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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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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister – new acquisition for Virago
Posted by Donna Coonan in Book News, News, TV, Film & Radio News
I’m delighted to say we’ve acquired World Rights to The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, which we’ll be publishing in November.
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27
Jul
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In Conversation with Margaret Atwood
Posted by Emily Rowland in Interviews
A couple of weeks ago, Virago Publisher Lennie Goodings sat down for a London-Toronto Skype conversation with Margaret Atwood.
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26
Jul
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Half The Sky: How to Change the World
Posted by Emily Rowland in Recommended Reading
FACT: More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they are girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century combined.
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21
Jul
Half The Sky: An excerpt from the book
Posted by Emily Rowland in Book Excerpts
Read on below for the full introduction to Half The Sky.
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1
Jul
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The Year of the Flood: Chapter 1
Posted by Emily Rowland in Book Excerpts
Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood is now available in paperback, so we're sharing the first chapter with you in case you're currently surrounded by liobams and can't escape to buy the book.
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Jul
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Welcome to the Virago News and Blog website
Posted by Lennie Goodings in Editorial
Lennie Goodings, publisher of Virago Press, would like to say a few words of warm welcome to all our fans and readers.
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28
Jun
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The Rector's Daughter is This Week's Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Posted by Donna Coonan in Book News, TV, Film & Radio News
Juliet Stevenson reads F. M. Mayor's unfairly Neglected Classic The Rector's Daughter, the story of a plain, reliable parson's daughter whose life of duty and service is thrown into confusion by an unexpected and unsought love affair.
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Jun
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Great Reviews for Mud: Stories of Sex and Love by Michele Roberts
Posted by Donna Coonan in Reader Feedback
Michele Roberts' Mud, her new collection of short stories of Sex and Love, has been gathering glittering reviews.
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10
Jun
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Actress, Empress, Whore – Theodora by Stella Duffy
Posted by Donna Coonan in Reader Feedback
In Stella Duffy's ambitious new historical novel, she tells the story of Theodora, a fascinating woman who rose from actress and prostitute at the hippodrome to empress of Constantinople.
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9
Jun
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Sarah Waters – Glamour Magazine Writer of the Year
Posted by Donna Coonan in Award News
Virago's very own Sarah Waters was named Writer of the Year in the Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year Awards at a ceremony in London.
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