Dr Serena Trowbridge – Reading Group – Don’t Look Now and Other Stories

Du Maurier’s short stories are too often overlooked in favour of her novels, but they are a Gothic treasure trove full of mystery and the uncanny. Come along and discuss the relative merits of the short story form and du Maurier’s handling of complex and often disturbing subjects in this collection of stories.

Dr Serena Trowbridge is Reader in Victorian Literature at Birmingham City University. She specialises in Pre-Raphaelite women; her last book was My Ladys Soul: The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddall, and she is currently working on an anthology of writing by Pre-Raphaelite women. She is Chair of the Pre-Raphaelite Society and Senior Vice-President of the Birmingham & Midland Institute.