This international society was founded in 1997 to promote knowledge of and interest in the life and works of Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939).
The author of nearly 80 books and the founding editor of two groundbreaking periodicals, the English Review (1908-10) and the transatlantic review (1924), Ford is best known as the writer of The Good Soldier (1915), and the Parade’s End tetralogy (1924-8). He was also a well-regarded poet, memoirist, critic and cultural impressionist, including among his works a ‘personal remembrance’ of Joseph Conrad and a number of books about his ‘Pre-Raphaelite childhood’.
This site has been designed to provide information about the Society’s activities, about Ford’s life and work, and about the published work and scholarship available on Ford.
If you are an admirer, an enthusiast, a reader, a scholar, or a student of anything Fordian, then this society would like to hear from you, and welcomes your participation in its activities.
- Biala at Frieze Masters and Galerie Pavec
Jason Andrew, Director of the Estate of Janice Biala, has been in… - Letters and Literature 1500-2025: Programme now AvailableThe programme is now available for the “Letters and Literature 1500-2025” conference…
- Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern WorldFord’s lover Jean Rhys is currently being celebrated in an exhibition at…
- Weird Modernisms Conference: July 2026We are thrilled to share the Call for Papers for next year’s…
The second novel of the Parade’s End series, No More Parades was published in 1925. As this second printing of the US edition shows, it was well received!
Open Access IFMFS Articles
Each month we make two sample chapters from the International Ford Madox Ford Studies series available to download free of charge.
Visit this page to see this month’s chapters!
Happy reading!
Contributions Wanted!
We are always interested in Ford-related news (conferences, publications, reviews, interesting discoveries, etc), so please let us know if you spot anything of interest.
Society members may also like to write for the Society Blog – short articles on anything related to Ford and his circle. See this page for examples, and please get in touch if you are interested in contributing something to the Society Blog.
See this page for some ideas!
- In Search of David Dow Harvey: Part 2By Andrew Gustar In the first part of this article we followed…
- In Search of David Dow Harvey: Part 1By Andrew Gustar Anybody studying Ford’s works will soon encounter David Dow…
- In the lists: those desert island titlesBy Paul Skinner Of her ‘desert island books’, the novelist Penelope Lively…
