Virago Press News & Blog http://www.viragobooks.net News and Blog Posts from Virago Press Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Josephine Hart Poetry Hour continues at the British Library
  • Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • Josephine Hart on 'Damage' and 'Sin'
  • December Inspiration: Josephine Hart on Mary McCarthy
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/josephine-hart-poetry-hour-continues-at-the-british-library/     Josephine Hart on 'Damage' and 'Sin'
  • Some favourite quotes from Damage, our Virago Book Club choice
  • Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • These Books Will Shock You…
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/josephine-hart-on-damage-and-sin/     The Paris Wife is a Mumsnet Book of the Month!
  • The Paris Wife is a Richard & Judy pick!
  • Win a beautiful proof of The Paris Wife
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (feat. The Bookshop Band)
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/the-paris-wife-is-a-mumsnet-book-of-the-month/     Some favourite quotes from Damage, our Virago Book Club choice
  • Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • Virago Book Club Live Event with Polly Samson
  • The Virago Book Club is Open
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/some-favourite-quotes-from-damage-our-virago-book-club-choice/     These Books Will Shock You…
  • Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • Books that have influenced Tracy Emin
  • December Inspiration: Josephine Hart on Mary McCarthy
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/these-books-will-shock-you/     TWO VIRAGO DEBUTS make the WATERSTONES 11
  • Virago's Lennie Goodings wins Editor and Imprint of the Year award
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/two-virago-debuts-make-the-waterstones-11/     A Desk with a View: Doing Work Experience at Virago
  • Virago Book Club event with Linda Grant
  • The Virago Book Club is Open
  • Beta blockers, method acting and flaccid ham sandwiches – Polly Samson bares all at the Virago Book Club
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/a-desk-with-a-view-doing-work-experience-at-virago/     Girl Reading is a TV Book Club Pick!
  • Girl Reading is Cosmo's Book of the Week
  • Early Praise for GIRL READING
  • Living Dolls – the Book Club verdict
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/girl-reading-is-a-tv-book-club-pick/     The Paris Wife is a Richard & Judy pick!
  • Win a beautiful proof of The Paris Wife
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
  • The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (feat. The Bookshop Band)
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/the-paris-wife-is-a-richard-judy-pick/     An Honourable Start to 2012
  • Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' moves to Tottenham
  • Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' opens at the Tricycle to rave reviews
  • 4 June-17 July: Women, Politics and Power Season at the Tricycle Theatre
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/an-honourable-start-to-2012/     Happy Christmas from Virago
  • Happy Virago Reading Week!
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/happy-christmas-from-virago/     Elisabeth Russell Taylor launches her new website
  • September Inspiration: Susie Boyt recommends Elizabeth Taylor
  • Virago Website Shortlisted for Best Website Prize
  • Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' opens at the Tricycle to rave reviews
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/elisabeth-russell-taylor-launches-her-new-website/     Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' moves to Tottenham
  • Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' opens at the Tricycle to rave reviews
  • Gillian Slovo is elected 25th President of English PEN
  • Play based on SLAVE wins award!
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/gillian-slovos-play-the-riots-moves-to-tottenham/     Margaret Atwood – the Dancing Elf!
  • In Conversation with Margaret Atwood
  • An Amazing Atwood Invention
  • We have winners! Margaret Atwood's Publisher for a Day winners
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/margaret-atwood-the-dancing-elf/     Natasha Walter responds to Hamley's decision to abandon colour coded shopping for girls and boys
  • Sexism, stereotypes and slutwalks – Natasha Walter talks to Virago Book Club members
  • June's Inspiration: Natasha Walter Recommends Rosamond Lehmann
  • Living Dolls and real girls
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/natasha-walter-responds-to-hamleys-decision-to-abandon-colour-coded-shopping-for-girls-and-boys/     Beta blockers, method acting and flaccid ham sandwiches – Polly Samson bares all at the Virago Book Club
  • Polly Samson Shares Her Love of Short Stories
  • Virago Book Club Live Event with Polly Samson
  • Polly Samson and Perfect Lives
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/beta-blockers-method-acting-and-flaccid-ham-sandwiches-polly-samson-bares-all-at-the-virago-book-club/     December Inspiration: Josephine Hart on Mary McCarthy
  • Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • Mary Wollstonecraft – A Woman to Remember!
  • January inspiration – Sarah Dunant on JAMAICA INN by Daphne du Maurier
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/december-inspiration-josephine-hart-on-mary-mccarthy/     Polly Samson Shares Her Love of Short Stories
  • Polly Samson and Perfect Lives
  • Virago Loves Short Stories
  • Our Favourite Stories from Perfect Lives
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/polly-samson-shares-her-love-of-short-stories/     Gillian Slovo's play 'The Riots' opens at the Tricycle to rave reviews
  • Gillian Slovo speaks about her mother Ruth First on Woman's Hour
  • October Inspiration: Gillian Slovo on her mother, Ruth First
  • Gillian Slovo is elected 25th President of English PEN
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/gillian-slovos-play-the-riots-opens-at-the-tricycle-to-rave-reviews/     Our Favourite Stories from Perfect Lives
  • Perfect Lives – The Next Virago Book Club Selection
  • Royal Weddings and Perfect Lives
  • Perfect Reviews for 'Perfect Lives'
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/our-favourite-stories-from-perfect-lives/     Virago Book Club Live Event with Polly Samson
  • Perfect Lives – The Next Virago Book Club Selection
  • Come to the first Virago live event – only a few places left!
  • Virago Book Club event with Linda Grant
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/virago-book-club-live-event-with-polly-samson/     Perfect Lives by Polly Samson to be Book at Bedtime
  • Polly Samson and Perfect Lives
  • Perfect Lives – The Next Virago Book Club Selection
  • Royal Weddings and Perfect Lives
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/perfect-lives-by-polly-samson-to-be-book-at-bedtime/     Perfect Lives – The Next Virago Book Club Selection
  • Perfect Reviews for 'Perfect Lives'
  • Royal Weddings and Perfect Lives
  • Polly Samson and Perfect Lives
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/perfect-lives-the-next-virago-book-club-selection/     November Inspiration: Anna May Mangan on Miles Franklin
  • Anna May Mangan – Me and Mine
  • January inspiration – Sarah Dunant on JAMAICA INN by Daphne du Maurier
  • May's Inspiration: Stella Duffy Recommends Janet Frame
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/november-inspiration-anna-may-mangan-on-miles-franklin/     REBECCA has been chosen for World Book Night
  • World Book Night – Call for Volunteer Book Givers
  • Largest ever book giveaway is launched
  • World Book Night follow up
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/rebecca-has-been-chosen-for-world-book-night/     Mary Wollstonecraft – A Woman to Remember!
  • 'One of the best reads I can remember' Richard Madeley loves The Return of Captain John Emmett
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/support-a-memorial-for-mary-wollstonecraft/     Rumer Godden, author of BLACK NARCISSUS, to be published in the Virago Modern Classics
  • Virago Modern Classics – Designer Collection
  • Literary Sleuthing – the Job of a Classics Editor
  • The Virago Book Club is Open
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/rumer-godden-author-of-black-narcissus-to-be-published-in-the-virago-modern-classics/     Guest Post from Lauren Liebenberg, author of The West Rand Jive Cats Boxing Club
  • Find out in today's guest post how Stella Duffy discovered the heroine of her new novel, THEODORA
  • Living Dolls – the Book Club verdict
  • Virago Book Club event with Linda Grant
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/guest-post-from-lauren-liebenberg-author-of-the-west-rand-jive-cats-boxing-club/     NIGHTINGALE WOOD by Stella Gibbons on Radio 4
  • Listen to Amanda Coe on Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour'
  • Virago Book Club welcomes Stella Duffy on 13th September
  • Stella Duffy's Theodora wins the Stonewall Writer of the Year Award
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/nightingale-wood-by-stella-gibbons-on-radio-4/     October Inspiration: Gillian Slovo on her mother, Ruth First
  • Gillian Slovo speaks about her mother Ruth First on Woman's Hour
  • Virago's December publications
  • Gillian Slovo is elected 25th President of English PEN
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/october-inspiration-gillian-slovo-on-her-mother-ruth-first/     Virago Book Club welcomes Stella Duffy on 13th September
  • Actress, Empress, Whore – Theodora by Stella Duffy
  • Find out in today's guest post how Stella Duffy discovered the heroine of her new novel, THEODORA
  • Stella Duffy on video talking about Theodora
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/virago-book-club-welcomes-stella-duffy-on-13th-september/     September Inspiration: Susie Boyt recommends Elizabeth Taylor
  • March inspiration – Paula McLain Recommends MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
  • April's Inspiration: Sarah Waters Recommends Barbara Comyns
  • August Inspiration: Polly Samson Recommends THE MAGIC TOYSHOP
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/september-inspiration-susie-boyt-recommends-elizabeth-taylor/     Cocktail parties, pink hair and Paris in the 1950s – what more could you want?
  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister – new acquisition for Virago
  • Think Pink?
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/cocktail-parties-pink-hair-and-paris-in-the-1950s-what-more-could-you-want/     Introducing the VMC hardback designer collection!
  • Virago Modern Classics – Designer Collection
  • Read (or Listen to) the Title Story of Daphne du Maurier's Controversial Early Collection
  • New Collection of Short Stories by DAPHNE DU MAURIER
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/published-this-month-the-vmc-hardback-designer-collection/     August Inspiration: Polly Samson Recommends THE MAGIC TOYSHOP
  • April's Inspiration: Sarah Waters Recommends Barbara Comyns
  • Angela Carter, writer and … poet!
  • Easter Weekend Reading: The Egg by Polly Samson
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/get-inspired-for-august-polly-samson-recommends-the-magic-toyshop/     Anna May Mangan – Me and Mine http://www.viragobooks.net/anna-may-mangan-me-and-mine/ Don't Let Your Daughter Become a Princess – Buy Her a Book!
  • Review the reviews
  • Think Pink?
  • The Rector's Daughter is This Week's Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/dont-let-your-daughter-become-a-princess-buy-her-a-book/     Listen to Amanda Coe on Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour'
  • Gillian Slovo speaks about her mother Ruth First on Woman's Hour
  • Read (or Listen to) the Title Story of Daphne du Maurier's Controversial Early Collection
  • DUSTY ANSWER This Week's Radio 4 Drama
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/listen-to-amanda-coe-on-radio-4s-womans-hour/     The Night Watch BBC Adaptation – What did you think?
  • THE NIGHT WATCH Dramatisation – Date Confirmed!
  • The Night Watch: film announced for BBC Two, summer 2011
  • SOUTH RIDING: the latest on the BBC drama
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/the-night-watch-bbc-adaptation-what-did-you-think/     Sexism, stereotypes and slutwalks – Natasha Walter talks to Virago Book Club members
  • Living Dolls – the Book Club verdict
  • Virago Book Club event with Linda Grant
  • June's Inspiration: Natasha Walter Recommends Rosamond Lehmann
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/sexism-stereotypes-and-slutwalks-natasha-walter-talks-to-virago-book-club-members/     Virago Modern Classics – Designer Collection
  • Virago celebrates the life of Elizabeth Jenkins
  • Read (or Listen to) the Title Story of Daphne du Maurier's Controversial Early Collection
  • New Collection of Short Stories by DAPHNE DU MAURIER
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/virago-modern-classics-designer-collection/     THE NIGHT WATCH Dramatisation – Date Confirmed!
  • The Night Watch: film announced for BBC Two, summer 2011
  • SOUTH RIDING: the latest on the BBC drama
  • New BBC Drama: South Riding by Winifred Holtby
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/the-night-watch-dramatisation-date-confirmed/     July Inspiration:Joan Bakewell Recommends Vera Brittain
  • March inspiration – Paula McLain Recommends MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
  • 4 June-17 July: Women, Politics and Power Season at the Tricycle Theatre
  • April's Inspiration: Sarah Waters Recommends Barbara Comyns
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/july-inspirationjoan-bakewell-recommends-vera-brittain/     The 'Living Dolls' debate continues
  • Living Dolls – the Book Club verdict
  • Living Dolls and real girls
  • Think Pink?
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/the-living-dolls-debate-continues/     Living Dolls – the Book Club verdict
  • Living Dolls and real girls
  • We Had It So Good – The Virago Book Club verdict (so far)
  • Virago Book Club event with Linda Grant
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/living-dolls-the-book-club-verdict/     Stella Duffy on video talking about Theodora
  • Actress, Empress, Whore – Theodora by Stella Duffy
  • Find out in today's guest post how Stella Duffy discovered the heroine of her new novel, THEODORA
  • Stella Duffy's Theodora wins the Stonewall Writer of the Year Award
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/stella-duffy-on-video-talking-about-theodora/     Find out in today's guest post how Stella Duffy discovered the heroine of her new novel, THEODORA
  • Actress, Empress, Whore – Theodora by Stella Duffy
  • Stella Duffy's Theodora wins the Stonewall Writer of the Year Award
  • May's Inspiration: Stella Duffy Recommends Janet Frame
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/find-out-in-todays-guest-post-how-stella-duffy-came-to-discover-the-subject-of-her-new-novel-theodora/     Daphne du Maurier's Paintings
  • Daphne du Maurier's Rediscovered Short Stories on The TV Bookclub
  • Read (or Listen to) the Title Story of Daphne du Maurier's Controversial Early Collection
  • New Collection of Short Stories by DAPHNE DU MAURIER
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/daphne-du-mauriers-paintings/     Lennie Goodings, the Virago publisher, writes about Josephine Hart
  • Virago's Lennie Goodings wins Editor and Imprint of the Year award
  • Jackie Kay writes about Desert of the Heart
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/lennie-goodings-the-virago-publisher-writes-about-josephine-hart/     June's Inspiration: Natasha Walter Recommends Rosamond Lehmann
  • May's Inspiration: Stella Duffy Recommends Janet Frame
  • March inspiration – Paula McLain Recommends MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
  • April's Inspiration: Sarah Waters Recommends Barbara Comyns
    • ]]>     http://www.viragobooks.net/this-months-inspiration-natasha-walter-recommends-rosamond-lehmann/