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The 'Casterbridge' Walk [Event]
This is a two-hour walk led by Dorchester's own Town Crier Alistair Chisholm. Beginning at the Town Pump it will take in various 'Casterbridge' sites

A Walk around Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge [Event]
This is a walk investigating Hardy's Casterbridge, led by Town Crier Alistair Chisholm and THS Chairman Tony Fincham

The Mayor of Casterbridge Dorchester Walk [Event]
'from Pummery Ridge to Maembury Ring and Standfast Bridge'

A Casterbridge Tale by Mike Langridge [News]
Discussion of new crime novel at The Sturminster Newton Literary Festival

Thomas Hardy and Casterbridge [Event]
A Hardy Walk and Talk

Outer Casterbridge: Hardy and History Walk [Event]
A Hardy Birthday Weekend Walk to Coincide with the Platinum Jubilee

'Casterbridge' - A New Hardy Adaptation at The Space [Event]
By Not-The-Way-Forward Productions

The End of Casterbridge? [News]
One of the most distinctive aspects of Dorchester is the sharp cut off between town and country on the northern side.

Outer Casterbridge: Hardy and History [Event]
A Festival of Archaeology Walk led by Mark Chutter

Dorchester Heritage Open Day - Free Guided walk: Thomas Hardy [Event]
Dorchester Heritage Open Day - Free Guided walk: Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend [Event]
Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend

The New Hardy Players present The Mayor of Casterbridge [News]
Adapted for the stage by Philip Goulding

The Kings Arms [News]
Welcome to The King's Arms, a real hotel fictionalised in The Mayor of Casterbridge.

2016 THS Conference [Page]
Celebrating 130 years since the publication of The Mayor of Casterbridge

Save Our Countryside! [News]
Take a Walk for STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester) - Developers want to build an urban area larger than Poundbury on Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd country.

Philip Lange - The Pianist of Casterbridge [Event]
A Performance of Music Contemporary with Hardy and a Schubert Sonata for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Dorchester Through the Lens of Thomas Hardy [Event]
A Talk by THS Chairman Mark Chutter Hosted by Dorset Museum

Roman Casterbridge [Event]
The 1st day of "Hardy Week" - For THS Conference Ticket holders Only

The Mayor of Casterbridge Walk [Event]
A walking tour of Hardy's novel set in Victorian Dorchester

The Mayor of Casterbridge - Mirthy Bookclub Q&A with Dr Tracy Hayes [Event]
Exploring the 'Life and Death of a Man of Character'

Thomas Hardy's Dorchester [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

A Casterbridge Quiz and Buffet [Event]
How much do you know about Thomas Hardy and Wessex?

Louise Leigh- Distracted [Event]
As part of the Hardy Har comedy festival, Louise Leigh brings her show Distracted to the historic Casterbridge room at the Kings Arms Hotel

Hardy and Architecture Study Day [Event]
Discover how Thomas Hardy was inspired by his love of Architecture

McCarthy Stone Thomas Hardy Poetry Competition [News]
Win £150 Book Vouchers!

The Thomas Hardy Archive [News]
The largest collection of Hardy material at the Dorset History Centre

Hardy Annuals In Words and Music [Event]
Thomas Hardy In Words & Music

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend [Event]
The annual event celebrates Thomas Hardy's 185th birthday with a full programme of events and activities

Beyond Egdon [Page]
Beyond Egdon Dorset - Thomas Hardy Country

Walk: Hardy as an Architect [Event]
A Walk around Dorchester and Fordington

A Casterbridge Chronicle [News]
Hardy and the Romans in Casterbridge

Christmas in the Courtroom [Event]
A dramatic and musical celebration of Yuletide

The Dynasts: A Thomas Hardy Society Study Day [Event]
The Dynasts is a drama in verse and prose by Thomas Hardy. Hardy himself described this work as â€˜an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenesâ€™.

Palm Sunday THS & STAND Walk [Event]
A walk in support of Save The Area North of Dorchester.

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2025 [News]
Celebrating 185 years of Hardy

Madding Crowd [Event]
Come and join us for a fun and informal discussion group. Each week, we will read a section of Thomas Hardy's novel, Far from the Madding Crowd, discussing our thoughts about the text.

Thomas Hardy Society and STAND Walk (Save the Area North of Dorchester) [Event]
A walk across water-meadows and down-land under threat by developers

In the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy [Event]
Join us for A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy

THS Birthday Weekend [News]
It was an extremely successful weekend - the weather was glorious. Richard delivered a brilliant sermon regarding Hardy at the service at Stinsford.

Novels [Page]
Complete Texts of Thomas Hardy's Novels

Dorchester Literary Festival | A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy [Event]
Dorchester Literary Festival | A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy

The HoE Creative Writing Workshop [Event]
Creatively exploring the themes of the novel

Hardy Perennials by Brenda Sharp [Page]
An original dedication

The Hand of Ethelberta Creative Writing Workshop [Event]
Creatively exploring the themes of the novel

Thomas Hardy Lecture [Event]
Thomas Hardy: The Novels, The Novelist and Dorchester

Hardy's Love Poems - 10 Lovers, 50 Poems [Event]
A Presentation by Giles Keating, Athelhampton House

Hardy’s Fordington [Event]
A walk through Hardy’s Durnover

A Hardy Postcard Collection in Virginia [Page]
Joyce Hurt Teaches Hardy in America

2026 THS Conference [Page]
Thomas Hardy Week - THS Biennial Conference -

Stinsford and North Dorchester Walk [Event]
In conjunction with STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester)

The Thomas Hardy Archives at the DHC [News]
The raw materials of research and discovery

'Love, praise, indifference, blame' [Event]
Phillip Mallett, University of St Andrews. This talk looks at some of the 150 or so poems Hardy wrote about his first wife, Emma, after her death in 1912.

27th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
"Thomas Hardy Week" at the 2026 THS Conference

Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend 2021 [News]
Celebrating Hardy's 181st Birthday!

The 2022 Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend [Event]
A Jubilee Weekend Walk, Lecture, Supper and Evening Performance

Thomas Hardyâ€™s Loss [News]
A Lament by Dorchester Town Crier Alistair Chisholm

THS War Poetry Conference [Event]
A Weekend to Remember ...

The Thomas Hardy Society Annual General Meeting 2025 [Event]
THS AGM 2025

SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER STUDY WEEKEND [News]
THOMAS HARDY AND SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER STUDY WEEKEND IN DORCHESTER, 10-11 FEBRUARY 2024. The study weekend organised jointly by the Thomas Hardy Society and Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, led off on Saturday 10th Feb with a day-long mini-conference in the Learning Room of Dorchester Library

Hardy and Dorset Dialect [Event]
A fun and friendly event with a nod to poet William Barnes on his 225th birthday

Short stories [Page]
Short stories

Dorchester Vintage Bus and Coach Running Day [Event]
WHOTT Celebrates Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend - June 2021 [Event]
Events from the Thomas Hardy Society to commemorate the author's birth 181 years ago

Mark Chutter - The White Apron, The Skimmity Ride and Subversive Religion in Hardy's Mixen Lane [Event]
A Keynote Lecture for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Hardy's Dorset Gallery Tour [Event]
Showcasing the life and works of Thomas Hardy

Hardy and Patriotism by Professor Fred Reid [Event]
The 2022 THS Birthday Weekend Lecture

Talk: Mary Channing [Event]
Come and join the chairman and academic director of the Thomas Hardy Society in a talk about Mary Channing.

New Publications: Objects in Hardy and Conrad [News]
The French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies (FATHOM) has the pleasure to announce the publication in FATHOM, the French e-journal of Thomas Hardy studies, of its latest issue on "Objects in Hardy and Conrad".

Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Townsend Warner: Wessex Writers [Event]
Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Townsend Warner: Wessex Writers

Writers' Workshop with the Bards of Dorchester and Dorset [Event]
Inspired by Hardy: Writing Place, Memory and Voice

Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair 2021 [Event]
A Mixture of Online and Interactive Activities and Presentations

Hanging, Punishment and Justice in the Works of Thomas Hardy [Event]
A Lecture by Mark Chutter

Exploring Hardy's Upwey [Event]
Walk, Talk and AGM

THS Conference Saturday 1st August [Event]
Bookable events on the final day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

THS Call for Papers [News]
The 27th International Thomas Hardy Conference & Festival

Women and Witchcraft in Lolly Willowes and The Withered Arm [Event]
A Talk by Mark Chutter for Shire Hall Museum

Hardy's Statue All Spruced Up! [News]
Thank you Dorchester Town Council

SOLD OUT: Jude the Obscure Study Day [Event]
BOOKINGS ARE NOW CLOSED

Hardy, Powys: Time and Place - A Joint Study Day [Event]
Thomas Hardy and the Powys Family

D-Day for Dorchester by Alistair Chisholm [News]
The S.T.A.N.D (Save The Area North of Dorchester) coordinating group is gathering together the various challenges to the development of this site

Thomas Hardy and the Influence of Conflict [Event]
At Dorset Museum with Kate Adie, Phillip Mallett and Tai-Chun Ho

Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2010 Report by Brenda Parry [Page]
Brenda's highlights of the 2010 Conference

Revised THS Programme 2020 [News]
A revised programme in light of Covid-19.

Twenty-Fourth International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - 2021 [Event]
The rescheduled conference IS STILL GOING AHEAD!

Hardy & Archaeology: The Shadow on the Stone - FULLY BOOKED [Event]
Casterbridge announced old Rome in every street, alley, and precinct

The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival

Exeter University Students Visit to Dorchester [News]
On the trail of Thomas Hardy

Dorchester War Poetry Conference 2025 [News]
A Weekend to Remember

A Hardy Family History Research Trip [Page]
Val Weedon researches her family connections to Thomas Hardy

Make Your Voice Heard! Support STAND! Save Hardy's Wessex! [News]
Oppose Cultural Vandalism!

Mass Blot on the Landscape [News]
Norchester - THS Chair's Letter

Hardy's Wessex Under Threat! [News]
Proposed North of Dorchester Development

Obituary for Helga Schulz [News]
A Dedication to a Life-Long Lover of Hardy

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2026 [Event]
Celebrate with a weekend of Hardy-related activities

Save Our Dorchester, Save Your County Town! [News]
Stop the development of 4000 on the Water Meadows!

The Dynasts Study Day [Page]
The Dynasts is indeed both a rattling good history by a melioristic pacifist and a work of epic proportions!

Professor Fred Reid Tribute [News]
BBC Radio 4 Tribute following the sad passing of Professor Fred Reid

Hardy and Shakespeare by Tracy Hayes [Page]
Thomas Hardy's relationship with Shakespeare began at a relatively early age. At 13, while attending Isaac Last's school, he had already read all of Shakespeare's tragedies

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2023 [Event]
Hardy, Dorchester and World War I

Links [Page]
Links to Societies promoting Thomas Hardy

THS AGM 2026 [Event]
The Thomas Hardy Society - Annual General Meeting 2026

Unsung Heroes of HardyLand - Margaret Marande [Page]
A series celebrating the individuals who work behind the scenes to provide us with unique Hardyan experiences.

Timeline [Page]
Timeline

Thomas Hardy: A Beginner's Guide [Page]
Thomas Hardy: A Beginner's Guide

The Hand of Ethelberta Study Day [Event]
Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of A Comedy in Chapters

STAND and Thomas Hardy Society Walk Report [News]
A walk to discover how much beautiful Wessex countryside will be lost

A Dark Day - 11.1.28 [News]
The Death of Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy Lecture Series [Event]
Free Lectures Hosted by Mirthy Online Community

THS Conference Wednesday 29th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 5th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

THS partners with Dorset Museum [News]
Celebrate 185 Years of Thomas Hardy with a Series of Insightful Talks

PETER TAIT, THOMAS HARDY'S WOMEN: IN LIFE AND LITERATURE [News]
A Thomas Hardy Society Book Review by Dr Tracy Hayes

2019 THS Study Day [Page]
2019 marked the 145th anniversary of the publication of Far From the Madding Crowd

2019 [Page]
Minutes from the 2019 AGM and details of Accounts

Life [Page]
Thomas Hardy

The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy Chapter 4: Death, Dying and the Macabre [Page]
By Patrick Tolfree

Hardy's Silly Soldiers - Tracy Hayes [Page]
Hardy's Silly Soldiers

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Harvest Home with the Distracted Preacher

On 20/09/2026
Starts 15:00 until 19:30

Hardy, Powys: Time and Place - A Joint Study Day

From 24/10/2026 until 25/10/2026
Starts 10:00 until 17:00