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Alan Dale cooks up a prizewinning story
WWC member Alan Dale found the right recipe for success when his 250-word short story ‘The False Note’ recently won second place in a National Association of Writers’ Groups competition. The Pam’s People competition includes among its prizes some Hungarian cookbooks. ‘The False Note’ tells how the main character’s wife vanishes after he sees an… →
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Magic! Mushroom farm becomes a wetland, thanks to preservation society
by Greg Freeman Out in the countryside between Woking and Chobham a transformation has been taking place. A 17-acre former mushroom farm that was largely covered over in concrete is being turned into a wetland to attract birds – and the public – by Horsell Common Preservation Society, the charitable membership company that owns great… →
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April’s Writing Opportunities
Compiled by Dermot Hoare It’s all going a bit HG Wells crazy in Woking this year, his 150th anniversary – and why not? Now here’s a short story competition for all ages. With the theme Alien – naturally – wordsmiths of all ages have until midnight on Wednesday 20 July 2016 to pen… →
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THE MARTIANS ARE BACK! WOKING CELEBRATES HG WELLS
It’s the 150th anniversary of the birth of HG Wells this year – and the 70th anniversary of his death as well. He may have lived for only a short time in Woking, but he put the town well and truly on the map by beginning his world-famous sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds… →
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