The Dorothy Dunnett Readers Association

Whispering Gallery magazine

Whispering Gallery is the worldwide correspondance magazine for Dunnett readers. For many years there were two versions of it - the US one which started it all off was called Marzipan & Kisses and was run by Jean Clissold and Karen Brandl. It closed in November 2001 (by dreadful irony the month of Dorothy's death) as most of its regular contributors had moved over to the various internet groups. The UK one was called Whispering Gallery and was originally run under the Dorothy Dunnett Foundation and edited by Val Bierman. After the release of Gemini and the last of the major official gatherings at Edinburgh 2000, the Foundation was wound up and Dorothy transferred the funds to a new body to continue the magazine.

Whispering Gallery is now produced under the auspices of the Dorothy Dunnett Readers Association and will continue for the forseeable future as long as membership levels can be held at a viable level. The DDRA exists to further discussion and research into the periods of Dorothy's book, and in addition to producing the magazine it holds an annual gathering in Edinburgh every Spring at the same time as the AGM. All DDRA members automatically receive the magazine which is issued 4 times a year.

The DDRA is run by a committee of volunteer members. I was founder member, and have served as Chairman and Membership Administrator, and still serve on the Committee.

Membership

You can find more information about the DDRA, and details about joining, on their website, which is at www.ddra.org.

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