An article written in 1980 by Carmen Callil, founder of Virago and the Virago Modern Classics |
Here's an article that was written 28 years ago by Carmen Callil, the founder of Virago and the Virago Modern Classics list. The list has changed and expanded: some of the books she mentions are ...
Posted by Virago on Tue, 20 May 2008 03:47:00 PST |
Check out this event: Literary Love Affairs:Jonathan Coe & Carmen Callil |
Hosted By: Charleston FestivalWhen: 18 May 2008, 14:30Where: CharlestonFirle, LewesEast Sussex, BN86LLUnited KingdomDescription:Charleston Festival Click Here To View EventThis year is the 30th anniv...
Posted by Virago on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:13:00 PST |
Thirty Years of Virago Modern Classics |
Research shows that readers have little awareness of what publisher has issued which title, but when I was younger I realised that many of the books I loved bore the apple icon. Going to a Catholic gi...
Posted by Virago on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:48:00 PST |
THE VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS LIST CELEBRATES 30 YEARS |
The Virago Modern Classics list celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. There has been some fantastic press for this important and much loved part of Virago.
Carmen Callil set up Virago to publish ...
Posted by Virago on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:51:00 PST |
Virago author STELLA DUFFY writes our blog - PLUS competition to win her latest book |
Virago author Stella Duffy ('a writer who never lets you down' Ali Smith) has written a wonderful new book, The Room of Lost Things. I asked her if she would write a post for the blog about this movin...
Posted by Virago on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:18:00 PST |
The Two Top-Reviewed Titles in the Press this Weekend are from Virago |
The two most reviewed books in last weekend's press (15th-17th February) were both Virago titles: Lisa Appignanesi's Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 and ...
Posted by Virago on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:10:00 PST |
Classiest of the Classics - Daphne du Maurier is the most popular classic author in libraries |
The Guardian Review section on Saturday ran an article on the most borrowed library books. Daphne du Maurier scores a hat trick in the 'Most Borrowed Classic Titles' list:
At no. 2 &...
Posted by Virago on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:57:00 PST |
MAD, BAD AND SAD by Lisa Appignanesi |
Here is a fascinating article from Lisa Appignanesi. She is the author of Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present, which is published this month.
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Posted by Virago on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:17:00 PST |
Sarah Dunant on Radio 4s Bookclub |
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant has been chosen by
Jim Naughtie's Book Club on BBC Radio 4.
The programme will be transmitted on February 3rd at 4.00pm and repeated on February 7th.
The mon...
Posted by Virago on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:52:00 PST |
A Hat Trick for the VMCs |
Not one, not two, but three VMC authors were included in 'The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945' article in The Times Books section on Saturday. All will be included in our 30th anniversary celeb...
Posted by Virago on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:02:00 PST |
