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Virago Press

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Virago Press

@ViragoBooks

A feminist publisher of outstanding books for all readers

London, England

Joined May 2009

Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
May 2, 2018
Today we celebrate: 40 years of challenging the status quo. 40 years of changing the literary landscape. 40 years of green spines. Today we are celebrating 40 years of Virago Modern Classics. Share your collections with us using #VMC40!
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Mar 20, 2017
If you're looking for a book to make you laugh, take a listen to the audiobook of #TalkingasFastAsICan by @thelaurengraham #BooksforChange
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Dec 11, 2017
#SusanFerrier sold more copies of her novels than her contemporary, Jane Austen. Sir Walter Scott declared her his equal.Why, then has she been lost to history? 2018 is the 200th anniversary of Marriage, her sharply observed, comic novel. It is time to rediscover her brilliance.
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Nov 14, 2017
Talking As Fast As I Can has made it into the final round of the @goodreads Choice Awards! Cast your vote for @thelaurengraham here: goodreads.com/choiceawards/b…
Virago Press
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Sep 26, 2024
We're delighted to celebrate the dark heart of Daphne du Maurier's writing with a new hardback collection of 13 of her most haunting stories, introduced by @StephenKing. After Midnight | Coming October 2025 Find out more: brnw.ch/21wNcep
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Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Mar 27, 2018
Invaluable life advice from the one and only @thelaurengraham wrapped up in a beautiful book. Out next week - pre-order your copy now fal.cn/40Wb
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Jul 15, 2024
💚📗🍏 An elegant and iconic new design for our Modern Classics list: a love letter to our original ‘green spines’ 🍏📗💚 Launching in Jan with ten titles ranging from beloved novels to acerbic essays, unsettling masterpieces to feminist gamechangers ➡ brnw.ch/21wLiLH
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Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Jun 8, 2019
We are thrilled at the news that Sarah Waters has been awarded an OBE for services to literature, in the Queen's Birthday Honours. HUGE congratulations Sarah!
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Nov 15, 2022
Gilmore Girls fans get ready!🍁 We’re so thrilled that @thelaurengraham’s wildly entertaining essay collection is OUT NOW🎉 HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY? is a candid, insightful, and wildly entertaining essay collection🔗fal.cn/3tBVe
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Oct 18, 2022
'Sad goodbye to Carmen Callil. Devastated she won’t be part of the 50th celebrations for the imprint she founded to `change the world’. Champion of women, outspoken critic, wonderful friend and utterly unique human being. A genius.' - Lennie Goodings
Carmen Callil, pioneering champion of female writers, dies aged 84
From theguardian.com
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Feb 27, 2023
'If you've ever been young, you will love #TheRachelIncident' - @gabriellezevin We're so excited about Caroline O'Donoghue's new novel & to celebrate we're giving away 4x proof copies! Follow & RT to enter, UK only. Closes 12pm, 6 March 💖 4x winners will be chosen at random.
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Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Jan 26, 2018
We are delighted to announce the return of our #GreenSpines! As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we will be re-introducing green spines across our entire Virago Modern Classics list. Turns out, it is easy being green. #VMC40
Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Nov 15, 2023
We've come over all festive thanks to this amazing Virago books TREE, created by avid Virago reader Charlotte Featherstone! Do you have enough green spines in your collection to create your own Virago Book Tree? #ViragoBookTree #ViragoGreenSpines #ViragoModernClassics
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Virago Press
@ViragoBooks
Sep 4, 2018
Joan Aiken was born #OnThisDay in 1924 - one of the most original storytellers, her influence is still felt today. Only yesterday @neilhimself called her 'one of the most important and interesting children's fiction writers of the last 50 years'