Category Archives: Discovering Daphne
Don’t Look Now and Other Stories – Daphne Du Maurier; Discovering Daphne Readalong #4
Oh Daphne Du Maurier thank you, thank you, thank you, for ‘Don’t Look Now and Other Stories’. Not only because I loved it as a collection but also because secretly inside I was beginning to worry that while the other … Continue reading
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The House on the Strand – Daphne Du Maurier; Discovering Daphne Readalong #3
Sorry for the delay with my thoughts on ‘The House on the Strand’ the third in the Discovering Daphne readalongs. This was a book that I didn’t struggle with exactly but one which needed patience and some effort (no bad … Continue reading
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Discovering Daphne… In Her Own Words
I am a little behind with ‘The House on the Strand’ and still have about 100 pages to go, sorry, but rather than rush it (which I really don’t want to) I thought that in the meantime I would post some video’s of … Continue reading
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Mary Anne – Daphne Du Maurier
Sometimes there is a special magical feeling that can take over you as you start a book. The writing has you, the characters have you, it is all just working and you know within between five and ten pages that … Continue reading
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Daphne Du Maurier on The First Tuesday Book Club…
It seems, if unintentionally, that Polly and I chose the perfect month to do our ‘Discovering Daphne’ season as now, after The Guardian Reading Group have started reading ‘Don’t Look Now and Other Stories’, the wonderful First Tuesday Book Club have … Continue reading
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Daphne Du Maurier; Did These Covers Help or Hinder…
One of the things that annoyed me the more I read Daphne Du Maurier was the fact people seemed to label her as a romance novelist. However when I plucked, and dusted off, my copies of ‘Mary Anne’ (which we … Continue reading
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Justine Picardie Joins ‘Discovering Daphne’ Part One…
In the first of two special interviews for ’Discovering Daphne’ I get to grill the lovely Justine Picardie about her novel ‘Daphne‘ and the wonderful woman who inspired it… Before I opened the first page of ‘Daphne’ I did expect it just to … Continue reading
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The Guardian Are Joining In With Discovering Daphne (Sort Of)…
When I say ‘sort of’, I actually mean by complete fluke. However, I do like to think that there might of been some serious fate in the fingers of Sam Jordison when he pulled Daphne’s ‘Don’t Look Now’ out of … Continue reading
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Discovering Daphne – Round Up #1
Today over on Polly of Novel Insights blog you can see her thoughts on the wonderful novel by Justine Picardie called ‘Daphne’, which as you might have guessed is all about the wonderful Daphne Du Maurier at a particularly interesting … Continue reading
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Growing Pains; The Shaping of a Writer – Daphne Du Maurier
One of my favourite feelings is when you discover a book by one of your favourite authors that is no longer in print in the most unlikely of places. Once such incident happened sometime last year when I visited the … Continue reading
A Daphne Discovery in the Library
In the madness of gearing up for Bookmarked I completely forgot to post about a little Daphne find I discovered at the library. No it’s not a rare book sadly, it was actually in the DVD section… This BBC adaptation … Continue reading
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The Loving Spirit – Daphne Du Maurier; Discovering Daphne Readalong #1
So we start at the very beginning of Daphne’s career as we set about discussing ‘The Loving Spirit’. Saying that, as such a fan of Daphne’s I openly admit that I wasn’t sure that this would be my cup of … Continue reading
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Why I Love Daphne Du Maurier… She Made Me Read Again
I like to say that Daphne Du Maurier saved me as a reader. That sounds rather grand, yet in fact, credit where credit is due, it is true. So I shouldn’t say ‘I like to say it’ for it is … Continue reading
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Welcome To Discovering Daphne, A Month of Delight…
Can you believe that it is October already? This year seems to have suddenly gone so quick. Normally the arrival of October means one thing only in the UK; darker nights earlier and a certain chill in the air. So … Continue reading
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