Current News

		Daphne du Maurier Society of North America – August meeting update 21st June 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America meeting to be held on 29th August 2021, which is to be a short story study of Don’t Look Now, has proved so popular that all 18 places have already been booked. Anyone wishing to be ... More >>
		The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America – August meeting 19th June 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America will be holding their next meeting on Sunday 29th August, 1pm – 3pm. This event will be a short story study of Don't Look Now. This most remarkable of all Daphne du Maurier's short stories, Don’t Look Now brings a perfect distillation of the confusion and desire that attend grief, which, as the story progresses, takes you through the winding streets of Venice to a conclusion of both logic and nightmare.... More >>
		First Lady Jill Biden was given a first edition of Daphne du Maurier’s The Apple Tree 10th June 2021: News published in the ‘i’ today - President of the US, Joe Biden and his first lady have arrived in the UK for the G7 summit, being held at Carbis Bay in Cornwall. First Lady Jill Biden was given a first edition of Daphne du Maurier’s short story collection, The Apple Tree ... More >>
		Fowey Festival presents Gill Hornby in Conversation: Thursday 27th May 2021 7.30pm – 8.30pm 19th May 2021: Fowey Festival presents Gill Hornby in Conversation, talking about her book Miss Austen. This is the third of their Zoom Online Events and follows the success of talks by Dr Helen Doe in February and Dr Helen Taylor in March... More >>
		Celebrating the day Daphne du Maurier was born – May 13, 1907 13th May 2021: Today the Daphne du Maurier website takes great pleasure in reminding you that this is the day that our much-loved writer Daphne du Maurier was born. This year we celebrate her birthday with some of the opening words from Tatiana de Rosnay’s biography of Daphne du Maurier, Manderley Forever (published in the UK by Allen & Unwin in 2017)... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier Reading Week 10th – 16th May 2021 10th May 2021: Daphne du Maurier Reading Week begins today. For the third year running, book reviewer and blogger Heavenali will be hosting, and she has lots of ideas about how you can take part no matter how much or little time you have... More >>
		*University of Liverpool Continuing Education Lecture on Don’t Look Now and Other Stories* by Daphne du Maurier** 7th May 2021: During Daphne du Maurier’s literary career, she perfected the art of the short story. This continuing education session provides the opportunity to appreciate and discuss her infamous short story Don’t Look Now and the other stories in the collection, Not After Midnight, A Border-line Case, The Way of the Cross and The Breakthrough... More >>
		A last reminder for the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America’s next event on Saturday 8th May 2021, 6pm – 8.30pm 4th May 2021: A reminder that on Saturday 8th May, from 6pm – 8.30pm, the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America brings you a Dinner and Movie Night. The film will be the 2012 production of The Scapegoat starring Matthew Rhys. The evening begins with a French picnic dinner... More >>
		Fowey Festival Short Story Competition 2021 Winners Announced 2nd May 2021: The Fowey Festival Short Story Competition 2021, with the title Breaking Point, taken from Daphne du Maurier's short story of the same name, has announced the winners. This year's competition proved to be very popular, making judging an enjoyable but challenging task. Best selling author Raynor Winn was the head judge, and after a reading committee had arrived at a shortlist, she chose the winner and the runner-up... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier Reading Week 10th – 16th May 2021 1st May 2021: Book reviewer and blogger Heavenali has received her book order of two du Maurier titles ready for Daphne du Maurier Reading Week. This year she has chosen The du Mauriers and The King’s General... More >>
		*A Question about the du Maurier Search for Stars* talent competition** 26th April 2021: The Daphne du Maurier website recently received a question from Dan in Montreal, Canada. He took part in the du Maurier Search for Stars contest (also known as the du Maurier Search for Talent) when he was a student in 1979. Dan is looking for as much information as possible about all aspects of this competition,... More >>
		A reminder that the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America’s next event is on Saturday 8th May 2021, 6pm – 8.30pm 24th April 2021: A reminder that on Saturday 8th May, from 6pm – 8.30pm, the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America brings you a Dinner and Movie Night. The film will be the 2012 production of The Scapegoat starring Matthew Rhys. This adaptation departs from the novel in several ways, but Daphne du Maurier’s dark psychological overtones are maintained. ... More >>
		Announcing Daphne du Maurier Reading Week 2021 21st April 2021: For the third year running, book reviewer and blogger HEAVENALI will be hosting the Daphne du Maurier Reading Week. This event always takes place during the week of Daphne’s birthday on 13th May, so this year’s Reading Week will take place from 10th – 16th May. HEAVENALI shares her birthday with Daphne du Maurier, so that makes the week extra special. ... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier 13th May 1907 – 19th April 1989 19th April 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America has shared this lovely poster with us today, celebrating the life of Daphne du Maurier, who died 32 years ago today, on 19th April 1989.... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier Society of North America Dinner and Movie Night – Saturday 8th May 2021, 6pm – 8.30pm 13th April 2021: On Saturday 8th May, from 6pm – 8.30pm, the Society brings you a Dinner and Movie Night. The film will be the 2012 production of The Scapegoat starring Matthew Rhys. This adaptation departs from the novel in several ways, but Daphne du Maurier’s dark psychological overtones are maintained. ... More >>
		HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh 1921 – 2021 10th April 2021: Yesterday, as news that the Duke of Edinburgh had passed away went around the world, it was received with great sadness and immense respect for the vital role he had played at our Queen's side since their marriage in 1947. Much is being said about his family life, military career, interests, and massive contribution to the country, the Commonwealth, and the environment, on the news channels and all media outlets throughout the world. ... More >>
		Happy Easter Everyone 3rd April 2021: Wishing a very Happy Easter to all of you who share our love of Daphne du Maurier through the Daphne du Maurier website and our Facebook and Twitter pages. The hedgerows in and around Fowey are full of spring flowers at the moment, including primroses, celandines, violets, daisies, and even bluebells. Here are some photographs of primroses and celandines flowering in Rashleigh Lane, Fowey. ... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier: Looking Inward by Teresa Petersen 30th March 2021: We have added a new entry to our Book Recommendations page today. It relates to Teresa Petersen's book Daphne du Maurier: Looking Inward. Please read the review and the book and let us know what you think.... More >>
		The Figurehead of the Jane Slade 27th March 2021: In our Interesting Facts section, we have an ongoing article that includes snippets of information and interest. Today we bring you a small piece about the figurehead of the Jane Slade, which some of you will have seen mounted on the wall of the du Maurier Browning’s family home, Ferryside, at Bodinnick on the River Fowey.... More >>
		General Browning’s Car Makes a Reappearance 21st March 2021: There is an article in the April 2021 edition of Octane Magazine by Greg Moss entitled Boy’s Toy. It is all about the 1932 Ford Model B that Daphne du Maurier’s husband, Lieutenant-General Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning, owned. The article discusses General Browning’s life, military career and time working for the royal family and describes the car as it was when General Browning owned it and used it as a family car.... More >>
		Sources of Truth – Daphne du Maurier through the eyes of her biographers 9th March 2021: Chris Main has written an excellent article for us about Daphne du Maurier through the eyes of her biographers. Since 1987 many books have been written about Daphne du Maurier, each one searching for the true identity of this enigmatic writer. In this must-read article, Chris has drawn together the threads of all the various biographers ... More >>
		From Ján Hoch to Ivan du Maurier, then Leslie du Maurier, and finally Robert Maxwell 3rd March 2021: Today we bring you our second snippet of interesting du Maurier related facts. This time it is about the notorious media magnate Robert Maxwell. ... More >>
		*Tatiana de Rosnay's new novel, Flowers of Darkness, is published in the English language this week* 26th February 2021: Franco-British author Tatiana de Rosnay is known to most of you as Daphne du Maurier's current biographer, with her excellent book Manderley Forever, published in France in 2015 and the US and UK in 2017. She is, in fact, better known as a novelist. In 2020 her newest novel, Les fleurs de l'ombre, was published in France. This week the English language edition of Tatiana's new book Flowers of Darkness was published... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier Society of North America March 2021 meeting – The Scapegoat 25th February 2021: This is a reminder that the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America has its next meeting on Sunday 14th March from 1pm – 3pm. They will be discussing various aspects of the novel The Scapegoat with speaker Professor Sarah Berry from the University of Dallas. ... More >>
		Fowey Festival 2021 will not take place, but there is some good news 24th February 2021: Following the Prime Minister's latest announcement regarding social distancing restrictions and public gatherings, the board of trustees of the Fowey Festival have confirmed that they will not be holding the 2021 Festival, scheduled for May 8th -15th. The good news is, in 2022, the Festival will take place on May 6th – 14th. The team are committed to delivering a Festival to remember, so please add the dates to your diary. ... More >>
		Celebrating the 90th anniversary of Daphne du Maurier's first novel – The Loving Spirit 23rd February 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America join us in celebrating the 90th anniversary of the publication of Daphne du Maurier's first novel, The Loving Spirit. ... More >>
		The Loving Spirit, Daphne du Maurier's first novel, celebrates its 90th anniversary today 23rd February 2021: In this article, written to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication of The Loving Spirit, we take a look at the du Maurier family in the late 1920s and how the advent of Ferryside, as the du Maurier's holiday home, gradually altered the dynamics of Daphne's life. We tell you how the Slade family and their boatyard's real story came to be written into Daphne du Maurier's first novel and what Daphne's life was like at the time she was writing it. ... More >>
		Milton Hall - The House that inspired Manderley 14th February 2021: The great house of Milton Hall that Daphne visited with her mother and sisters when she was a child, stayed in her memory and was bound to Menabilly in the creation of Manderley for Daphne's most famous novel Rebecca. In this fascinating article Chris Main tells us about Milton Hall, the Fitzwilliam family who owned it, and Daphne's visits, as a child, during World War One. ... More >>
		The Travelling Philanthropist: A time-slip novel – historical fiction with a difference, by Suzi Bamblett 13th February 2021: We want to tell you about The Travelling Philanthropist, the debut novel written by Suzi Bamblett. If her name is familiar to you, it is because Suzi has already written two articles for the Daphne du Maurier website... More >>
		Questions, answers, and snippets of information shared through the Daphne du Maurier website 11th February 2021: We have a new page in our Interesting Facts section, where we plan to put all sorts of snippets of du Maurier related information that we hear about or that you send in. These will be little details that we might otherwise not have known. We begin with our first snippet about the Spanish for cardigan, which is apparently una rebeca. ... More >>
		Daphne by Justine Picardie 9th February 2021: A few weeks ago, I received a question, through our Daphne du Maurier Website Facebook page, about the novel Daphne and its author Justine Picardie. Daphne was published in 2008. I have such happy memories of this novel, and so I decided to re-read it again. I was not disappointed; it always holds the magic that I remember from my first reading... More >>
		The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America announces its first meeting for 2021 5th February 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America is holding its first meeting of 2021 on Sunday 14th March. This meeting will be about Daphne’s 1957 novel The Scapegoat. Professor Sarah Berry, from the University of Dallas, will be the speaker... More >>
		Ned Browning shares with us his alternative theme for Rebecca 3rd February 2021: Daphne du Maurier’s grandson Ned Browning had just made available to us all, a piece of music he created at the time that the recent Netflix adaptation of Rebecca was being filmed. He decided he would have a go at an alternative theme for the new Rebecca movie. He started it before he actually saw the remake which he was expecting to be a little darker than it was, especially because Ben Wheatley was directing ... More >>
		Dora Footman (1878 – 1974) 28th January 2021: Daphne du Maurier’s Cousin Dora arrived in Tywardreath, just two miles from Menabilly, in December 1966. She was 88 and had decided to come and live near Daphne without even discussing it first. She lived for a further seven years, and was quite a challenge for Daphne! Here, Chris Main tells us the story of Dora Footman, a woman born into the world of the du Mauriers. She lived a fascinating, but sometimes difficult life, before finally ending up on Daphne’s doorstep... More >>
		A Sucessora (1934, The Successor) by Carolina Nabuco and other books that tell a similar story 19th January 2021: A new piece in our Interesting Facts section of the website, which leads you the excellent article - A trail of books: on Carolina Nabuco's A Sucessora (1934, The Successor) and the plagiarism charges against Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (1938) by Juliana, at her blog called The Blank Garden... More >>
		One of Daphne du Maurier’s youngest followers writes about Rebecca 9th January 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America has sent us this charming letter so that we, at the Daphne du Maurier website, can share it with you all. It was written by twelve-year-old Madison, who must be one of Daphne du Maurier’s youngest followers. Madison is the daughter of one of the members of the Daphne du Maurier Society of North America... More >>
		Help with finding Spanish translations of Daphne du Maurier biography and autobiography 8th January 2021: We have had a request come through on the Daphne du Maurier website Forum page, that needs your help. The sender of the question is looking for a biography about Daphne du Maurier in Spanish. I am not aware of one but would be happy to hear from some of you to the contrary. The same person wants to know if Daphne’s biography Myself When Young has ever been translated into Spanish... More >>
		Collecting Daphne 6th January 2021: A new year is often the time to try something new, start a new hobby, join and organisation relating to your interests, or begin a collection. Chris Main and Ann Willmore have written a new article for the Daphne du Maurier website, which aims to encourage collectors of books and ephemera relating to Daphne du Maurier. Here you will find facts to help you and tips to ensure you avoid making costly mistakes ... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier’s Cornwall, photographed by Jo Wing 5th January 2021: Jo Wing writes a beautiful literary blog under the name Return of a Native. To learn more about her go to her blog, https://returnofanative.com, it is terrific. She has sent us an album of her photographs, all relating to Daphne du Maurier’s Cornwall. They are fabulous and an outstanding record of how beautiful Daphne’s Cornwall is... More >>
		Daphne du Maurier Society of North America – Newsletter January 2021 4th January 2021: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America has sent us their January 2021 newsletter to share with you all. They review the Christmas in Cornwall Luncheon, which took place on 12th December 2020, and sounds as if it was both interesting and a lot of fun. They also set out their programme of events for 2021. This year they have chosen Daphne du Maurier’s 1957 novel The Scapegoat, and the short story Don’t Look Now, which was published in 1971 and so celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. ... More >>
		Happy New Year to all Daphne du Maurier enthusiasts everywhere 1st January 2021: The Daphne du Maurier website wish you all a Happy New Year. As you will see on our Home Page there is plenty to celebrate and lots of reading to be done in the coming year, with seven of Daphne du Maurier's books and two of Angela du Maurier's celebrating an anniversary this year.... More >>

Current News

News Archive

Read more...

Contact us at: