The Dickens Project

watch John O. Jordan's discussion on Bleak House (full vid below) youtube.com/watch?v=P8turU…

Join us Sunday, 03/22 at 1pm on Zoom! Register here: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Thank you, Santa Cruz 💛 Grateful to our organizers, brilliant students, and to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for hosting us.

New exhibition opening at the Book Club of California, with remarks by Liz Pollock — author, collector, and proprietor of Cook’s Bookcase. The exhibition will be on view through July 17, 2026. Details + RSVP: mailchi.mp/ce59a57b1dcd/j…

We loved seeing DDOW highlighted in The Cricket, celebrating how UCSC’s program continues to mark Charles Dickens’s birthday by bringing students into conversation with his work through reading, reflection, and writing. read more here dickenssociety.org/the-cricket/ce…

Today marks the 214th anniversary of CD’s birth 🥳🎉🎂 Around the world, DF branches will celebrate, upholding our aim to ‘knit together in a common bond of friendship lovers of that great master of humour and pathos, Charles Dickens’

📚✍️ Dickens Day of Writing — Dunwoody, GA We’re excited to share moments from Dunwoody High School’s Dickens Day of Writing!

Dickens Day of Writing recap! ✍️ On Feb 4, high school students in Santa Cruz & other satellite schools came together to read the opening of Bleak House and write from it! All pieces will be collected into an anthology publishing later this spring. Stay tuned!

📚 Join us at the Dickens Universe 2026! Register now—we can’t wait to see you! 📖💛 dickens.ucsc.edu/dickens-univer…

📣 Volunteers needed! We’re seeking writing mentors for Dickens Day of Writing in Santa Cruz on Feb 4 🖋️📚 Spend the day supporting student writers & celebrating Dickens, creativity, and the joy of writing. Info & sign-up: 👉 teachers.ucsc.edu/dickens-day-of…

📚 Fellow Dickensians! The Philadelphia Dickens Fellowship is also reading Bleak House this year. dickensphila.org/pages/current-…

📣 In the media! Dickens Project faculty Renee Fox is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle discussing Monster Studies👻📚 Read more: sfchronicle.com/california/art… #DickensProject #MonsterStudies #VictorianStudies

What haunted Charles Dickens? 👻 A visit to Gad’s Hill Place and the Christmas imagination behind A Christmas Carol. 🎥 youtu.be/ic6YLWAxWl8 #DickensProject #Dickensian

✍️ Santa Cruz Dickens Day of Writing A full day of writing, mentoring, and creativity inspired by Dickens — for high school juniors & seniors. 🗓️ Feb 4, 2026 📍 Santa Cruz 👉 Register: teachers.ucsc.edu/dickens-day-of…

“Come in! And know me better, friend.” Discover how to host your own Christmas Carol–inspired tea: uptontea.com/.../come-in-co…... Wishing you a holiday full of warmth, kindness, and many happy cups of tea. God bless us, every one! 💖✨

UPCOMING Join us for the rescheduled Dickens Universe talk with Co-Founder John O. Jordan on the “noisy” soundscape of The Old Curiosity Shop 🕰️ 📅 Sun, Dec 7 ⏰ 1–2:30 PM PT 💻 On Zoom – register here: ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are launching a new Victorianist Writing Retreat during #DickensUniverse 2026! ✍️🌿 July 26–Aug 1, UC Santa Cruz. For scholars working on a book, chapter, or article in 19th-c. studies — you’re invited. Details & application: dickens.ucsc.edu/vwr Deadline: Dec 1, 2025.

Thank you, Giving Day donors! 🩶🩷🩵 Your generosity helps us continue building spaces where students, scholars, and community members can write, think, and create together

The 46th Dickens Universe is coming--July 2026! Our novel is **Bleak House** More details soon--mark your calendars📅