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Dapdune Wharf’s Bookshop Open For The Festive Season

The National Trust at Dapdune Wharf, Guildford, has opened its Christmas bookshop again for this year’s festive season. Now open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4.30pm, the shop…

Book Review: The Singing Bowl By Guildford Author David Stokes

By Hugh Coakley Dinosaurs that talk, a parallel world called Thera, a love interest and an adventure story, is the background to The Singing Bowl, a new fantasy fiction novel…

The 11th Petworth Festival Literary Week Is Back Live And Online

Sponsored article Top authors from across the board will once again be heading to Petworth this coming autumn as the Petworth Festival celebrates the 11th edition of its now firmly…

Guildford Children’s Author Needs Our Votes

By Hugh Coakley Guildford-born children’s author Michaela Kelly is the only Briton among just four out of 2,000 submissions to be shortlisted in the international Ethicool book competition, and we…

Local Author Finding Success After Self-publishing

By Alice Fowler Guildford author Maddy Glenn is celebrating the publication of her first novel, On the Edge. Her novel, which she describes as an easy-going fantasy, tells the story…

Hidden History Of Surrey’s Travelling People Revealed

Book review by David Rose Surrey Census of  Nomads, 1913, edited by Alan Wright. Published by the Surrey Record Society, hardback £20. Just over 100 years ago Surrey was a…

Dragon Interview: Col Patrick Crowley, On His Book ‘Infantry Diehards’

A new book, Infantry Die Hards: Anatomy of a Regiment tells readers about the British Army’s infantry, perhaps the least glamorous arm, but as Field Marshal Montgomery said: “Without them,…

Guildford Dragon Theatre Reviewer Alice Wins National Story Award

A local writer who reviews theatre for The Guildford Dragon has won a national award. Alice Fowler, a former feature writer at the Daily Mail, took the short story prize…

Petworth Festival 2020 Defies The Odds With Online Autumn Special

sponsored article Against all the odds, Petworth Festival (Friday, October 16 to Sunday, November 1) has come up with a stellar line up of performers and authors for the 2020…

Former Surrey Ad Editor’s Latest Local History Book

By David Rose Former Surrey Advertiser editor and local history book author Graham Collyer has published his latest title, but it’s not about his home county! Graham and his wife…