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Thomas Hardy in Salisbury - the Salisbury Literary Festival [Event]
A walk around Hardy's Salisbury, led by THS members Pat Withers and Brenda Parry as part of the Salisbury Literary Festival.

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Events

Wessex Museums 3: Salisbury Museum [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Past events [Page]
Historic events

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Wessex [Event]
A lecture by Dr Tony Fincham as part of the Salisbury Literary Festival

Fordington Vicarage [Page]
St. Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, was given Salisbury Field by his royal uncle, William the Conqueror, in the 11th century. Fordington vicarage was built in 1222 and demolished in 1971 to make way for social housing.

Gender and Hardy [Event]
A Talk for Salisbury Museum by Dr Tracy Hayes

Mary and Kate Hardy: Salisbury, Wessex and Beyond [Event]
A THS Conference Book Signing and Q&A with authors Ann Johns and Jenny Head

THS Conference & Festival Sunday Service [Event]
Led by the Reverend Canon Edward Probert

Thomas Hardy and Religion at Sarum College [Event]
A Day Course Led by Richard Franklin

Friends Beyond - Barnes, Moule and Hardy [Event]
A Lecture by Mark Chutter

2018 THS Conference [Page]
The Society's 50th anniversary will be mainly focused on the Festival and Conference which will take place from 14th to 21st July.

Tolpuddle Family Lives [Event]
'Tolpuddle Family Lives' is a full programme of events running at Tolpuddle Old Chapel

Join [Page]
Membership

Dates for your Diary [Event]
Dates for your diary

Thomas Hardy's Wessex [Event]
A Three-Night Tour of Discovery and Inspiration

'A Dorset Year: The Poetry and Prose of William Barnes and Thomas Hardy' [Event]
Beckley and Area Community Benefit Society

Dalloway Day Event [Event]
Come and celebrate Virginia Woolf and her acclaimed 1925 novel, Mrs Dalloway, with an evening of lively discussion and a film screening.

In the footsteps of Tess and Angel: A walk around the environs of Wool [Event]
In the footsteps of Tess and Angel: A walk around the environs of Wool

Wareham Choral Society Presents 'Dorset Jubilate' [Event]
Featuring Hardy's 'The Oxen' and 'The Darkling Thrush'

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

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

Laugharnival Week [Event]
As part of the Festival, the Laugharne Players are performing three “rehearsed readings” of Under Milk Wood

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

Links [Page]
Links to Societies promoting Thomas Hardy

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

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

Thomas Hardy in Words & Music - a special performance at Stinsford Church [News]
Thomas Hardy in his own words: poetry, novels, and the music - A Beautiful Thread, with Anton Lesser and Orchestra of the Swan

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.

Fordington Vicarage Receives Blue Plaque [News]
Celebrating Hardy's Great Friends the Moule Family

Wessex Museums Crowdfunder Appeal [News]
Become Part of Hardy's History!

Hardy's Wessex [Page]
Hardy's Wessex

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

The Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2022 [Event]
Registration is Open!

About [Page]
The Thomas Hardy Society is an educational Charity founded in 1968 with the intention of promoting public knowledge and understanding of the life and works of the Dorset poet and novelist to anyone with an interest in Thomas Hardy anywhere in the world.

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

'Hardy's Wessex' Dorset Museum Volunteers Wanted [News]
Landscapes that Inspired a Writer

Our Partners [Page]
Learn more about the Hardy Country initiative partners

An Evening of Hardy Music and Poetry [Event]
A performance on harp and flute by Florence and Virginia Astley

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

Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Poets' Corner [Event]
Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Poets' Corner

Inauguration of Thomas Hardy Memorial Stone [News]
In Stinsford Church at the 2021 THS Conference and Festival

Far From the Madding Crowd at The Redgrave Theatre [Event]
A new production by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Hardy and the Classroom [News]
Two recent events by Thomas Hardy Society members for teachers and students of nineteenth-century texts at GCSE Level

Exhibition Concept Developer - Thomas Hardy, Wessex Museums Partnership [News]
As part of our National Portfolio Organisation programme, the Wessex Museums Partnership will deliver a major exhibition on the life and work of Thomas Hardy in the summer of 2021

Hardy and Milton: Subverting Paradise Lost [Event]
A Mirthy Group Lecture by Tracy Hayes

Lulworth Castle and Concert Postponed [Event]
Due to low numbers, the Visit to Lulworth Castle and the Saturday Concert have been Postponed

Thomas Hardy and Religion by Richard Franklin [News]
Theological Themes in Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy Exhibition Project Curator [News]
Wessex Museums Partnership is looking for a Project Curator to lead on the development and delivery of a major temporary exhibition about the life of Thomas Hardy, opening in May 2021.

The Life and Times of Thomas Hardy - Three Lectures [Event]
A Fund-Raising Event for the Dorset History Centre Hardy Collection

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

Music and Archaeology - An Afternoon of Discovery [Event]
Presented by Turner Sims in partnership with the University of Southampton Music Department and Archaeology Department, and the John Ireland Trust

Celebrate Hardy's Birthday at Hardy's Cottage! [Event]
Tours, Cake and Lemonade at Bockhampton.

Tess, a feminist vision of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel [News]
Ockham’s Razor, the UK’s foremost circus theatre company, presents a bold new vision of Hardy’s classic novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Touring the UK from October 2023 to June 2024

Six men, one dog, a Queen and a horse! [News]
Join Dorchester Sheroes in their quest to erect Dorchester's first non-royal female statue and celebrate an overlooked shero from our past.

Before and After Summer [Event]
Finzi's Song Cycle from Hardy's Texts

Journals [Page]
The Thomas Hardy Society currently publishes three journals each year. Members of the Society receive print copies and/or electronic access, depending on their membership status. Journal contents are also published in digital format on ProQuest Literature Online.

[POSTPONED] The Trumpet-Major Study Day [Event]
Marking the 140th anniversary of the publication of Hardy's novel.

The New Hardy Players present, A Rehearsed Reading of Stronghold of Happiness [Event]
The New Hardy Players present, A Rehearsed Reading of Stronghold of Happiness

The Mellstock Quire [Event]
Presented by The Estuary Players

2018 Birthday Weekend [Event]
The 2018 Birthday Weekend will begin on Saturday 2nd June (168 years after Hardy was born).

10th DORCHESTER LITERARY FESTIVAL [Event]
10th DORCHESTER LITERARY FESTIVAL 2024 - Literary festivals are such a pleasure, for both readers and writers.

A THS Message [News]
News from the Chairman and Secretary

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

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

THS STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION 2022 - DEADLINE EXTENDED! [News]
‘HARDY AND TRAVEL’

Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair 2023 [Event]
A Dorset Celebration!

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

Tess, a feminist vision of Thomas Hardy's classic novel [Event]
Tess uses the original text combined with the physical language of circus, allowing the performers to retell the well-known story of power, loss and endurance through a feminist lens.

Dorchester Walking Festival 2023 [Event]
Including Two Walks led by THS Chairman Mark Chutter

R.I.P. Rose Swann [News]
Beloved Wife of Furse and Dear Friend to all Hardyans

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

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

West Gallery Carol Concert from the Ridgeway Singers [Event]
An Evening of Joyous Dorset Music

A Beautiful Thread: Thomas Hardy in Words and Music [Event]
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

CAITLIN by Mike Kenny [Event]
Before the poet Dylan Thomas died at the tender age of 39, he and his wife Caitlin boozed, binged and brawled their way through the bars of Britain in the 1930’s

THS Membership Fees to Change [News]
Subscription Rates to Change in Accordance with new Regulations

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.

Dr Hugh Epstein - The Nature of Awareness in Hardy's Fiction CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME [Event]
The Thomas Hardy Society Annual Lecture 2020 CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME

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 ‘an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes’.

Rites of Way with Thomas Hardy [Event]
Event Launch in conjunction with the Thomas Hardy Society

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

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

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

'Great Things' by Mark Chutter [Page]
Revisiting THS Memories During Lockdown

Thomas Hardy Poetry Workshops in Schools [News]
THS Academic Director Dr Faysal Mikdadi leads Hardy poetry workshops in schools across England

Thomas Hardy and Tess at Sturminster Newton Literary Festival 2023 [Event]
Featuring 'The Second Mrs Clare' by Michael Langridge - sequel to 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

Hardy/Larkin Conference Weekend [News]
A conference held at Kingston Maurward to celebrate Philip Larkin's birthday and the 70th anniversary of his Hardy pilgrimage

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

The Wessex Dramas Project [News]
Thomas Hardy's stories as films and podcasts. Here is the first copy of what is now our quarterly newsletter.

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

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

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

Notice of Thomas Hardy Society AGM [Event]
Agenda and Minutes of the Last Meeting

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

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

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

Hardy and Gothic Wessex [Event]
A Weekend Conference Featuring Dorset's Darker Side!

Thomas Hardy Society visit to Stourhead [News]
The Thomas Hardy Society visited Stourhead on Saturday, 28th September, with a private viewing of the original letters

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

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

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

The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative? - Faysal Mikdadi [Page]
The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative?

A Tribute to Professor Rosemarie Morgan [News]
R.I.P. Colleague, Mentor, Friend

Time, Memory and Emotion in The Trumpet-Major - Andrew Hewitt [Page]
Time, Memory and Emotion in The Trumpet-Major

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

Inspired by Thomas Hardy - Students' Poetry Workshops [News]
An article published in Dorset Year Book 2020

What is Learning? [Page]
An article written for the London Progressive Journal by THS Academic Director Dr Faysal Mikdadi

A Ridge in Wessex: South Dorset During the Napoleonic Wars - Andrew North and Mark North [Page]
A Ridge in Wessex: South Dorset During the Napoleonic Wars

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

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