Membership of The Burney Society (UK) is open to everyone who is interested in the life and writings of Frances Burney and/or her family. The annual subscription is £20 for individuals, £25 for couples living at the same address, £10 for full-time students. The subscription rate is reduced to £15 for those less than five years post graduation.
Annual membership runs from 13 May each year, to coincide with our financial year and a reminder will be emailed to members on or around the 1st May. Current members who pay on or around 13 June each year, to coincide with the anniversary of Frances Burney’s birthday, can continue to do so.
Membership is payable by bank transfer or UK cheque. . Please email us at ukburneysociety@gmail.com for updates on international payments.
Benefits of membership include:
The Burney Society UK Newsletter, emailed to members seasonally.
The Burney Letter, edited by Lorna Clark, emailed to members in the Spring and Fall.
Full members are entitled to a print copy of The Burney Journal, an annual peer- reviewed scholarly publication.
Attendance at our online seminars, held in Spring and Autumn, and the opportunity to present Burney related papers.
Participation in our Conferences and Symposiums, which are alternate each year. Membership of the UK Burney Society also qualifies you to attend the North American conferences, which are held in alternate years to our conferences. Our next conference will be held in 2026 in Oxford.
The opportunity to apply for our annual research Bursary and the annual Hemlow Prize (see Bursary page).
Voting at our AGM and the opportunity to stand for election onto the committee.
The opportunity to support research into the Burney family and their associates through our annual bursary and grants.
Research advice and information on questions related to the Burney family and their associates.
To join for a year, please download a copy of our membership form available via the link below and email it to ukburneysociety@gmail.com
Please email you membership form to ukburneysociety@gmail.com however you choose to pay.
If you wish to pay for your membership by cheque please make your cheque payable to Burney Society and post to: Trudie Messent, Secretary, Burney Society UK, 11 Beaconsfield Road, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0PN England.
