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[thethe-image-slider name=”Ramblings of Railwaymen”] It’s a well known fact that railwaymen love talking about the old days – especially steam engines. Take their memories and their stories, add a superb…
October 24, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
By Flora Windebank One of the biggest names to visit the book festival this year is chef, novelist, businesswoman and entrepreneur, Prue Leith. She talked about her explosive new autobiography.…
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A Guildford rector’s regular blog on his parish’s website and his commitment to the local community has resulted in him being asked to write a new book. Reimagining Discipleship: Loving…
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By Flora Windebank Do you know how to train a dragon? Waterstones book shop was the place to be to find out when Cressida Cowell, acclaimed author of the How…
September 29, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
By Phil Costen Ben Mcintyre introduces us to a group of eccentric fantasists involved in double and, possibly, triple-cross deceptions to convince, or reinforce, the Nazi high command view that…
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By Flora Windebank Celebrated children’s author Derek Landy visited Guildford last week to give a talk on his new book Kingdom of the Wicked. It is the seventh book in…
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Join Second World War historian and Times journalist Ben Macintyre for an illustrated talk on the secrets of the D-Day spies at Waterstones Guildford on Wednesday, September 12, at 7pm. Ben…
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By Flora Windebank Philippa Gregory, award winning author of The Other Boleyn Girl, adapted into a BBC TV serial and a Hollywood film, talked to a sell out Guildford audience…
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Waterstones Guildford welcomes internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory to its store on Thursday, August 16, at 7pm, to celebrate the publication on the same day of the fourth in The Cousins’…
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Tony Robinson of Blackadder and Time Team fame explained last night to a Guildford audience how he started writing children’s books. He was mentored by Richard Curtis who, after Blackadder,…
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