Dickens Fellowship

A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens founded in 1902. The Fellowship's head office is in London, England, at the Charles Dickens Museum. Membership is open to anybody, anywhere in the world, who shares the Fellowship's interests. A comprehensive programme of events is arranged in London for all members, including visitors from the Fellowship's branches. There are 47 branches - in the UK, the USA and nine other countries. Each branch is independent and arranges its own programme of events, in accordance with local traditions and history. There are also four affiliated societies. Usually held in July/August, the Fellowship's Annual Conference brings together members from around the world to enjoy a programme of learning and entertainment inspired by Dickens and other writers of his era. www.dickensfellowship.org

Dickens Project

The Dickens Project sponsors scholarly conferences, institutes, and public presentations throughout the year. Chief among these is a week-long gathering known as the Dickens Universe. Held every year at the beginning of August on the beautiful UC Santa Cruz campus, the Dickens Universe brings together scholars, graduate students, high school teachers, and members of the general public for a week of study and Dickensian conviviality. http://dickens.ucsc.edu/

Dickens Day – an annual one-day event held at Birkbeck College, University of London, usually in October. Co-hosted by the University of Leicester. Contact the School of English and Humanities at Birkbeck College for further information.

The English Association – The English Association is the oldest established association in the United Kingdom for all those interested in English at all levels, from primary to higher education. Its aim is to further knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the English language and its literatures and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. Founded in 1906, the EA is a registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter. The Association has been based at the University of Leicester since 1993. http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/

Dickens Journals Online

Dickens Journals Online’s aim is to create, by the time of the Charles Dickens bicentenary in February 2012, a complete online edition of Dickens's weekly magazines, Household Words and All the Year Round. In their day, these were phenomenally popular journals, which not only carried instalments of such well known novels as Great Expectations, Hard Times, North and South, and The Woman in White, but also poetry, investigative journalism, travel writing, popular science, history, and political comment.

It will be free at point of delivery. Readers will have access to high-quality facsimile downloads of each weekly number, which will also be fully indexed and searchable, not only on the text but on keywords (i.e. a search under "firearms", "exploration", or "Medway towns" will produce a comprehensive list of hits). Authors' names will be supplied where known, linked to biographical profiles and bibliographies. The site will also document and where possible make freely available all good scholarship relating to the journals. Resources and 'learning journeys' based on National Curriculum requirements will be developed for school readers of Hard Times and Great Expectations at GCSE and A-level. http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/djo/