 | | The Marriage Season by Jane Dunn
1st April 2023: Many of you will already know the renowned biographer Jane Dunn, who wrote the magnificent book Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing (2013). During her writing career, she has written seven biographies on subjects including Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell, Queen Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary Queen of Scots, and Mary Shelley. Now, for the first time, she has turned to fiction and created The Marriage Season (2023), the first in a trilogy of Regency fiction. ...
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| | Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds celebrates its 60th birthday
27th March 2023: On 28th March 2023, the movie of The Birds will be sixty years old. Vastly different from Daphne du Maurier’s original short story, Hitchcock moved the location to Bodega Bay in California. Melanie Daniels, the female lead, played by Tippy Hedren, has visited Bodega Bay on a whim and is soon embroiled in the horror of the attacking birds, herself the victim of a terrifying attack....
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| | 25th Anniversary Fowey Festival – Programme and Booking Office Now Live On-line
24th March 2023: The 25th Anniversary Fowey Festival takes place from 12th – 20th May 2023. The programme is now live on the Fowey Festival website. The box office will be open to everyone from Saturday 25th March. ...
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| | Another Greetings card inspired by Daphne du Maurier
21st March 2023: Amanda White has created a second greetings card inspired by Daphne du Maurier. This time it is an image of Ferryside, the du Maurier Browning family home in Fowey. This beautiful waterside house was bought by Daphne du Maurier’s father, Gerald, nearly a hundred years ago, and members of the family have lived there ever since. Daphne completed her first novel, The Loving Spirit there, as well as poetry, short stories and her third novel, The Progress of Julius. We told you about Amanda’s first du Maurier-related card back in September 2021...
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| | Fowey Festival Pop-Up Box Office and Coffee Mornings – April 2023
20th March 2023: As we all look forward to the 25th Anniversary Fowey Festival in May, Fowey Festival will be holding two pop-up box office and coffee morning events in Fowey during April. So come and have a chat with the Festival Trustees about all the exciting events taking place at this year’s Festival, and book tickets while you are there. The dates ...
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| | Daphne du Maurier Museum at Jamaica Inn – Spring 2023
15th March 2023: In August 2022, we brought you news that Jamaica Inn had changed ownership and was now to be run by The Coaching Inn Group. We speculated on what the future of Jamaica Inn would hold and particularly what the future of the Daphne du Maurier museum within the Inn would be. We are happy to be able to tell you that much work has been going on since then. The Daphne du Maurier and the Smugglers museums were closed for a short time at the beginning of this year. And now, the Inn has re-opened the two museums, refurbished and looking splendid.
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| | 25th Anniversary Fowey Festival, 12th – 20th May 2023
12th March 2023: Tickets for the 25th Anniversary Fowey Festival, which takes place from 12th-20th May 2023, will be on sale soon. You will be able to view the programme and book tickets at the Fowey Festival website...
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| | Life, Legend and Landscape: the Autobiographical Sub-text and Historical Background to Castle Dor by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne du Maurier by Jane Prince
6th March 2023: Last year, we introduced you to Jane Prince, who writes for the Arthur Quiller-Couch website. Jane has just published her most recent article entitled Life, Legend and Landscape: the Autobiographical Sub-text and Historical Background to Castle Dor by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne du Maurier. This remarkable article ...
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| | Into A Cornish Wind by Kate Ryder – a novel set in Fowey
1st March 2023: Spring is almost here, and it won't be long before the holiday season begins again. With holidays comes time to relax, and what could be better than a new book to read, something light and romantic. Into A Cornish Wind by Kate Ryder is one such book. First published in September 2022, this is the latest in a number of books with a Cornish setting by this author, who herself lives in Cornwall. The thing that makes this novel extra special is that it is actually set in Fowey...
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| | Curtis Brown Group moves offices to Cunard House
17th February 2023: Curtis Brown is the Literary Agent for Daphne du Maurier. All questions relating to copyright issues regarding her works should be directed to them. In February 2023, Curtis Brown moved to new premises...
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| | US Armed Services Editions of Daphne du Maurier's novels
14th February 2023: Armed Services Editions were small compact paperback books printed by the Council on Books in Wartime for distribution throughout the American Military during World War II. Three of Daphne du Maurier's books were included in this series. ...
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| | Daphne du Maurier Society of North America – February Event Reminder
7th February 2023: The Daphne du Maurier Society of North America's next meeting is on Sunday, 19th February 2023, from 1:00pm until 3:00pm at Mena-Kinney, 5214 Palomar Lane, Dallas, TX 75209. 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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| | 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 Britton 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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