Inspired by a surge of interest in Walter de la Mare’s work after a conference on his short stories organised by King’s College, London, a group of critics and aficionados formed a society to honour the memory of Walter de la Mare in 1997.
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Is the Society still going?l have contacted them numerous times and had no response
Hello Carol
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, the Walter de la Mare society website does not seem to be active. It appears that their Facebook group was active last year, so you could try and contact them via that? I have pasted the link here: https://www.facebook.com/p/Walter-de-la-Mare-100058705310319/
We do apologize that we cannot be of more help.
Please don’t hesitate if you have any other questions.
Best wishes
Isabel