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Posted by Donna Coonan in Editorial on 05. Jun, 2013
A Hundred Years of Barbara Pym!
This week marks the centenary of Barbara Pym’s birth. Her many fans include Alexander McCall Smith, Jilly Cooper, Shirley Hazzard, Philip Larkin and Anne Tyler. Here, Hazel Holt remembers and celebrates her friend Barbara Pym, a treasure on the VMC list. When I joined the International African Institute in 1950
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Posted by Donna Coonan in Author News, Blog, Book News, Guest Posts on 25. Mar, 2013
Memories of Rumer Godden, from Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely-Hutchinson
Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely-Hutchinson shares his memories of working with Rumer Godden. In April, the Virago Modern Classics will launch a list for younger readers with two of Rumer Godden's novels for children: Thursday's Children and Listen to the Nightingale.
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Posted by Donna Coonan in Book Excerpts, Book News, News on 04. Mar, 2013
In her Nineties, Ursula Holden Becomes a Virago Modern Classic
Tin Toys, an incredible novel by Ursula Holden, is a new addition to the Virago Modern Classics list. It has been gathering brilliant reviews, so we thought we’d share the introduction by Lisa Allardice, who went to meet Holden to discuss the novel with her. Also, last week she featured
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Stella Duffy's Theodora wins the Stonewall Writer of the Year Award
Posted by Megan Schaffer in Book News, News
Virago is delighted to announce that the prestigious Stonewall Writer of the Year Award prize was awarded to Stella Duffy for her brilliant novel Theodora. She shares the award with fellow writer Rupert Smith.
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Nov
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'He's my cup of tea every day'
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Book News, News
A Long Way From Paradise is Leah Chishugi's courageous and inspirational story of how she survived the Rwandan genocide.
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Oct
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Literary Sleuthing – the Job of a Classics Editor
Posted by Donna Coonan in Blog
Since the Virago Modern Classics list was founded in 1978 its aims have been to celebrate women’s lives, literature and history, and to challenge the sometimes narrow definition of a classic.
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25
Oct
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Bread the word!
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Blog, Book News, Events and Appearances, News
OK, bad pun but if you're in the Notting Hill area this evening why not pop into Gail's bakery and meet Chioma Okereke who will be reading from her wonderful novel Bitter Leaf. Click here for more information. See you there!
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21
Oct
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Ingrid Betancourt in BBC Documentary
Posted by Zoe Hood in Author News, Book News, Interviews, TV, Film & Radio News
Hostage in the Jungle – This World Virago author Ingrid Betancourt, was on Hostage last night 7:00 – 8:00pm on BBC2. If you missed it, you have until 27th October to watch again on BBC iplayer.
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20
Oct
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Polly Samson and Perfect Lives
Posted by Emily Rowland in Author News
In the video below, Polly Samson takes us to the seashore to discuss the inspiration behind her new collection of short stories, Perfect Lives.
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18
Oct
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From Mad Men to Peyton Place
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Book News
How thrilling to hear the men – or freelance creatives as they are called – discussing the plot of Peyton Place by Grace Metalious in the most recent episode of Mad Men! As a fan of this Virago Modern Classic and the cult TV series – it made my weekend.
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13
Oct
What Virago means to our readers
Posted by Victoria Pepe in Book News, Competitions, Reader Feedback
I ran a competition on Twitter yesterday to give Virago followers the chance to win a copy of Ingrid Betancourt’s recently published autobiography Even Silence Has an End. To enter, I asked fellow tweeters to tell me exactly what Virago means to them (click here to read the 'About Virago' page
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Virago author Claire Rayner died yesterday, October 11 2010
Posted by Lennie Goodings in Author News
Virago is very sad to announce that Claire Rayner, author of How Did I Get Here From There?, died yesterday, October 11 2010. She was 79.
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Jackie Kay writes about Desert of the Heart
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Book News
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule was one of the first novels to portray lesbians as ordinary people, rather than monsters or depraved depressives. Jackie Kay hails a visionary writer who gave comfort to a generation of gay women.
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