London Library event – Live in the Archive: The Haunting of Daphne du Maurier – Wednesday 30th October 2024
The London Library
Live in the Archive is a new collaboration between the London Library and Curtis Brown Heritage. It aims to celebrate some of the greatest literary stars in their combined history, former library members and agency clients. As Halloween approaches, where better to begin than with one of their brightest stars, who wrote some of the darkest tales – Daphne du Maurier.
Some time ago, we brought you an article about Daphne du Maurier’s membership of the London Library and the fact that she acted as a referee for Alec Guinness when he joined the library in 1957. You can read that article here: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=159.
An illustrious panel of authors, Jessie Burton, Camilla Grudova and Andrew Michael Hurley, all fans of Daphne du Maurier and writers of spooky fiction, will join broadcaster, journalist and critic Bidisha to present Live in the Archive: The Haunting of Daphne du Maurier. They will discuss du Maurier’s extraordinary body of fiction as they delve into the dark heart of her work, focusing on her most sinister spaces and menacing landscapes, psychological hauntings, ghosts, secrets, danger and the uncanny and unexpected, all wielded to devastating narrative effect. The panel will discuss fictional hauntings, gothic sensibility, and Daphne du Maurier’s influence on their own writing and storytelling as they celebrate the work and legacy of this literary icon.
We can think of no better way to celebrate Halloween.
The event takes place on Wednesday, 30th October 2024, 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Doors (and the bar) open at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. Attendance is by live audience only. Zoom is not available for this event.
To read more about this event and to book your tickets, please click here: https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/256-live-in-the-archive-the-haunting-of-daphne-du-maurier?date=2024-10-30-19-00, but hurry because they are selling fast.