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From 14/09/2024 until 01/08/2026
Starts 09:00 until 18:00
Starts 09:00 until 18:00
Dates for your diary
Sep2024
The Life & Work of Sylvia Townsend Warner
On 20/02/2025
Starts 14:30 until 15:30
Starts 14:30 until 15:30
Talk and Readings from her works
LOCATION: Gillingham Library, Chantry Fields, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4UA
LOCATION: Gillingham Library, Chantry Fields, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4UA
Feb2025
Hardy and Architecture Study Day
On 22/02/2025
Starts 11:00 until 19:00
Starts 11:00 until 19:00
Discover how Thomas Hardy was inspired by his love of Architecture
LOCATION: 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
LOCATION: 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
Feb2025
Jude the Obscure Study Day
On 05/04/2025
Starts 11:00 until 19:00
Starts 11:00 until 19:00
Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895
LOCATION: Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
LOCATION: Kings Arms Hotel, 30 High E St, Dorchester DT1 1HF
Apr2025
Lecture by Paula Byrne: Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
On 30/05/2025
Starts 19:30 until 20:30
Starts 19:30 until 20:30
Lecture by Paula Byrne: Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
LOCATION: Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA
LOCATION: Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA
May2025
Hardy Society Birthday Weekend
From 31/05/2025 until 01/06/2025
Starts 12:00 until 21:30
Starts 12:00 until 21:30
The annual event celebrates Thomas Hardy's 185th birthday with a full programme of events and activities
LOCATION: 1-7, Cornhill, Dorchester DT1 1BA
LOCATION: 1-7, Cornhill, Dorchester DT1 1BA
May2025
A Beautiful Thread: Thomas Hardy in Words and Music
On 01/06/2025
Starts 15:00 until 21:30
Starts 15:00 until 21:30
A Beautiful Thread celebrates Thomas Hardy in his own words: poetry, novels, and the music he loved so much With Anton Lesser and Orchestra of the Swan
LOCATION: Stinsford Church, Dorchester, DT2 8PT
LOCATION: Stinsford Church, Dorchester, DT2 8PT
Jun2025
Thomas Hardy Lecture
On 02/08/2025
Starts 14:00 until 15:00
Starts 14:00 until 15:00
Thomas Hardy: The Novels, The Novelist and Dorchester
LOCATION: Shire Hall Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UY
LOCATION: Shire Hall Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UY
Aug2025
A Hardy Walk and Talk
On 03/08/2025
Starts 14:00 until 16:30
Starts 14:00 until 16:30
A walk around Dorchester with readings and talk at those places associated with the author.
LOCATION: Outside Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA
LOCATION: Outside Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA
Aug2025
2026 International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - Save the Date
From 25/07/2026 until 01/08/2026
All day event
All day event
2026 International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - Save the Date
Jul2026
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