Dickensblog

New digital release date for 'Copperfield'!

Thanks to Josh in the Dickensblog Facebook group and to Ruth on Instagram who wrote to tell me that the digital release for The Personal History of David Copperfield has now been set for November 17. (It will not be exclusive to Amazon Prime.) You can read more here. 

'Copperfield' U.S. Amazon Prime debut apparently delayed

As I posted earlier this month, The Personal History of David Copperfield was supposed to be made available on Prime today, but -- frustratingly -- it's not there yet. I'll keep an eye out and keep you posted!

Five Tony nominations for 'A Christmas Carol'

Congratulations to A Christmas Carol on Broadway, which got nods for Best Original Score (Christopher Nightingale), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Rob Howell), Best Costume Design of a Play (Rob Howell), Best Lighting Design of a Play (Hugh Vanstone), and Best Sound Design of a Play (Simon Baker)! The awards will be held digitally sometime this fall or winter (the date should be announced soon).

More Dickens stamps

The Isle of Man has released a new batch of Charles Dickens commemorative stamps -- five stamps featuring  and one featuring the "Lost Portrait." Fans of actor, writer, and Dickensian Simon Callow will be pleased to learn that he has autographed the limited edition first-day covers. Go here to read more, and go here to order them!

A LEGO Carol

Brick Fanatics reports that LEGO.com is giving away this charming new Christmas Carol  set with purchases!

Coming to a screen near you!

In your own home, that is, if you have Amazon Prime! The Personal History of David Copperfield will be "available to buy or rent" on Prime on October 16! (I haven't yet seen any news about a Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD release, but will keep an eye out.)

I'll probably always regret that I missed out on the big-screen experience I'd been looking forward to, but for now I'm just happy that I'll finally have a chance to see it.

First trailer for 'Twist'

Here's your first look at the upcoming and updated Twist film! 

Flickering Myth has more details, plus a poster.

A tribute to Fanny Dickens

Musician Frances "Fanny" Dickens has had a temporary statue erected in her honor in Portsmouth, just steps away from the statue of her brother. It's one of several statues of sisters of famous men placed throughout the U.K., inspired by the new Netflix film Enola Holmes.

Happy book birthday to 'The Gospel in Dickens'!

At long last, my Dickens book is out in the world! I hope many of you will enjoy it (and leave me some Amazon reviews, if you'd be so kind! :-) ). 

We had a great virtual launch party tonight, courtesy of Plough, my publisher. If you were unable to watch at the time, you can go to this link to watch at your leisure.

Al Kasha, R.I.P.

You may have seen the news that the award-winning songwriter died last Monday at age 83 . . . but did you know he wrote a musical version of David Copperfield? Copperfield the musical ran for only 39 performances on Broadway in 1981, but it did earn Kasha and his songwriting partner Joel Hirschhorn a Tony nomination for Best Original Score!