Raise a glass to 2025!

Our convivial New Year lunch takes place on Tuesday 14 January 2025. Join us! Helen Smith tells us about the 2024 lunch.
George Eliot’s Locations I – Chilvers Coton

As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ This […]
George Eliot’s Locations II – Astley, Griff House and Hollows

As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ For […]
New booklet out now

Anthony Burton has written a new booklet that outlines just why Elizabeth Gaskell is the most versatile of storytellers. And it’s free to read!
Revolutionary Gaskell? A call for papers

We’re thrilled that there’s to be an exciting new Gaskell Conference taking place in Paris in April 2025. Annick Rello-Pommier tells us more and issues a call for papers.
News from Knutsford

Dr Diane Duffy shares news of her plans for our new season of study sessions for the 2024-2025 season.
ALS Spring 2024 Newsletter

If you’re a member of the Gaskell Society, you’re affiliated to the Alliance of Literary Societies. Here’s their 2023 Autumn Newsletter, which we hope you’ll enjoy reading. Contents The 2024 […]