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In memory of Virago's pioneering founder Carmen Callil, we're bringing our lecture series The Carmen Talks, back to The London Library.
The third in a series of five, this talk by Kit de Waal reflects on her own activism as a writer and publisher 👇
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We are delighted to announce that Never Say War: Life Inside Russia has been longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize 2026. Congratulations to Åsne Seierstad!
It’s wonderful to see such a powerful book continue to get the recognition it deserves.
#BGPrize2026
Mystery fiction recommendations to keep the pages turning on your summer reading 🔍
Which ones are you adding to your TBR?
#mysteryfiction #ViragoBooks #literaryfiction #ViragoRecommends
Today we're celebrating some of our Virago books in translation! Have you read any of these?
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Join Paul de Zulueta to discuss his intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer and his Grandmother Daphne du Maurier and her famous ancestors, hosted by @CWBookshop!
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'She takes the study of love into uncharted territory and every sentence has its depth and pleasure' Linda Grant
'Boyt has written a twenty first century classic’ LA Review of Books
Loved and Missed by @SusieBoyt is out now in audiobook: brnw.ch/21x4ClN
Are you in a book club? We've pulled together our recommendations for you and your pals to discuss!
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#BookClubReads #ViragoBooks #literaryfiction #bookclub #ViragoRecommends
Picture it: it's summer and you're at the park with the whole day ahead to get stuck into a book. 🌞
To inspire you, we're recommending some Virago books you can read in one sitting.
#BooksToReadInOneSitting
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#literaryfiction
#ViragoRecommends
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🌭 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌!!! 🌭
A hilarious, brutally honest memoir about navigating life in South Korea.
This was unlike any memoir I’ve read before and couldn’t recommend it anymore!
Thanks so much to @ViragoBooks for gifting me this book, out now!
The Mind Electric demonstrates the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that the strangest symptoms experienced by any individual show us something universal about being human.
The Mind Electric by Pria Anand is published in paperback today!
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Short stories with long shadows. Whatever you do, don’t look away now . . .
Introduced by Stephen King, AFTER MIDNIGHT is coming in paperback this October 👁️
#DiscoverduMaurier #AfterMidnight
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Read shortlisted author Rachel Seiffert’s fascinating account of how she researched Once The Deed Is Done and how it was inspired by real people and records.
Full interview via the link: walterscottprize.co.uk/short…
@ViragoBooks #HistoricalFiction #Shortlist #WalterScottPrize
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Happy #PublicationDay to @HilaryCottam whose book #TheWorkWeNeed comes out in paperback today!😍🎉🎉🎉
'Cottam is the humane revolutionary our turbulent century needs - and this book our roadmap to a better future' JONATHAN FREEDLAND
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The Work We Need - out in paperback today and available on line and in all bookshops. This is for you if you want a different story about work and what’s possible @ViragoBooks
Inspiring, moving, funny and evocative coming of age stories, to be read at any age! Which ones are you adding to your TBR?
Explore our reading list: store.virago.co.uk/collectio…
#ComingofAge #ViragoRecommends #ViragoBooks #literaryfiction #modernclassics
When Emily sees Gen, everything comes rushing back.
Once inseparable, now living completely different lives. Gen an Olympic athlete, Emily trapped in a life that isn’t as perfect as it seems.
But the spark between them never faded.
💔 OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK 💔
Two modern classics. Two beautiful new editions. ✨
LINDEN HILLS and BAILEY'S CAFE by Gloria Naylor are publishing today, with brilliant new introductions by @irenosenokojie and stunning new jackets.
Out now from your favourite bookseller!
The Mind Electric by Pria Anand: Stories of the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains, coming in paperback next month!
'Exquisite story-telling, equally exquisite story dissection and humanism' — Times Literary Supplement
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‘Heat, floods and droughts make men more violent to women’: Natasha Walter on eco-feminism in a world on fire.
Read the full interview here! brnw.ch/21x2hDs
Stories of menace and unease!
Mark Ravenhill’s recommendation on BBC Radio 4 Front Row is After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier 😍
You can listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vm… @D_DuMaurier
