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Little Book Of Poems Raising Funds For Alzheimer’s Society

A former auxillary nurse at hospitals in Guildford has published a book of her poems dedicated to those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and also their families and friends. Money raised…

New Book: Rambling Railwayman’s Recollections

Retired railwayman Geoff Burch, from Worplesdon, has written his third book all about his fascinating career with trains. Rambling Railwayman’s Recollections and starts where my his book, The Ramblings of a Railwayman…

Shalford In WWI – A Story Of Gardeners And Gunpowder

Some years ago Shalford historian Margaret Dierden began researching the backgrounds of all those commemorated on the village’s war memorials. Such is her dedicated and detailed methods of research, she has…

Dragon’s David Rose To Give Talk On His Methods Of Local History Research

Hear Guildford’s leading local historian and Dragon NEWS writer David Rose give a fascinating insight into his methods of research – and the huge archive of material he has collected,…

Book review: A History Of Burpham Primary School

From its small beginnings in 1908, Burpham Primary School has, to date, welcomed many children through its doors. And of course, over that time education methods have changed considerably. It can be…

The Guildford Book Festival’s Silver Anniversary – ‘Bigger and Better Than Ever’

By Ruchi Srivastava This year sees the 25th Guildford Book Festival. The organisers say that it promises to be bigger and better than ever with an impressive line up of…

Book Review: Battlefield Rations – A Story of Food, Hope And Charity

By David Rose Military history now includes much more than just the stories and facts about great battles won and lost down the ages. Those interested in the subject are…

Dragon Interview: Lynne McVernon on Getting Her First Novel Published

There are many aspiring authors among us and, as the old saying goes, we all have a book within us. That might be true but few get published. Even if…

Book Festival Promises to Be Ab Fab

By Dani Maimone If Saturday’s launch was anything to go by this year’s Guildford Book Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever before. With a new Creative Director,…

Previews: Off the Page – For The Book Clubs of Guildford – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in partnership with Random House are presenting a short series of conversations with best-selling authors.  On Tuesday, August 20, we enjoyed a wonderful evening in the…