I am Dee La Vardera, a writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and non-fiction books on local history and WW2-related subjects. ‘Dewfall-hawk’ is Thomas Hardy’s poetic word for the nightjar which appears in ‘Afterwards’, a favourite poem of mine.
Whatever the medium – poetry, prose, music, painting, sculpture or photography, it is a joy to have the freedom to express oneself and to share one’s view of the world with others.
Coming soon
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
the story of the theft of Wiltshire’s Bronze Pigs
by Dee La Vardera
illustrated by Richard Cowdy
Robbed, recovered, restored
The
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New Society of Authors group starts in Bath
There are about 217 members of the Society of Authors in Bath and District area and we hope that this
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Cover story
What I've learned about self-publishing this week:
It's hard work. Not hard physical labour like harvesting the wheat in this
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Waste not, want not
Hope springs eternal in this writer's breast, as another raft of literary festivals advertise their competitions for this autumn: Yeovil,
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