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18th April 2008

Articles published on the Live for the Outdoors website

15th March 2008

The Bluffer's Guide to Hiking is schedule for publication later in 2008, by Bluffer's Guides/Oval Books.

11th December 2007

Invited to judge the article/essay category for The New Writer's Poetry & Prose competitions.

November 2007

Booked for NAWG Durham Festival in Sept 2007. Visit www.nawg.co.uk to find our which of my workshops I shall be running.

26th October 2007 - The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom - Published

 
20th September 2007

Full programme of Wolds Words festival released. Click here for PDF brochure

 
8th July 2007

Book signing at Burway Books in Church Stretton, during the Church Stretton Food Festival.

 
2nd July 2007

Best Walks in the Welsh Borders published.

 
12th June - 20th June 2007

Various appearances on BBC local radio publicising "Fundraising for a Community Project"

 
25th May 2007

You can now buy my books direct from my website. Click here for shop online.

 
25th May 2007

Fundraising for a Community project is published.

May 2007

New book commissioned for popular humorous series - further details to be announced soon

 
May 2007

New humorous book planned for Christmas 2007 - further details to be announced soon

 
May 2007

Commissioned by Country Walking for a new series of routes for their 'Down Your Way' section

 
April 2007

Begin judging the National Association of Writers' Groups Travel writing feature category in their annual competitions. Did you enter? Did you read my advice in the April issue of Link?

 
April 2007

Judged the Grace Dieu Writers Circle Short Story competition

 

 
April 2007

Front cover of Best Walks in the Welsh Borders revised with new picture. Publication date now anticipated to be 2nd July 2007

 
January 2007

Front cover of Fundraising for A Community Project produced.

 
December 2006

100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human is number 7 - in the bookseller's top 20 bestsellers for the four week period ending 9th December 2006.

December 2006

100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human nominated in the best Book (Humour) category in the Dog Writers Association of America 2006 Writing Awards

October 2006

Received an Award For Excellence from the Outdoor Writers' Guild for my walks in Country & Border Life magazine.

October 2006

Anthology published containing winning article from NAWG 2006 competition

September 2006

Positive review for "Running A Writers' Circle" added to the Amazon.co.uk website.

 

September 2006

Awarded 1st Prize in the National Association of Writers' Groups Article competition 

June 2006

Shortlisted to the final 4 in the National Association of Writer's Groups Non-Fiction Article category - final places announced Sept 2006.  Visitwww.nawg.co.uk

June 2006

Booked to run a workshop on behalf of the Grace Dieu Writers Circle on 25th November 2006.  visit www.writers-circles.com/gracedieu.html for further contact details.

April 2006

Awarded 3rd prize in the Swanley Scribblers Short Story Competition.
 
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April 2006

Writing Magazine says that "... you will find Simon Whaley's book invaluable." 
For further information 
click here, and to read the full review, click here.

 

April 2006

Julie Boden in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of Raw Edge magazine says ..."If you are considering setting up  Writers' Circle or want to inject new life into an existing one, I strongly recommend this book."   

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March 15th

Simon will be signing copies of his books at Crufts

 

November 2005

100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human published by Adams Media Corporation in the United States.

September 2005

Puppytalk - 50 Ways To Make Friends With Your Puppy is published in the United Kingdom

 
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