Celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens

Dickens 2012 is an international celebration of the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the bicentenary of his birth, which falls on 7 February 2012.

Although a writer from the Victorian era, Dickens’s work transcends his time, language and culture. He remains a massive contemporary influence throughout the world and his writings continue to inspire film, TV, art, literature, artists and academia. Dickens 2012 sees a rich and diverse programme of events taking place in the run up and throughout the whole of 2012.

To mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens's birth on 7 February 2012, celebrations under the Dickens 2012 banner will be taking take place all over the world from Australia to Zurich.

For more information see Dickens 2012