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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 Hollie Cruickshank in Author News, Book News, Events and Appearances, Interviews on 07. Mar, 2013
Tracey Thorn is guest at Virago's first Live Event with Foyles
Our series of Virago Live Events at Foyles kicked off last week with none other than the wonderful Tracey Thorn, author of Bedsit Disco Queen. Tracey’s memoir spans a thirty-year pop career and she treated a capacity audience to a fantastic trip down memory lane in conversation with her friend
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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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From Our Own Backlist: Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
Posted by Lennie Goodings in Editorial
With all the (deserved) fuss over Emma Donoghue's new novel, Room, I thought readers would be interested to be reminded of an early book of hers that we published.
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23
Aug
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Bitter Leaf – exclusive reading by author
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Book News
Bitter Leaf by Chioma Okereke was published in June. This is Chioma's first book and I was delighted to acquire it for Virago. What I love about Chioma's writing is her use of language and the richness of her imagination.
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19
Aug
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Half the Sky: exposing the greatest moral outrage of our century
Posted by Donna Coonan in Book News
The front cover of the G2 section of the Guardian today is taken up by Half the Sky, with the line: ‘The world is in the grip of a moral outrage on a par with slavery and genocide. The victims? Women.’
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18
Aug
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We have winners! Margaret Atwood's Publisher for a Day winners
Posted by Emily Rowland in Reader Feedback
With the help of Margaret Atwood and her legion of Twitter followers, we ran a contest to be Atwood's Publisher for a day, and readers, you did not disappoint!
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18
Aug
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The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Posted by Victoria Pepe in Book News, Editorial, Previews
At this moment, I'm looking at the most beautiful proof you will ever see. Slotted inside are two postcards. One shows a couple in the snow, the other a group of friends, laughing, happy. On the front of the book are the letters H and E.
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17
Aug
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The Bolter – Film Rights Sold!
Posted by Donna Coonan in Book News, News, TV, Film & Radio News
It seems that everybody wants to want to make a film of a Virago book. Last week we told you about South Riding. Yesterday we told you about Slave. Today comes the news that film rights for The Bolter by Frances Osborne have been acquired by New Regency Productions.
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16
Aug
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I Am Slave, Channel 4 drama
Posted by Elise Dillsworth in Book News, News, TV, Film & Radio News
"Channel 4 returns to serious drama with I Am Slave, a harrowing exploration of human trafficking in London." Sunday Times The drama to be broadcast on August 30 is loosely based on Slave, first published by Virago in 2004.
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13
Aug
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Living Dolls and real girls
Posted by Ursula Doyle in Editorial
In February, Virago published Living Dolls, Natasha Walter’s account of the return of sexism, which included an evisceration of the ways in which little girls are sold an airbrushed and highly sexual version of femininity.
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9
Aug
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Sarah Waters on writing a ghost story
Posted by Lennie Goodings in Author News, Book News
Sarah Waters wrote a piece in The Guardian on Saturday discussing the reaction to her latest novel. She had this to say on the response to The Little Stranger:
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4
Aug
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Video of Michele Roberts at the Port Eliot Festival
Posted by Donna Coonan in Author News, Book News, Events and Appearances, News
Did you go to the Port Eliot Festival this year? No? Sadly, me neither. Here's your chance to virtually be there (without the hassle of the train journey, the cost of the ticket, or the joys [?] of camping), and hear Michele Roberts speaking about her acclaimed short-story collection, Mud.
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