Author Elisabeth Gifford talk about JM Barrie (Peter Pan) side of story

KLEO (Kinross-shire Local Events Organisation) and Loch Leven Community Library are delighted that Elisabeth Gifford is coming to Kinross as part of Bookweek Scotland and the Kinross-shire Winter Festival.

Bestselling author Elisabeth Gifford (‘A woman made of snow’ and ‘The lost lights of St Kilda’ will talk about her new book ‘The Mischief Makers’. Exploring the dark secrets that led to Daphne du Maurier becoming one of the greatest gothic novelists. J M Barrie, the inventor of Peter Pan became guardian to Daphne’s five small boy cousins after their parents’ death. He was a close family friend who spent many hours in Daphne’s nursery spinning tales of the wild boy who refused to grow up. But what was the long term effect on these children?

For more info about KLEO or the Kinross-shire Winter Festival go to: www.kleo.org.uk