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Margaret Drabble

One of Britain's most prolific and popular authors, Dame Margaret Drabble, was born in Sheffield and went on to read English at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1960 she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, at one point serving as an understudy for Vanessa Redgrave.

AuthorsMargaret Drabble  
 Talk  
DateSat 9th Jun
Time3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost£10
VenueQUAD, Derby
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About This Event

She has published 19 acclaimed novels including The Millstone, A Summer Bird-Cage, The Pure Gold Baby, Jerusalem the Golden, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and The Dark Flood Rises. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for services to literature, DBE in the 2008 Honours list and has been described by The Independent as ‘the mistress of English Literary Letters’.
Venue Information:

QUAD
Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby
Derby, England
DE1 3AS