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 | | The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier's Short Stories by Setara Pracha – A Review
23rd January 2023: In December, we told you about Setara Pracha's new book, The Pathology of Desire in Daphne du Maurier's Short Stories. We also shared with you an essay written by Setara, especially for the Daphne du Maurier website, telling us about her interest in Daphne's short stories and how she came to write this extraordinary book. Here at the Daphne du Maurier website, we now have our copy of Setara's book. It is a fascinating read and a book which has long been needed as it is the first full-length study of Daphne du Maurier's short fiction...
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| | The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America – February 2023 event
19th January 2023: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America's next meeting is on Sunday, 19th February 2023. The subject will be The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. Daphne du Maurier's stories often illuminate the competing dual natures within individual characters, occasionally even with doppelgangers. This has long been recognised as Daphne du Maurier's debt to The Prisoner of Zenda, one of her favourite novels from childhood ...
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| | My Cornwall With Fern Britton visits Fowey today, 11th January 2023
11th January 2023: This evening My Cornwall With Fern Britain comes to Fowey, where Fern adds to her knowledge about Daphne du Maurier. The programme is on Channel 5 at 8pm, on UK television and is the second episode of the second series of Fern’s programme. In this series, Fern explores the Hundreds, ancient regions of Cornwall with amazing histories...
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| | Fowey Festival Children’s Programme 2023
9th January 2023: The 2023 Fowey Festival Awards for Young Writers and Artists is launched today, 9th January. The aim of the awards is to encourage young people to engage in visual arts and creative writing to celebrate their creativity and originality. The competition is open to all children living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly aged 4 to 16 on 31st August 2023. Thanks to generous sponsorship, entry is free, and prizes will be awarded. The theme for 2023 is Celebrations!
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| | No Place for a Girl, Daphne du Maurier, Bodmin Moor – by Jo Wing
4th January 2023: On a number of occasions, we have brought to your attention the beautiful writing and photography of Jo Wing and her literary blog, Return of a Native. Through her writing, Jo brings her readers a fascinating insight into many literary figures, illustrating her work with beautiful photographs and suggesting music appropriate to the mood of her pieces of writing. Jo has written several pieces about different aspects of Daphne du Maurier and her writing...
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| | Wishing You All A Very Happy New Year
1st January 2023: The Daphne du Maurier website wishes you all a very Happy New Year and hopes 2023 will be a good year for everyone. During the year, check back often to our website’s Home Page and News Page to find out all the latest news and information, and keep up to date with our Facebook and Twitter pages...
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