Category Archives: News

Mrs Dickens’ Songbook at the State Library of NSW

Posted on March 12, 2019 by nswdickens

Misses Dickens vocal. [between 1840 and 1859?] State Library of NSW Mitchell Library   As Caroline Baum -State Library of NSW Reader in Residence – writes one of the highlights of the Boz in Oz: 112th Dickens Fellowship Conference was … Continue reading →

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Join us on 2 February 2019

Posted on January 22, 2019 by nswdickens

Saturday 2nd February NSWDS AGM + A talk by Susannah Fullerton OAM, FRSN; Queen Victoria & Charles Dickens  2019 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. There’s no better time to look at the relationship between the Queen … Continue reading →

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Another cracker of a Dickens/Brontë Christmas lunch!

Posted on December 2, 2018 by nswdickens

On Saturday 1 December 2018 seventy members and guests of both the NSW Dickens Society and the Australian Brontë Association gathered together to celebrate a Victorian Christmas lunch in Cellos Grand Dining Room at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney. Opened … Continue reading →

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Boz in Oz conference

Posted on November 21, 2018 by nswdickens

Our long awaited Boz in Oz: Charles Dickens’ Colonial Connections conference is now over. We had Great Expectations for the 112th Dickens Fellowship International Conference – which began with a Reception at the Sydney Town Hall with Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore – and … Continue reading →

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Our 2019 Weekend by the Seaside

Posted on October 25, 2018 by nswdickens

Saturday, 18th May: The Dickensian Child: Angels, Innocence & Early Death – Walter Mason How did Dickens contribute to English myths of childhood? Many of the children in his books like Oliver Twist, Tiny Tim, Little Nell and Poor Jo … Continue reading →

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112th Dickens International Fellowship

Posted on October 24, 2018 by nswdickens

Boz in Oz: Charles Dickens’ Colonial Connections is about to commence! Registration begins from 3pm Thursday 25 October 2018!! We look forward to welcoming delegates from all over Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Sweden, UK & USA. Many thanks to … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Juvenilia Press

Posted on October 23, 2018 by nswdickens

Thanks to our Sponsors Juvenilia Press which publishes early works by a variety of writers such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Philip Larkin, Margaret Atwood and Charles Dickens. The scholarly editions of these early writings by children and adolescents (up … Continue reading →

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Thanks Jane Austen Society of Australia

Posted on October 23, 2018 by nswdickens

Thanks to our conference Sponsor, the Jane Austen Society of Australia. A sister literary society, JASA is a member-based association bringing together lovers and admirers of Jane Austen. Wouldn’t Dickens be pleased to have a friend like Jane Austen! Jane … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Lindfield Books

Posted on October 22, 2018 by nswdickens

Thanks for our Sponsor Lindfield Books; an independent bookstore who are keen to share their knowledge and passion about books. Dickens would have been impressed! Lindfield Bookshop @LindfieldBooks

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Thanks to Slightly Foxed

Posted on October 22, 2018 by nswdickens

Thanks to our Bronze Sponsor Slightly Foxed, the independent-minded quarterly which introduces readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. And Charles Dickens certainly fits the bill there!! Slightly Foxed @FoxedQuarterly

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