Members of the Melbourne Dickens Fellowship hold regular meetings at The Faichney Room
Toorak Uniting Church, 603 Toorak Rd, Toorak, Victoria starting 7:30pm for 7:45pm
We welcome visitors. Please just come along & announce yourself. (Map)
If you have any questions or are interested in joining, please CONTACT US
Upcoming presentations and speakers are also listed on the home page.
Date |
Event / Presentation |
|---|---|
Friday February 4th |
The Dickens 210th Birthday Commemoration Dinner: Guest Speaker: Michael Challinger, Barrister and Writer.6:30pm for 7:00pm, University House, University of Melbourne |
Wednesday March 16th |
Introduction to Bleak House: Elisabeth Neales |
| In this introduction to Bleak House, Elisabeth Neales will outline the plot and introduce the main characters. Members of the Fellowship will read out sections to remind those who have not read the novel recently and introduce it to those who have never read it. | |
Wednesday April 20th |
Of Waifs, an Ironmaster, and a Changing England: Jennifer Johnstone |
| In this session we will be concentrating on a selection of passages from Bleak House, specifically examining the power and mastery of Dickens’s language as he brings the world of the novel and its characters to life. |
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Wednesday May 18th |
The Houses of Bleak House: Alan Dilnot |
| TBC | |
Wednesday June 15th |
Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo and the Sea: Peter Spriggins |
| TBC | |
Wednesday July 20th |
The President’s Night: Gilbert and Dickens (with apologies to Sullivan) – Updated and Presented Live: Frances Hutson |
| TBC | |
Wednesday August 17th |
(1) Tavistock House: the Smallest Theatre in the World: Veronica Delafosse(2) Nominations for Office Bearers and Committee |
| Home of “The Smallest Theatre in the World” in which The Frozen Deep was first staged and where Bleak House was written. Dickens lived here 1851-1860. | |
Wednesday September 21st |
(1) Annual General Meeting and Elections(2) Great TV, but is it Bleak House?: Terry Hayes |
| TBC | |
Wednesday October 19th |
(1) Celebrating 40th Anniversary of our Newsletter: Andrew Gemmell, current editor interviewing Alan Dilnot, founding/former editor(2) Doctors: with reference to Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens: Alan Dilnot |
| TBC | |
Wednesday November 16th |
Smallpox: Deborah Rhodes |
| TBC | |
Wednesday December 14th |
Christmas Party (for Members) |
| Traditional Readings, Carol Singing, and Supper. | |