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2025 AGM and Autumn Meeting 22/11/25

The AGM and Autumn Meeting will be on 22nd November at Open Ealing. We’ll be discussing blended and step- families in CMY’s work, including The Young Stepmother which is a favourite with many of our members. . Our keynote speaker will be Hannah Rosefield, a writer and researcher with a keen interest in blended families in all their forms. She’s well qualified to speak on this topic as she   has  a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University, where she wrote a thesis about stepmothers in Victorian literature and culture, focusing on works by writers including Charlotte Mary Yonge, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mrs Henry Wood and Henry James. There will also be short contributions from members and plenty of opportunities to chat about all things Charlotte Yonge. Guests are welcome at the Autumn Meeting and if you’d like to attend please let us know via our Contact Us page.

Book Group 2 August

The next book group will meet on Zoom on 2 August 2025 to discuss A Review of Nieces and Come to her Kingdom.

Book group titles and dates for 2025

8 February 2025 Henrietta’s Wish 10 May 2025 The Young Stepmother 2 August 2025 A Review of Nieces and Come to Her Kingdom 8 November 2025 The Chaplet of Pearls 13 December 2025 Discussion on dress in CMY novels

December book group

The Christmas special meeting of the CMYF book group is on Saturday 14 December 2024 at 3 p.m. GMT, and will discuss Food and CMY. Contributions are invited of memorable meals in the books, CMY herself and food, or any aspect of 19th century meals that anyone cares to share

Spring meeting 2024

The Spring meeting will be an outing to the Museum of the Home (formerly the Geffrye Museum) in Hoxton, and will take place on Friday, 19th April. Details of how to sign up for this meeting will be included in the Spring Mailing to members.