broadstairs, Kent
Dr Jeremy Parrott will deliver an entertaining presentation on 'Dickens and the English seaside holiday' in one of Dickens's own favourite seaside resorts: "our watering place". Our venue, The Pavilion, overlooks Viking Bay, which Dickens would have known as Main Bay.
Broadstairs
October meeting
07:00 PM
The Pavilion, Broadstairs
Broadstairs branch October meeting. Join us on October 4th at 7pm in the Pavilion, Harbour Street, Broadstairs for our October meeting. We are presenting a talk by Jeremy Parrott entitled ‘Dickens and the Seaside’.
Date : Wednesday, 4th October
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Central Fellowship
A symposium in honour of Emeritus Professor Michael Slater MBE
Live lecture
Online event
02:00 PM
The event will be held face to face, but owing to limited room capacity, it will also be available over Zoom.
Date : Friday, 6th October
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Canterbury
Talk by Professor Carolyn Oulton - Live & on Zoom
03:00 PM
St Dunstan's Church Hall, 80 London Road, Canterbury, CT2 8LS
‘A fragment flung on life’s retreating sea’: Writing Dickens into the Local’: the title reflects a tribute paid to Dickens's unfinished 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Canterbury antiquarian & poet John Brent. The talk explores this & other examples of Dickens’s diverse influence on the people, businesses and social institutions of his adopted home county. Join us in the hall or email us for Zoom link
Date : Monday, 9th October
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Portsmouth Birthplace
Hard Times
02:30 PM
St. Swithun's Church Hall, Waverley Road, Southsea,
Presentations and discussion of themes and plot of Hard Times, our chosen book for 2023
Date : Tuesday, 10th October
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North East England
A Tale of Two Cities
07:00 PM
Low Fell Library, Durham Road Gateshead.
Group Member Anne McLeod leads on reading and discussing Chapters 11 through to 14 inclusive on "A Tale of Two Cities"
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The Boarding House
08:00 PM
Low Fell Library, Durham Road Gateshead.
The Branch members discuss the Tale of "The Boarding House" from Sketches by Boz
Date : Monday, 16th October
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Nottingham
Branch Meeting
We will have a Bring & Buy Sale, and Jennie Travers will lead our discussions of Our Mutual Friend, Book 1, chapters 12-15
Date : Tuesday, 17th October
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North East England
The Signalman
07:30 PM
Forum Theatre, Billingham
The Rumpus Theatre Company presents a spine-chilling play by John Goodrum based on CD’s classic ghost story. There will also be a matinee performance the following day (Tues 24th) at 7.30 p.m. and another evening performance that night.
Date : Monday, 23rd October
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Southwold
02:30 PM
Branch Meetings are at the Guide Centre, Cautley Road, Southwold at 2:30 on the 4th Tuesday of each month from September to May, except for 4th Tuesday of February which is the Birthday Lunch at The Randolph Hotel, Reydon, at 12:30.
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Carolyn Lambert: Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell: A Relationship in Print
06:30 PM
Lumen URC, 88 Tavistock Pl, London WC1H 9RS
Date : Tuesday, 24th October
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Melbourne
Outreach Event
Date : Tuesday, 17th October
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Outreach Event
Date : Wednesday, 18th October
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