Justine Picardie at the Daphne du Maurier Festival

Justine Picardie, author of Daphne will give today, May 10, a talk at the 2008 Daphne du Maurier Festival (May 8th-17th May):

Justine Picardie - Daphne

Date: Saturday 10th May 2008
Time: 11:45 - 13:00(Doors open: 11:15)
Venue: Festival Marquee, Fowey, PL23 1ET
Standard Price: £7.50

Description

Justine Picardie, the author of ‘Daphne’, a novel about Daphne du Maurier, will be talking to Rupert Tower, Daphne’s grandson, and Henrietta Llewelyn Davies, the great grand-daughter of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Daphne’s aunt, who was played by Kate Winslet in ‘Finding Neverland’). They will be discussing the extraordinary legacies - both literary and emotional - of the du Maurier family.

You can read Justine's pre-conference thoughts on her own blog.

This is not the only Du Maurier's Festival activity in which the author of My Mother's Wedding Dress will take part:

Book Group Session - Reading My Cousin Rachel - With Justine Picardie

Date: Saturday 10th May 2008
Time: 15:30 - 16:30(Doors open: 15:00)
Venue: Fowey Hall Hotel, Hanson Drive, Fowey, PL23 1ET
Standard Price: £5.50

Description

Join a ‘book group’ to talk about one of Daphne du Maurier’s Cornish novels with the experts. Only 18 places available on each session. Please bring a copy of the novel with you.
Justine Picardie’s novel, Daphne, is based on research into episodes in du Maurier’s life that may have influenced the writing of My Cousin Rachel.
She will be leading the discussion about this endlessly intriguing book, and asking whether we can trust the narrator’s version of events, and what is the truth about Rachel?

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