![]() The only reason I thought of looking this up was that an excerpt was played on the Backlisted podcast, with Daphne being rather arch at the end of the show. On 5 September 1977, Daphne du Maurier was a guest on Desert Island Discs, talking about her life and choosing music to take to the hypothetical island. It sounds like a book I’d like to get my hands on.ĭesert Island Discs. Heaven-Ali also reviewed it on her blog in 2019. Co-presenter Andy Miller talks hilariously about Du Maurier’s final novel Rule Britannia, which seems to fit perfectly with the ongoing mess which is Brexit in it the ‘failed European experiment’ has been abandoned and Britain has merged with America to form the nation of USUK. Searching on the Backlisted website, I also discovered DDM in episode 78 about Edith Wharton’s short stories, Ghost. ![]() ![]() Episode 104 discusses Du Maurier’s creepy short stories in the collection The Breaking Point. ![]() This is my current first port of call for book podcasts. Not surprisingly, Daphne du Maurier is a popular author for bookish types to chat about, so I managed to find a couple of podcasts that fit the bill.īacklisted. What a wonderful author Daphne du Maurier was! Podcasts I also took the opportunity to listen to a few podcasts, linked below. I’m still reading and thoroughly enjoying it, so will add my comments about that later. ![]() When I was in Canterbury in October last year, I spotted a copy of Jamaica Inn and snapped it up, with Heaven Ali’s #DDMreadingweek in mind. ![]()
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