The Author - The Winston Graham & Poldark Literary Society

Grateful thanks to Stella Poldark and her husband for the memorable pictures taken recently of Winston Graham and his wife Jean's graves in Buxted Church, East Sussex._________________________________ R.I.P.

With Grateful Acknowledgements

A lovely new picture of Jean Graham....

Winston Graham - Extract from Poldark's Cornwall. ISBN 370 30678 3 First published 1983 Pages 143-150 _____________________ "When my parents moved to Cornwall I was, as I have already indicated, greatly taken with the scene. But I understood nothing about the Cornish. They were a closed Celtic...

Winston Graham comments: "I look on myself simply as a novelist. I have written - always - what I wanted to write and not what I thought people might want me to write. Reading for me has always been in the first place a matter of enjoyment - otherwise I don't read - and therefore I would expect other people t...

Winston Graham's obituary "The Daily Telegraph" July 11th 2003. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1435770/Winston-Graham.html

Taken from Winston Graham's autobiography "Memoirs of a Private Man".

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Smollett Student Status: OfflinePosts: 151Date: Jul 17 4:40 AM, 2010RE: Rare Collections, Finds & General Memorabilia Hello Lily, what a lovely post. I too have a WG pen story; many years ago, I had written a poem called 'The Pen Of Winston Graham', my friends urged me to send it to him- eventua...

I have just listened to the Desert Island Discs archive of Winston Graham. Not a programme where anything new is revealed, but interesting to hear his voice. It is noticeable how much the radio series has evolved since 1977, where much longer music clips are played and there is little probing beneat...

Out of Winston Graham's many literary talents what do you think is his greatest talent of all ?

Re-reading for the third time but much more slowly Winston's hardback autobiography, I found this interesting quote on page 20 about his meeting when thirteen a girl called Amy Warwick in Morecambe which took him five years to get over. "I think it was Edith Wharton who wrote somewhere: 'One good hea...

Nice new picture I found last night of Winston on the rear dust jacket of "The Sleeping Partner" his twelfth novel first printed in 1956.

Winston Graham signing copies of "The Twisted Sword".

If anyone has written or would like to dedicate a poem or poems in Winston Graham's memory please post them into this thread. Even if you've never written a poem before all contributions short or long are most welcome. I'm new to poetry as well but will try to make a start sometime today. No need to be shy a...

Winston Graham signing copies of Bella

I visited perranporth last week and found, after a bit of difficulty, the memorial seat. Its on the coastal path heading towards Newquay from Perranporth. It has a glorious view but could be easily missed as its a marble bench and amongst the grass and flowers. I have attached some photographs.

Winston Graham comments: "I look on myself simply as a novelist. I have written - always - what I wanted to write and not what I thought people might want me to write. Reading for me has always been in the first place a matter of enjoyment - otherwise I don't read - and therefore I would expect other pe...

Bringing together two previously separate topics under the one dual heading - "WG's Autobiography "Memoirs of a Private Man" & the possible influences on him". -- Edited by Ross Poldark on Thursday 9th of April 2009 03:01:26 PM

I have today been to visit Winston Graham's grave at Buxted in East Sussex and was very surprised that he has no headstone - he is buried with his wife and only her name is on the stone. I asked a member of the church about this and we had to look through the graveyard plan to be absolutely sure h...

It is understood that “Nampara Lodge” in Perranporth, Winston Graham’s home before, during and after the war and where he first began writing the Poldark novels is to be demolished and replaced by 8 houses. A Forum for those wishing to comment on the issue.

The Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature is the senior literary organisation in Britain, founded by George IV in 1820 to ‘reward literary merit and excite literary talent’. Today, the leading living writers are elected to its Fellowship; lectures, readings and li...

Here is a link to Winston Graham on Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mz6l

Andrew Graham is giving a talk at the Morrab Library, Penzance at 2pm on Thursday 20 September on The Poldarks and Winston Graham. Hopefully someone will be able to attend and report back ...

A few days ago I was reading through some old posts. In one of them, Jane Austen was mentioned and since this week has celebrated the bi-centenary of her death and the issue of her image on the new £10 note, it got me thinking. The old post mentioned Mrs Teague and her five daughters, wondering if this was...

A new picture of Winston Graham....

Brief interview with Winston Graham - don't know if it's been posted before: http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-poldark-author-winston-graham-1983/

Winston Graham at the Poldark Mine.... With grateful acknowledgements

What do you enjoy most about Winston Graham's writing style. What brings you back to read his Poldark books time after time and what do you most love about the way he creates his characters?

Pictures of "Nampara Lodge" hotel Winston Graham's former home since just before the war at 4, St Michaels Road, Perranporth, Cornwall. The subsequent hotel was demolished about 10 years ago due to ground subsidence. Winston Graham's bedroom overlooking...

If any of you are on Goodreads as I am, you can click to become a fan of WG.....and there are quite a few 'fans' on there I'm pleased to say! I love Goodreads, it's a good way of promoting his books too.... http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5179.Winston_Graham

From the London suburbs, through the rolling Cotswolds, and out to the rugged coastline of western Scotland - the UK's landscape has influenced authors for centuries. In turn, their literary works have helped define how we think of Britain both culturally and geographically. In a new exhibition,...

Blimey - you never know what you will find when you're procrastinating against studying.....just found a 1973 article and interview in The Australian Women's Weekly of all places! On the National Library of Australia's digitised newspapers site. I tried uploading but it's being a pain....so her...

Evening everyone Here is an article which I have scanned from The Book & Magazine Collector February 1991 No. 83 Try enlarging your font for an easier read Bella Edit: click on each picture individually and making sure you are on 100 % then increase to 150% magnification -- Edited by Bella on Sund...

A quick source for all Winston Graham's books old and new. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/winston-graham/

Just finished reading Robin Ellis' book "Making Poldark" which is full of interesting snippets and information from all those years ago ! Whilst I knew Winston had appeared in the original BBC tv series at the wedding of Drake and Morwenna I didn't know his wife Jean Graham had appea...

Having now read all the Poldark books twice, I'm sure the hardest thing of all for any successful author MUST be having to keep re-reading it all over and over again without losing its freshness, sense and meaning. I wish I knew how Winston managed it. ...

Started collecting some of Winston's great lines recently unfortunately can't remember which books they came from !! Not Poldark anyway. "A silence that was good enough for the Cenotaph." "In England most new architect designed buildings look like high security prisons des...

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	With Grateful Acknowledgements
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	A lovely new picture of Jean Graham....
	STICKY: Winston Graham - Extract from Poldark's Cornwall (Preview)	Ross Poldark	1	2377	Jul 12 12:39 AM, 2014 by Smollett
	Winston Graham - Extract from Poldark's Cornwall. ISBN 370 30678 3 First published 1983 Pages 143-150 _____________________ "When my parents moved to Cornwall I was, as I have already indicated, greatly taken with the scene. But I understood nothing about the Cornish. They were a closed Celtic...
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	STICKY: Winston Graham's obituary (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1420	Jun 20 12:00 PM, 2013 by Ross Poldark
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	STICKY: Winston Graham, Jean Graham & family (Preview)	Ross Poldark	4	2389	Jun 2 12:05 PM, 2013 by Chloe (was Bella)
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	Smollett Student Status: OfflinePosts: 151Date: Jul 17 4:40 AM, 2010RE: Rare Collections, Finds & General Memorabilia Hello Lily, what a lovely post. I too have a WG pen story; many years ago, I had written a poem called 'The Pen Of Winston Graham', my friends urged me to send it to him- eventua...
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	STICKY: Winston Graham's greatest talent ? (Preview)	Ross Poldark	19	2557	Mar 30 9:45 AM, 2012 by Chloe (was Bella)
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	Re-reading for the third time but much more slowly Winston's hardback autobiography, I found this interesting quote on page 20 about his meeting when thirteen a girl called Amy Warwick in Morecambe which took him five years to get over. "I think it was Edith Wharton who wrote somewhere: 'One good hea...
	STICKY: New pictures of Winston Graham (Preview)	Ross Poldark	15	5264	Oct 25 7:21 PM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
	Nice new picture I found last night of Winston on the rear dust jacket of "The Sleeping Partner" his twelfth novel first printed in 1956.
	STICKY: Winston Graham signing copies of "The Twisted Sword". (Preview)	Ross Poldark	4	1876	Sep 21 3:09 PM, 2011 by Ross Poldark
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	STICKY: Poems dedicated to Winston Graham (Preview)	Ross Poldark	11	2520	Jan 5 10:00 AM, 2012 by Ross Poldark
	If anyone has written or would like to dedicate a poem or poems in Winston Graham's memory please post them into this thread. Even if you've never written a poem before all contributions short or long are most welcome. I'm new to poetry as well but will try to make a start sometime today. No need to be shy a...
	STICKY: Winston Graham signing copies of Bella (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	2230	Jul 27 11:23 AM, 2010 by Ross Poldark
	Winston Graham signing copies of Bella
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	I visited perranporth last week and found, after a bit of difficulty, the memorial seat. Its on the coastal path heading towards Newquay from Perranporth. It has a glorious view but could be easily missed as its a marble bench and amongst the grass and flowers. I have attached some photographs.
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	STICKY: WG's Autobiography "Memoirs of a Private Man" & the possible influences on him (Preview)	Ross Poldark	18	7518	May 23 5:02 PM, 2012 by Sabrina
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	STICKY: Winston Graham's Grave (Preview)	Susie	4	4295	Oct 16 10:40 PM, 2011 by Namparagirl
	I have today been to visit Winston Graham's grave at Buxted in East Sussex and was very surprised that he has no headstone - he is buried with his wife and only her name is on the stone. I asked a member of the church about this and we had to look through the graveyard plan to be absolutely sure h...
	STICKY: The Demolition of Winston Graham’s Former Home “Nampara Lodge" (Preview)	Ross Poldark	3	5060	Sep 29 8:24 PM, 2008 by Greg
	It is understood that “Nampara Lodge” in Perranporth, Winston Graham’s home before, during and after the war and where he first began writing the Poldark novels is to be demolished and replaced by 8 houses. A Forum for those wishing to comment on the issue.
	STICKY: The Royal Society of Literature (closed) (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	3608	Oct 30 10:21 AM, 2004 by Ross Poldark
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	Winston Graham on Desert Island Discs (Preview)	Stella Poldark	0	346	Aug 27 6:37 PM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
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	Andrew Graham talk in Penzance (Preview)	Kathy	1	269	Aug 26 11:35 AM, 2018 by Stella Poldark
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	Jane Austen and Winston Graham (Preview)	Mrs Gimlett	4	926	Jul 25 2:33 PM, 2017 by Moorland Rambler
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	Winston Graham at the Poldark Mine (Preview)	Ross Poldark	0	1141	Mar 12 4:42 PM, 2015 by Ross Poldark
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	"Nampara Lodge" Winston Graham's former home (Preview)	Ross Poldark	4	6999	Apr 18 1:01 AM, 2015 by Smollett
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	Goodreads (Preview)	Demelza	1	1502	Aug 12 9:30 AM, 2012 by Smollett
	If any of you are on Goodreads as I am, you can click to become a fan of WG.....and there are quite a few 'fans' on there I'm pleased to say! I love Goodreads, it's a good way of promoting his books too.... http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5179.Winston_Graham
	Links between our landscape and literature - New British Library Exhibition (Preview)	Demelza	8	1997	Jun 9 11:41 PM, 2012 by Demelza
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	Article in Book & Magazine Collector (Preview)	Chloe (was Bella)	15	2415	Aug 26 10:17 PM, 2011 by Chloe (was Bella)
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	A quick source for all Winston Graham's books (Preview)	Greg	0	2326	Mar 3 8:13 AM, 2009 by Greg
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	Jean Graham in Poldark (Preview)	Greg	0	3111	May 24 8:43 AM, 2007 by Greg
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	Definition of a successful author (Preview)	Ken	1	3532	May 24 1:18 PM, 2006 by G Warleggan ESQ
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