Maureen Duffy, author of 30 fiction and non-fiction works, including five volumes of poetry, in conversation with writer Rosemary Furber. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the author and a book-signing session. Her most recent work is the thriller The Orpheus Trail.

About The Orpheus Trail
When a child is found dead among the charred remains of a pier fire, surrounded by the old-fashioned toys of the Greek god Dionysus and a ritualistic fire basket, Detective Inspector Hildreth calls in the local museum’s curator, Alex Kish, to help him decipher the mysterious
symbolism. The enigmatic Detective Inspector draws Alex into a strange web of ancient secrets, pagan ritualism and the illegal trafficking of young boys...

‘Riveting … blending passion, wit, and witchcraft to sparkling effect’
Daily Mail on Alchemy

'Duffy’s philosophizing on subjects like virtual reality is profound' Independent on Sunday

‘...The illicit snakes its way through Duffy’s richly textured interleaving tales...into the abstruse ponderings of the metaphysical poets' The Guardian

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Maureen Duffy was born in Worthing, Sussex in 1933. After a tough childhood she took a degree in English from King’s College London and then became a schoolteacher from 1956 to 1961. In 1962 she published her first novel, That's How It Was, to immediate acclaim. Her first openly lesbian novel was The Microcosm (1966), set in the famous lesbian Gateways club in London. She is said to have been Britain’s first lesbian to ‘come out’ in public, and made public comments during the debates around homosexual law reform. In 1977 she published The Ballad of the Blasphemy Trial, a broadside against the trial of the Gay News newspaper for blasphemous libel.

Her many novels include That’s How It Was (1962), All Heaven in a Rage (1973), Gor Saga (1981), Londoners (1983), Change (1987), and Occam’s Razor (1993). Her Collected Poems, 1949-84 were published in 1985. Her non-fiction books include The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn, 1640-89 (1977) and Men And Beasts: Animal Rights Handbook (1984). She is also a celebrated playwright and poet, and has written biography and other non-fiction. With Brigid Brophy, she made and exhibited 3-D constructions, "Prop Art", in the 60s. She is co-founder of the Writers' Action Group, Vice-President of the European Writers' Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
She has been active in a variety of groups representing the interest of writers, and was at one time the President of the European Writers' Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is deeply interested in issues around enforcing traditional forms of intellectual property law and is a  Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association.

For more information, visit Maureen Duffy's website.

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Author Event
Maureen Duffy
Wed, 1 Dec, 7pm

Entrance Fee: £5
Concession: £3**
** Students, retirees and unemployed
Note: Entrance fee includes a glass of wine and ticket is redeemable for a £2 off purchase of the author's book