"We think of ghosts in a Brontëan way"

The radio programme Open Book on BBC Radio 4 had Justine Picardie as a guest in yesterday's edition. The programme can be listened online or repeated Thursday March 13th at 16:00.

Justine Picardie

Mariella Frostrup talks to Justine Picardie about her obsession with Daphne du Maurier. Picardie’s new novel Daphne is a fictional depiction of a period in the writer’s life when she was pursuing her interest in Branwell Bronte, the less well-known brother of Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Justine Picardie tells Mariella how she found her own life reflecting Daphne du Maurier’s literary quest.

Daphne: Justine Picardie
Publisher: Bloomsbury

It's a very interesting, lively interview where Justine Picardie explains why and how she came to write Daphne. Click here to listen to it.

Categories: Audio-Radio, Books, Branwell Brontë