Online Talk: Vintage Victorian Christmas Cards
onlineThe Victorians loved the festive season and created a new tradition of sending Christmas cards by important illustrators such as Kate Greenaway and Alice Havers. Victorian cards often included the […]
Manchester Meeting – The Restoration of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomWe're especially delighted to welcome our dear friend, Frank Galvin, for our December illustrated talk. Frank is a retired museum curator who worked for Stockport’s Heritage Service for 32 years: […]
Online Talk: Christmas Literature
online'I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year…' A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the best known and most loved of all […]
Second-Hand Book Sale
Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove,, Manchester, United KingdomThe monthly second-hand book sale at Elizabeth Gaskell's House is a must-visit for book lovers. Two rooms packed full of books of all genres, including contemporary fiction, art, gardening, photography, classics, […]
Second-Hand Book Sale
Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove,, Manchester, United KingdomThe monthly second-hand book sale at Elizabeth Gaskell's House is a must-visit for book lovers. Two rooms packed full of books of all genres, including contemporary fiction, art, gardening, photography, classics, […]
New Year Lunch, 2023
Cottons Hotel and Spa Manchester Road, Knutsford, United KingdomWe're thrilled to welcome back members and friends for our wonderfully convivial New Year lunch - a firm favourite in our society's calendar. Join us at the the Cottons Hotel, […]
Online Talk: Mary Barton – An Introduction
onlineA new season of Mary Barton events begins at Elizabeth Gaskell's House with this introduction to her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. The story is a tale […]
Online Talk: Mary Barton’s Manchester
onlineBack by popular demand, Dr Diane Duffy leads us on a literary journey of discovery to the places, buildings and landmarks of Manchester as featured in Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel […]
Knutsford Meeting – January 2023
Brook Street Chapel Adam's Hill,, Knutsford, United KingdomOur discussion series for 2022-23 looks at Wives and Daughters. First published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine, between August 1864 and January 1866, Wives and Daughters was unfinished when […]
Letters and Elizabeth Gaskell
Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United KingdomCarolyn Lambert is the Gaskell Society’s Letters Recorder, responsible for hunting down and investigating new Gaskell letters. Her talk will cover academic theories of letter-writing; letters in Gaskell’s fiction and […]
Manchester Meeting – Rooms with a View
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomRooms with a View: Soft Furnishings in North and South This talk will explore what the furniture in North and South tells us about the social world Gaskell inhabits. […]
Second-Hand Book Sale
Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove,, Manchester, United KingdomThe monthly second-hand book sale at Elizabeth Gaskell's House is a must-visit for book lovers. Two rooms packed full of books of all genres, including contemporary fiction, art, gardening, photography, classics, […]
Online Valentines Talk: Mr Thornton vs Mr Darcy
onlineIn this lively online event we take a closer look at two of literature’s best loved heroes – Mr Thornton from Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South and Mr Darcy from […]
Online Talk: Passion and Propriety – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Fashion
onlineElizabeth Gaskell had a love of fashion, enjoying foreign styles on her travels, and a fan of beautiful shawls and patterns at home. This talk, by Margo Singer, looks at […]
Knutsford Meeting – February 2023
Brook Street Chapel Adam's Hill,, Knutsford, United KingdomOur discussion series for 2022-23 looks at Wives and Daughters. First published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine, between August 1864 and January 1866, Wives and Daughters was unfinished when […]
Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Visit to Chatsworth
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom‘I feel more like Cinderella, than anyone else you can imagine’: Elizabeth Gaskell’s visit to Chatsworth On Saturday 12 September 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell and her daughter Meta were amongst many […]
Second-Hand Book Sale
Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove,, Manchester, United KingdomThe monthly second-hand book sale at Elizabeth Gaskell's House is a must-visit for book lovers. Two rooms packed full of books of all genres, including contemporary fiction, art, gardening, photography, classics, […]
Online Talk: Writing Women
onlineJoin Dr Diane Duffy for a special look at 19th century women writers’ experiences, starting with Elizabeth Gaskell and reflecting on the lives of giants of literature including Jane Austen, […]
Knutsford Meeting – March 2023
Brook Street Chapel Adam's Hill,, Knutsford, United KingdomOur discussion series for 2022-23 looks at Wives and Daughters. First published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine, between August 1864 and January 1866, Wives and Daughters was unfinished when […]
Second-Hand Book Sale
Elizabeth Gaskell's House 84 Plymouth Grove,, Manchester, United KingdomThe monthly second-hand book sale at Elizabeth Gaskell's House is a must-visit for book lovers. Two rooms packed full of books of all genres, including contemporary fiction, art, gardening, photography, classics, […]
Online Talk: Literary Heroines
onlineA celebration of Mary Barton and the greatest 19th century literary heroines by women writers from Jane Austen to the Brontës. Writers like Elizabeth Gaskell question our views of Victorian […]
ALS AGM Weekend
Winchester various venuesThe Alliance of Literary Societies has its AGM weekend in April (the same weekend as our own AGM on 22 April, unfortunately). The Gaskell Society is a member of the ALS, […]
The Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2023
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting takes place at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester 10.00 Tea and Coffee 10.30 Annual General Meeting 11.45 The Daphne Carrick Memorial Lecture Why Read Elizabeth Gaskell? […]
Knutsford Meeting – April 2023
Brook Street Chapel Adam's Hill,, Knutsford, United KingdomOur discussion series for 2022-23 looks at Wives and Daughters. First published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine, between August 1864 and January 1866, Wives and Daughters was unfinished when […]
Domestic Mental Cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Works
Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United KingdomA talk by Kathleen Gentle Kathleen Gentle, a postgraduate researcher at Anglia Ruskin University, examines the depiction of psychological abuse in familial and spousal relationships and focusing on Sylvia’s Lovers […]