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  Walter de la Mare Society Website
                                                          
                           

Upcoming Events

London English Song Festival
Programme of 30 Walter de la Mare Songs for Children
6th May, 7.30pm  The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden London NW1 7NL
www.londonenglishsongfestival.org/event/walter-de-la-mare-songs-of-childhood

News

'Songs to Walter de la Mare'
Composed by Sjef Frenken
This recently released CD comprises settings of 40 poems by de la Mare, sung by the composer,
backed by members of the Aomezeyck Ensemble. 

Recent BBC Radio Event

BBC Radio 7 recently aired a selection of short stories by Walter de la Mare, read by a variety of actors. The first - All Hallows - was beautifully read by Richard E Grant on Christmas Eve. The others were: Seaton’s Aunt, Crewe, A Recluse, The Almond Tree
     

Recent Publications

‘The Ghostly Concept of Childhood in the Fiction of Walter de la Mare’, in The Lion and the Unicorn 34.3 (September, 2010)

 

‘Ghostly Relations: The Aunt-type in the Fiction of Walter de la Mare’, in English 59.226 (Autumn, 2010)

                                       

Recent Society Events

Dr. Glen Cavaliero
Lecturer in English, St.Catharine's College, Cambridge
6pm for 6.30pm at Monday 7th November 2011
The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT 

'Connections and Diversions' -
A Sideways Look at Walter de la Mare
Written and Performed by Anne Harvey, The Art Workers Guild 28th October 2010

 
Walter de la Mare Blog Forum

Please take a little time to check out the new Society Blog Forum which offers all those interested in the life and work of de la Mare to correspond, discuss questions and share ideas