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Annual conference

The Annual Conference

The Annual Conference has an important role to play in the organisation of the Fellowship. However, the official business of any conference is usually disposed of in half a day and the rest of the time is devoted to lectures, outings and entertainment. 

Mrs Mantels from Pickwick Papers
Annual Conference - Carrera Conference

At The Carrera Conference

Carrera Chamber of Commerce Presentation

Chamber of Commerce Carrera

Aberdeen Branch Members with Gerald Dickens

Aberdeen Branch Members with Gerald Dickens

Conference Banquet Aberdeen 2016

Youngest delegates at Eastbourne 2010

Youngest delegates at Eastbourne 2010

Ghosts of Conferences Past ...

2019 - Eastbourne - 26-29 July
2018 - Sydney, Australia - 25-30 October 2018
2017 - Carrara, Italy - 20-25 July 2017 (view pictures)
2016 - Aberdeen, Scotland - 20-25 July 2016
2015 - Bristol, England – 23-28 July 2015
2014 - Chicago, USA -16-21 July 2014
2013 - Boulogne Sur Mer, France - The 107th annual conference was held in France 26 June - 1 July 2013
2012 Portsmouth, England In the bicentenary year the 106th annual conference was held in the city of Dickens’s birth, from 9th-14th August 2012.
2011 Christchurch NZ cancelled due to earthquake. A mini conference, the 105th, was held in Canterbury, England in July 2011
2010 Eastbourne, England The 104th conference of the Dickens Fellowship was held in Eastbourne from 21st to 26th July 2010.
2009 Cleveland, Ohio USA The 103rd conference of the Dickens Fellowship was held in Cleveland, Ohio.