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'Wessex Heights â€“ Thomas Hardy and Romanticism' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Tony Fincham

Commemorative Merchandise [News]
You may have noticed that we have designed a special logo for this year, celebrating 50 years of the Thomas Hardy Society.

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

Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Thomas Hardy's Tomb [News]
In a poignant annual tradition, a gathering of some dozens assembled at Westminster Abbey on the 13th of January to pay homage to Thomas Hardy, whose ashes, along with a sprinkling of Wessex soil, rest in Poetsâ€™ Corner.

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

Wessex Writers' Walk [Event]
Exploring the area's Literary Connections

Wessex Songs [Event]
100 years of Thomas Hardy, come on a journey with Thomas Hardy

Tatterdemalion and Tim Laycock - 'Satires of Circumstance' [Event]
A Musical Performance of a Treasured Volume of Hardy Poetry for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2021

Wessex Museums 1: Dorset Museum [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Wessex Museums 2: Poole Museum [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Wessex and Hardy [News]
Wessex and Hardy. A new play written for our venues by Ann Davidson with traditional music and costume, well-loved works and hidden gems, our players bring to life this onward march.

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

A History of English Poesy [Page]
An original poem by Edward Black

Wessex Superstitions [Event]
A Talk for Wessex Museums by Owen Davies

Wessex Writers Walk [News]
Dorchester's literary connections to Hardy, Moule, the Powys family, Barnes, and Sylvia Townsend Warner

Wessex Dramas Project [News]
The Well Beloved

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

Wessex Museums 4: Wiltshire Museum Devizes [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

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

Edward Bourne - Drawing Hardyland [Event]
A Presentation of Drawings Inspired by Hardy's Wessex

Hardy's Wessex [Page]
Hardy's Wessex

Hardy's Hand of Fate [Event]
Hardy's Hand of Fate

A Beautiful Thread - The Wessex Tour [News]
Thomas Hardy in Words and Music

Far From the Madding Crowd [Event]
Celebrating film and fiction in Wessex, and especially the Far From the Madding Crowd films of 1967 and 2015, this tour led by the THS's Sue Clarke

Wessex at MUTT - Everything Dog [News]
A new shop in Brewery Square, Dorchester

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

Call for Papers: Wessex - Landscapes, Histories and Identities [News]
Seeking Contributions for a new volume on Wessex

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

Thomas Hardy for Beginners [News]
A Talk by Dr Tony Fincham

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.

â€˜Woman much missedâ€™: The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry [Event]
An Online Talk for Wessex Museums

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.

MARK CHUTTER A LITERARY WALK – WESSEX WRITERS [Event]
A guided walk with Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society, Mark Damon Chutter, through Dorchester and Fordington to explore the world of architect, writer and poet Thomas Hardy

What lies beneath Max Gate? [Event]
Wessex Museums, in partnership with National Trust and HengeFest

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

Spring's a-shine [News]
How Hardy celebrates Spring

Wessex Walks: Weatherbury [Event]
NOW FULLY BOOKED A Walk around Puddletown - Hardy's Weatherbury

2020 THS Study Day [Page]
2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Trumpet-Major

[CANCELLED] Darkest Wessex: Hardy and the Gothic Short Story [Event]
A Hardy Country Series Lecture 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

'Fallen Wessex: Hardy's Subversion of Milton's Paradise Lost' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Tracy Hayes

Resources [Page]
Resources

Wessex Tales Chinese E-book [News]
Translation by Rongyue Liu

Sherborne Tour: Sherton Abbas [Event]
Explore the former capital of the Kingdom of Wessex

Dorset Council Local Plan Update [News]
Hardy's Wessex Under Threat

Portland Tour: The Isle of Slingers [Event]
Explore landmarks featured in The Well Beloved

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

A Hedgehog Hospital for Dorset [News]
The raffle at the 2024 Conference Dinner was in aid of hedgehog conservation. After discussion about the possible impact the Hardys’ unruly terrier, Wessex, might have had on Hardy’s description of the Max Gate hedgehogs as being ‘furtive’, £204.32p was raised

FAQ [Page]
Frequently Asked Questions about Thomas Hardy

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.

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

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

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

Postcards [Page]
A Postcard of your visit to Hardy Country

The Purbeck Way to Lulworth Cove [Event]
A Circular Walk from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door

The Fiddler of the Reels [Event]
A tour led by Dr Tony Fincham, this will be a musical exploration of the territory where Mop Ollamoor exercised his acoustic magnetism over Car'line Aspent:

The 2018 London Lecture [Event]
The 2018 London Lecture will be on Thursday 8th November, at Birkbeck College, in Malet Street.

Thomas Hardy Country Fair [Event]
Thomas Hardy Country Fair at Kingston Maurward from 12 noon onwards on Sunday 15th July 2018

On the Cusp of Change [Event]
Ann Davidson with Newbury Dramatic Society - WESSEX AND HARDY: on the cusp of change. The essence of Hardy’s loves and passions, his regrets and melancholy is captured here in a skilfully written new play by Ann Davidson

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

Wessex Love Songs - Created by Arthur Keegan [News]
Celebrating Hardy's Poetry and Music

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

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

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

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

Thomas Hardy: Wessex Love Songs [Event]
Music in Country Churches - Minchinhampton

Join [Page]
Membership

Thomas Hardy in Chinese [News]
A Group of Noble Dames Available in China

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

William Barnes and Thomas Hardy: Study Day [Event]
The Barnes Society and the Thomas Hardy Society are pleased to present a joint study day on Saturday 26th October

London Lecture 2024 [News]
London Lecture 2024: ‘Friends Beyond : Barnes, Moule, Hardy and Fordington Vicarage’.

THS Conference Friday 31st July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 7th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

Hardy Perennials by Brenda Sharp [Page]
An original dedication

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.

Far From the Madding Crowd - THS Study Day 2019 [Event]
2019 will mark the 145th anniversary of the publication of Far From the Madding Crowd.

The Trumpet-Major THS Study Day 2020 CHANGE OF VENUE! [Event]
CHANGE OF VENUE!!! THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT!!

Timeline [Page]
Timeline

A Hardy Larkin Weekend [Event]
A joint study weekend with the Philip Larkin Society with talks by experts from both societies and walks, including a reconstruction of Larkin’s 1976 visit to Dorchester with Monica Jones.

Hardy’s Purbeck: Eliza Nicholls & Ethelberta [Event]
The Hand of Ethelberta & A Pair of Blue Eyes

Hardy Memorial Service 2026 [News]
THS Remembrance Service at Westminster Abbey

The Mellstock Quire [Event]
Presented by The Estuary Players

Two Crusted Characters [Event]
A Drawing and Painting Workshop from Life by Gillian Lacey

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

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

Summer Lodge and The Acorn Inn [News]
Hospitality Discount for THS Members

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

Dorchester Water Meadows [News]
The original guide to sustainable living

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

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

Short stories [Page]
Short stories

A Successful Study Day at the King's Arms [News]
All about Hardy & Architecture

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

Pride Month: Free Talk at Dorset Museum [News]
Exploring the Lives and Literary Contributions of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland

All about Jude [News]
A successful Study Day discussing Jude The Obscure

Thomas Hardy and T.E. Lawrence - Their Friendship and Milieu [Event]
A Joint Society Day Hosted by the Thomas Hardy Society and the T.E. Lawrence Society

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

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

The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy: An Appraisal [Page]
A Monograph by Patrick Tolfree - Edited and with an Introduction by Phillip Mallett

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

A Visit to Bathsheba Everdene's House [Page]
Cassam Jany visits Waterston Manor

The Folio Society - Collected Poems by Thomas Hardy [News]
Selected and introduced by Robert Macfarlane, Illustrated by Stanley Donwood

Hardy's Wessex Once Again Under Threat! [News]
The STAND Committee have uncovered a deception which could lead to 30 000 homes being built on top of Far From the Madding Crowd land.

Save the Area North of Dorchester! [Event]
A Public Meeting to Save Hardy's Countryside

Harvest Home with the Distracted Preacher [Event]
A Harvest Festival event at St Michael's Church, Owermoigne

Blood on the Bramble [News]
New Book from Molly Dunne, Third Bard of Caer Dur

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€™.

Thomas Hardy Week 2026 [News]
The 27th International Thomas Hardy Festival and Conference

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.

STAND Says: Save Our Green Fields! [News]
Say NO to 4000 Homes on Hardy's Landscape!

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

A Modern Hardy Pilgrimage by Nancy Powell [News]
As published in The Belting Zodiac

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

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

Thomas Hardy Society Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Westminster Abbey [News]
A Review by Mark Chutter

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

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

Westminster Abbey Anniversary Wreath-Laying 2023 [News]
A review by THS Chairman Mark Chutter

'Hardy and Heritage' - An International Conference [Event]
A CFP from FATHOM - The French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies

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

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

Links [Page]
Links to Societies promoting Thomas Hardy

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

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy [News]
A Brand New Sky Arts Documentary for September

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

Hardy & Archaeology [Event]
A Talk with a View and a Dorset Cream Tea

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'

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

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

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

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

When I set out for Lyonnesse [Event]
When I set out for Lyonnesse, One hundred and fifty years ago. A celebration of Thomas Hardy’s first visit to Cornwall in March 1870

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?

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

The Beginning - A Joint Conference Between the Dylan Thomas Society and the Thomas Hardy Society [Event]
The Beginning - A Joint Conference Between the Dylan Thomas Society and the Thomas Hardy Society

Empire, the West Country and Thomas Hardy [Event]
Hardy & Colonialism

The Real Woman Behind Tess of the dâ€™Urbervilles [Event]
An Online Talk with Rose Wallis, Edwina Grosvenor and Angelique Richardson

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

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

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 Lockdown by Tracy Hayes [Page]
Hardy and Lockdown

Life [Page]
Thomas Hardy

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

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

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

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

Hardy and Two First World War Poets [News]
An article by JoAnna Stephens Mink

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

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

Best and Worst Poems of Thomas Hardy [Page]
A Blog by Thomas Tyrrell on Hardy's Poetic Oeuvre

Call for Papers: 'Green Hardy' [News]
FATHOM (French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies) Seeks Submissions

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

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

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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