Trollope Society

16/06/2026

My copy of Trollopiana 134 arrived today!

This Summer 2026 issue features Anthony S. Trollope’s fascinating article Anthony Trollope: The Champion of the Hawkesbury River, exploring Trollope’s visit to Australia in 1871 and the lasting impact of his writing on one of Australia’s most celebrated waterways. The issue also includes an article by Moira Redmond on Jo Walton’s Tooth and Claw, together with details of forthcoming Trollope Society events, including our Bristol weekend exploring Trollope’s Australian connections.

If you are a member of the Trollope Society and have not yet received your copy, you can read or download the digital edition now at:
https://trollopesociety.org/trollopiana/numbers-131-140/trollopiana-134/

Printed copies should already have arrived, or be arriving shortly, for members in the UK. Members in the United States should expect their copies in around a week's time.

15/06/2026

📚 New Online Speaker Series: Trollope – The Law & Transgression
Following the success of our Cambridge Conference, we're delighted to bring many of the speakers back for a free online series exploring law, justice, morality, gender, religion and social transgression in the novels of Anthony Trollope.
Join an outstanding line-up of academics, lawyers, writers and readers, including Tom Crewe, Deborah Denenholz Morse, Gary Watt, Linda McClain, Claire Laporte and more.
📅 July 2026 – May 2027
🕗 Thursdays at 8.00pm (UK time)
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟 Free to attend
Register once and join as many talks as you like.
Find out more and register at:
https://trollopesociety.org/bulletin/2026/cambridge-conference-online-series-2026-27/

05/06/2026

The Belton Estate BIG READ
Starts Monday 15th June at 8pm on Zoom Chapters 1-11
Can Clara Amedroz find happiness while balancing love, duty and financial uncertainty? Join the BIG READ and discover where her choices lead.
Register free https://trollopesociety.org/event/the-belton-estate-big-read/

26/05/2026

📚 Join us for the concluding meeting of the Trollope Society BIG READ 2026 as we reach the end of Anthony Trollope’s extraordinary late novel, Mr Scarborough’s Family.
We are delighted that the concluding talk will be given by Professor Deborah Denenholz Morse, one of the world’s leading Trollope scholars and a distinguished critic whose work has helped reshape modern understanding of Trollope’s fiction. Professor Denenholz Morse is especially known for her writing on gender, law, morality, and social criticism in Trollope’s novels.
Mr Scarborough’s Family is one of Trollope’s boldest novels: a darkly comic tale of inheritance, legitimacy, family conflict, and the manipulation of the law.
🌍 Readers from around the world are warmly welcome to join us online.
🗓 Monday 1 June at 8pm (UK time)
💻 Free via Zoom
Register here:

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24/04/2026

Today we mark the 211th anniversary of Anthony Trollope’s birth.
Today we mark the 211th anniversary of Anthony Trollope’s birth.
Why do we still read him, and why do we still read him together? In our latest blog, we reflect on his enduring appeal and the Big Read, now in its fifth year.
Read more here:

Today marks the 211th anniversary of the birth of Anthony Trollope, a novelist who, more than most, continues to feel present in our lives. He wrote about the pressures of society, the pull of money, the demands of work, and the complications of love with a clarity that still speaks directly to us.....

09/03/2026

📖 9 March – The Bertrams, Chapters 25–36

Time zone reminder for North American participants
A note for participants in the USA and Canada joining tonight’s BIG READ meeting.

Daylight saving time began in North America on Sunday 8 March, but the UK remains on Greenwich Mean Time until 29 March, when British Summer Time begins.

So today’s BIG READ session will take place at 8.00 pm London time, which is:

• 4.00 pm Eastern
• 3.00 pm Central
• 2.00 pm Mountain
• 1.00 pm Pacific

We look forward to seeing everyone this evening.

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07/03/2026

If you’re thinking of joining us for the Trollope Society Conference on 27–28 March, this may be a good moment to book.
We have had a couple of cancellations and now have two residential delegate places available. These include accommodation and the full conference programme.
If you would like to take advantage of these places, please book as soon as possible, as final numbers will be confirmed in the next few days.

Registration is now open

04/02/2026

North West Reading Group:
Henry Esmond (William Makepeace Thackeray)

⚠️ Date correction
This meeting was mistakenly listed as Wednesday 4 February. The correct date is Thursday 5 February at 2.00-4.00pm

Join us in person at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester for a friendly discussion of Thackeray’s Henry Esmond (1852). The group is welcoming and relaxed, and we read Trollope alongside other Victorian writers he knew and admired.

💷 £5 (collected on the day)
Register to attend at

Date correction: Please note that this meeting was mistakenly published as Wednesday 4 February. The correct date is Thursday 5 February. Many apologies for the error and any inconvenience caused. The Trollope Society’s Northwest Reading Group meets in person at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manch...

03/02/2026

Trollope Society Conference 2026, 27-28 March 2026
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Trollope: The Law and Transgression

This conference will bring together readers, scholars and Society members to explore how legal and social boundaries are drawn, challenged and enforced in Anthony Trollope’s fiction. Across the novels, questions of law, property, marriage, inheritance, reputation and moral responsibility recur with striking force, offering rich ground for discussion and debate.

A limited number of residential places remain available, and we are also pleased to offer a range of non-residential and day delegate options, allowing members and guests to attend in a way that suits them.

Registration is now open

11/01/2026

The BIG READ of Rachel Ray begins on Monday 12 January 2026 at 8.00pm (UK)

Discover Rachel Ray, Trollope’s searching study of gossip, moral judgement, and quiet resilience in a small English town. As reputations falter and respectability hardens, Trollope asks who gets to decide what is proper, and at what cost.

Join the BIG READ and read Rachel Ray at a steady pace of around a chapter a day, with friendly Zoom discussions every fortnight. The BIG READ is free and open to everyone. Register now and join us at the start of the read.

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