Centennial Events

To Honor the Centenary of Bram Stoker’s Death

Bram Stoker died in London on 20 April 1912.

The year 2012 marks the centenary of his death,

and commemorative events are planned throughout

the year.

To inquire about Bram Stoker Estate participation and presentations,

please contact: Bram Stoker Estate

In honor of the centennial of Bram’s death, the Horror Writers Association will present the

2012 award for Vampire Novel of the Century,

to be given in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Estate.  

 

Bram Stoker’s Lost Journal to be published in 2012, to coincide with the Centenary.

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CENTENNIAL EVENTS - Plans to Date:

29 March - 1 April 2012

Jeremy Wagner announced as sponsor of the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century

World Horror Convention Horror Writers Association Stoker Weekend

Salt Lake City, Utah USA   Nominees Announced

Visit Dublin,

the city where Bram Stoker was born

and Dracula was conceived.

Soak up the history; explore the mysteries during the

Special Events to Commemorate

The 2012 Centenary of Bram Stoker's Death

“Welcome to my house. Enter freely and of your own free will"

9 April 2012

A Very Special Literary Event, 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf

The House Where Bram Stoker was Born in 1847

Details to Follow

10 April 2012

Irish Writer’s Centre, Dublin

Aidan Hickey’s new portrait of Bram Stoker, a founding member of the

Dublin Painting and Sketching Club will be presented to the Irish Writer’s Centre, followed by a program on Bram’s interest in art and theatre.

Contact - Patricia McLoughlin  patmcgloughlin@eircom.net

12-14 April 2012

Stoker Centenary Conference at Hull University and Whitby, N.Yorkshire UK

Bram Stoker and Gothic Transformations

Lectures by Sir Christopher Frayling, Clive Bloom, and Luke Gibbons

Special Presentation by Elizabeth Miller and Dacre Stoker

14 -15 April 2012

Bram Stoker Centenary Conference at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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15 - 29 April 2012

The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club

134 th Annual Exhibition , Concourse Gallery Dun Laoghaire, Rathdown County Hall

16 April 2012 

Clontarf Historical Society, St John’s Hall, Clontarf Road, Dublin

"Bram Stoker, author of Dracula – commemorating his death in 1912”

Presented by Dennis McIntyre. Contact Kay Lonergan: clontarfhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

19 April 2012   -  6 PM

Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin

Terry Eagleton, Academy Discourse: "Count Dracula and Bram Stoker"

Considering Dracula in the context of traditional evil

19 April 2012

Two Bram Stoker Commemorative Postage Stamps,

based on designs by David Rooney will be released by AN Post-throughout Ireland

Two 1st day covers and 1 mini sheet can be ordered by phone: (00353) 1 705 7400.

19 April 2012

Stoker Family Gathering in London

Family Members and Invited Guests

20 April 2012

Visit to Golders Green Cemetary, London 2 PM

London Dracula Society Event

20-21 April 2012     

Open Graves Open Minds

Bram Stoker Centenary Symposium

University of Hertfordshire, Keats House, Hampstead

For further information please contact Dr. Sam George

Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of Hertfordshire      s.george@herts.ac.uk

For Booking:   go.herts.ac.uk/bramstoker

20 April 2012

Friday 1:10 PM

Dracula at the Dublin Writers Museum 18 Parnell Square

A dramatized reading in costume of excerpts from Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

20-22 April 2012

"Vampires and/as Science"

Organizer: Clemens Ruthner,

Lecturer in German at Trinity College Dublin

ruthnerc@tcd.ie    www. Niemandsland

20-22 April 2012

Isle of Wight Arts Festival

Includes a Celebration of Bram Stoker,

with presentations by Bram's great grandson,

Noel Dobbs and Brian J. Showers of Dublin's Bram Stoker Society

12 May 2012

Clontarf Historical Society: A Walk in Clontarf

Led by Dennis McIntyre

Contact Kay Lonergan: clontarfhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

29-30 June 2012

Dracula and the Gothic in Literature, Pop Culture and the Arts

An interdisciplinary colloquium at the centenary of Bram Stoker's death

University of Minho - Braga, Portugal

Visit Dublin,

the city where Bram Stoker was born

and Dracula was conceived.

Soak up the history; explore the mysteries during the

Special Events to Commemorate

The 2012 Centenary of Bram Stoker's Death

“Welcome to my house. Enter freely and of your own free will”

4 - 9 July 2012

A Family Reunion for Stokers, Stoker relations and friends from all over the world

Various Venues in Dublin, Ireland

Tours, Family History Seminars, Special Events

Make new friends and meet your Stoker relatives

Watch for more details including a Centenary Dinner, special hotel prices, and contact information.

5-6 July 2012

Bram Stoker Centenary Conference 2012:

Bram Stoker: Life and Writing - Dr. Roy Foster, Keynote Speaker

Featuring Paul Murray, author of From the Shadow of Dracula: A Life of Bram Stoker;

Professor Christopher Frayling, Professor William Hughes and Professor Carol Senf,

in a Panel Discussion:  The Facts and the Fictions: Interpreting Stoker

Department of English, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Contact:  Jarlath Killeen -  killeej@tcd.ie

6 July 2012 - 3 PM

Roy Foster on Bram Stoker's Dublin

Presented at the Little Museum of Dublin,

as part of its Dublin Lecture series.

7 July 2012 (Saturday afternoon)

National Library of Ireland, Dublin

“Bram Stoker’s Notebook”

An Illustrated Presentation by Elizabeth Miller & Dacre Stoker

31 October 2012

Stoker Dracula Organization

Halloween Festival, Clontarf

Some information on this page, courtesy of :    

Elizabeth Miller, and her websites

Dracula's Homepage

Dracula Research Centre

Already Past tense:

9 February - 25 February

The Bram Stoker Estate has been invited to attend the

2012 World Premiere of "Stagefright" at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmonds, England

Magic & Shock in Stagefright-Norwich Evening News

Page updated 8 March 2012