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Focusing on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. Read more at
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View from Talland House made famous by Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel "To the Lighthouse" set for obstruction by multi-million dollar flat project in St. Ives, Cornwall.
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View of Godrevy Lighthouse goes unsaved — for now
In mid-January, we reported on the most recent plan to construct a multi-million dollar flat project that would obstruct the view of the Cornwall coast and Godrevy Lighthouse from Talland House in …
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View from Talland House made famous by Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel "To the Lighthouse" set for obstruction by multi-million dollar flat project in St. Ives, Cornwall.
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View of Godrevy Lighthouse goes unsaved — for now
In mid-January, we reported on the most recent plan to construct a multi-million dollar flat project that would obstruct the view of the Cornwall coast and Godrevy Lighthouse from Talland House in …
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Global call for participants in forum on "Virginia Woolf: Sound and Rhythm in Translation" at June Woolf conference in Istanbul
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Global call for participants in forum on Virginia Woolf: Sound and Rhythm in Translation at June conference
Virginia Woolf scholars from Brazil invite participants from all over the world to submit a proposal to the open forum Virginia Woolf: Sound and Rhythm in Translation, in preparation for the 35th A…
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See how Kristin Czarnecki erases Virginia Woolf's words to create poetry -- and a new appreciation of Woolf's words -- from "Mrs. Dalloway"
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Erasing Virginia Woolf’s words to create poetry
A year or so ago, on the recommendation of a friend, I bought Sarah J. Sloat’s Hotel Almighty, a book of erasure poems born from Stephen King’s novel Misery. Each page bears not only Sloat’s erasur…
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Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold Join Naoise Dolan, Anne Griffin & Ailbhe Malone in conversation, in collaboration with
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. Ancient Irish myth, retold — bold women reclaiming their stories. 📅 4 March at 6.30pm:
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Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold
Naoise Dolan, Anne Griffin and Ailbhe Malone in conversation
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Ever want to learn about Virginia Woolf and nature? You can -- either live online or in person. Sign up for "Virginia Woolf and the Natural World" online in July or in person in August with
@litcamb.bsky.social
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Study Woolf and the Natural World with @LitCamb
Virginia Woolf and the Natural World will be the focus of this year’s Literature Cambridge summer course, which will be held twice — once online and once in person. The live online course wil…
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You can donate to restore Virginia Woolf's fragile embroidered silk shawl, the only piece of her clothing remaining today.
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Donate to restore Virginia Woolf’s shawl
It was Christmas 1933 and Ottoline Morrell gave Virginia Woolf an embroidered silk shawl as a gift. It still exists today as the only remaining piece of Woolf’s clothing, and the National Tru…
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Virginia Woolf's reception in South Korea is topic of Jan. 22 online seminar
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Virginia Woolf’s reception in Korea is topic Jan. 22
Virginia Woolf’s reception in South Korea will be the topic for the third session of the A Room of One’s Own Around the Globe seminar on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. CET on Zoom.
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Save the view from Talland House, inspiration & setting for Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse," which R.L. Southern Ltd. will ruin by building tall 12-flat structure. Contact St. Ives Town Council to protest!
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@vwoolfturkiye.bsky.social
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Save the view from Talland House, setting for Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse
Developers are at it again. As in 2015, and 2003, they are planning a multi-million dollar flat project that would obstruct the view from Talland House in St. Ives, Cornwall, which was the setting …
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Tracking Virginia and Leonard Woolf on Dec. 28 over the years
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Tracking Virginia & Leonard Woolf on Dec. 28 over the years
One hundred years ago today, on Dec. 28, 1925, Virginia Woolf headed to London to join her husband Leonard after spending Christmas at Charleston. Except for 1925 and 1926, the Woolfs spent their C…
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3 months ago
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Since Christmas is coming . . .
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Free Zoom session today on Virginia Woolf, writing, and animal studies with Jeanne Dubino, beginning at 7 p.m. Turkey time, 11 a.m. EST, thanks to
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Session on Woolf and animal studies today on Zoom
Today, the Virginia Woolf Society of Turkey presents a new talk in its Woolf Seminar series, featuring Jeanne Dubino on “Virginia Woolf’s Life and Writing: The Embodiment of Animal Studies.”…
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Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen from Virginia Woolf, who held Austen in great esteem, as evidenced by the fact that references to her are all over Woolf's writing.
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#JaneAusten
#VirginiaWoolf
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social
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Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen from Virginia Woolf
Today is the 250th birthday of the celebrated British author Jane Austen, an author that Virginia Woolf held in great esteem, as evidenced by the fact that references to Austen are all over Woolf&#…
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Virginia Woolf scholars are always up to something -- earning awards, publishing new books, etc. Get the scoop.
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#VirginiaWoolf
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News about Virginia Woolf scholars
Here are just a handful of news bits about Virginia Woolf scholars. I know there are more. So if you have one, please add it as a comment below this post. Or send it to me by clicking on the email …
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3 months ago
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The Gordon Square Society's "Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury Festival" is this weekend in Antwerp.
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Join the Woolf Salon #32 for a discussion of "The Common Reader at 100" this Friday, Dec. 5, via Zoom.
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Woolf Salon #32: Common Reader at 100 on Dec. 5
The upcoming Woolf Salon on Friday, Dec. 5, will celebrate The Common Reader at 100, Virginia’s book-length work of literary criticism collecting 20 essays which she introduces with a short p…
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/12/02/woolf-salon-32-common-reader-at-100-on-dec-5/
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Zoom in for two Virginia Woolf events this week -- discussions of "A Room of One's Own" 11/20 and "Night and Day" 11/21. Free on Zoom.
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Zoom in for two Woolf events this week
Two Virginia Woolf events will take place this week, one on Thursday, one on Friday, and both on Zoom. The first discusses the reception of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own in Brazil. The se…
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Sexual abuse -- from Virginia Woolf to the Epstein survivors. Believe women.
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Sexual abuse — from Virginia Woolf to the Epstein survivors
Yesterday, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, who were as young as age 14 when they were first sexually abused and trafficked, released a powerful PSA that featured their childhood photos. It made the n…
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/11/18/sexual-abuse-from-virginia-woolf-to-the-epstein-survivors/
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See all 34 hand-set Hogarth Press books at exhibit in Belgium
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See all 34 hand-set Hogarth Press books in Belgium
When I sat next to Ben Majchrowicz at the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, he showed me a treasure.
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Five days left to see a new play, "I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Too," playing now through Nov. 9 at Barons Court Theatre in London.
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New play “I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Too” in London now
There are five days left to see a new play, “I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Too,” which is playing through Nov. 9 at Barons Court Theatre in London.
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Blogging Woolf
Secret Life of Books Podcast
6 months ago
Jonty chats to English literary critic and Virginia Woolf biographer, Hermione Lee, in this must-listen episode for Woolf fans and all classic literature lovers alike! The best part? You can tune in now, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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In England this month? Head to Charleston to hear about "Mrs. Dalloway: Biography of a Novel" by
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Author Charles Wiegand
6 months ago
"Writing is still like heaving bricks over a wall." --Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) From a letter she wrote to E. M. Forster on 21 January 1922
#writerslift
#life
#authors
#love
#art
#coffee
#diary
#write
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Virginia Woolf had a lot to say about reading -- and thinking -- too.
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Now out from
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is "Virginia Woolf and Transnational Perspectives," with contributions form writers in 5 continents and 14 regions -- including Brenda Silver.
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Virginia Woolf and Transnational Perspectives from EUP
In the 18 years that Blogging Woolf has been in existence, few things Woolfian have excited me more than writing a chapter about this blog for The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Transnat…
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Charleston event celebrates centenary of Mrs Dalloway w/ talk by
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about his new book, Mrs. Dalloway: Biography of a Novel
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Charleston event celebrates centenary of Mrs Dalloway
If you’ll be in England this month, you have the opportunity to travel to Charleston for a special event with Mark Hussey and his new book, Mrs. Dalloway: Biography of a Novel. The details Wh…
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Registration is open for
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Oct. 24 Zoom session on "Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, and the Materiality of Life/Writing" with Luca Pinelli
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VW Society of Turkey presents session on Woolf, Beauvoir
I had not thought much about Virginia Woolf and Simone deBeauvoir’s life writing until I decided to write a paper connecting their wartime diaries with those of writer Iris Origo.
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This should be a fabulous event getting the inside scoop on the newly discovered "Life of Violet" by Virginia Woolf.
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Great feature by
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on newly discovered "The Life of Violet" by Virginia Woolf, edited by Urmila Seshagiri and published by
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, takes us to England and the archives where it sat for 80 years.
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The Life of Violet featured on PBS Newshour
I don’t always watch the evening news, but when I do, I watch PBS Newshour. I watched yesterday, and I am glad I did. Why? Because they included a feature on The Life of Violet, edited by Urm…
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Newly discovered 1908 revision of comical Virginia Woolf work, "The Life of Violet," edited by Urmila Seshagiri and published by
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is out.
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Virginia Woolf said, "Thinking is my fighting," and what better way to aid our thinking than by reading books -- particularly those they try to ban. Thank you, brave librarians!
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Searchable PDF of Virginia Woolf's autobiographical "Moments of Being" is now online -- for free.
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Searchable PDF of Moments of Being online
The second edition of Moments of Being (1985) consists of five pieces that make up Virginia Woolf’s only autobiographical writing, with the exception of her diaries and letters. This edition is now…
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Freedom of mind is the one thing
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#VirginiaWoolf
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Freedom of mind is the one thing tyranny can’t destroy
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, p. 76 Yesterday, af…
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6 months ago
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The website is live and the call for papers is out for the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, with its theme of "Woolf and Sound."
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#VirginiaWoolf
#callforpapers
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Call for papers for 35th Woolf Conference: Woolf and Sound
The website for the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Virginia Woolf and Sound is now live, and the call for proposals is out, with abstracts due Dec. 20.
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/09/15/call-for-papers-for-35th-woolf-conference-woolf-and-sound/
6 months ago
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Newly discovered Virginia Woolf proofs of "Orlando," "The Waves" and "Common Reader: Second Series" are now available online, thanks to Edward Mendelson and
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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Newly discovered Woolf proofs now available online
Edward Mendelson of Columbia University has shared scanned images of three sets of proofs newly discovered in Columbia’s library. They include two Virginia Woolf novels, as well as an edition…
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@nytimes.com
critic says: At 100 years old, Mrs. Dalloway is a must-read for today's technological world
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NYT says: Mrs. Dalloway is a must-read for today
At 100 years old, Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway is a must-read for all of us living in today’s technological world, according to New York Times critic A.O. Scott.
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7 months ago
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Something to lighten your heart in these troubled times.
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Blogging Woolf
Secret Life of Books Podcast
7 months ago
Part 4 of our Virginia Woolf mini-series is out now! This week, we unpack Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, and: 📚 Her vision for shared cultural progress 🧠Her push for mental androgyny 🏠What a “room of one’s own” actually entails 🎧 Listen now!
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London Literary Salon
7 months ago
“The things people don’t say, the truths that hover just beyond language.” Join us in St Ives this October to explore Virginia Woolf’s first novel, The Voyage Out BOOK HERE:
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Dr Rhonda Mayne
7 months ago
In today's
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, Virginia Woolf redefines the audibility of servants in Mrs Dalloway, revealing how class and hierarchy shape their voices and their silence.
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Chronically Online
7 months ago
Love these modern cover designs for classic books
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Virginia Woolf’s Rooms is topic of
@litcamb.bsky.social
sixth Woolf season: 10 live Zoom lectures and/or seminars September 2025 through June 2026.
#VirginiaWoolf
#LiteratureCambridge
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Virginia Woolf’s Rooms is topic of @LitCamb season six
Join Literature Cambridge September 2025 to June 2026 for a live online season of lectures and seminars on the major works of Virginia Woolf on the theme of Virginia Woolf’s Rooms.
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/09/01/virginia-woolfs-rooms-is-topic-of-litcamb-season-six/
7 months ago
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New Turkish translation of seven Virginia Woolf's essays on writing, edited by Mine Özyurt Kılıç, is now out.
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New Turkish translation of Woolf essays now out
A Turkish translation of seven essays by Virginia Woolf, in progress for three years, is now out.
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It's only fitting that we send/post/gather flowers in tribute and memoriam to Elisa Kay Sparks, Virginia Woolf scholar, writer, artist, friend who specialized in Woolf flowers and gardens.
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Flowers in memoriam to Elisa Kay Sparks
I could never think of Virginia Woolf and flowers without thinking of Elisa Kay Sparks, who died Aug. 16 in Seattle, Washington.
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Last month, readers and scholars of
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gathered in London and Brighton for the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf
#WoolfandDissidence
. Check out some of the faces at the opening and closing receptions.
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We say “hello.” We say “goodbye” at #WoolfandDissidence
Just like the Beatles, we said “hello” and we said “goodbye” at receptions that marked both ends of the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and Dissidenc…
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/08/06/we-say-hello-we-say-goodbye-at-woolfanddissidence/
8 months ago
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Did Virginia Woolf think she had a “chapter gone wrong” in her 1931 novel "The Waves"? Read about Edward Mendelson's research at
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and in
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. His book "The Inner Life of Mrs. Dalloway" from
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is out next month.
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Cast a vote for the Orlando oak at Knole Park in England as the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year 2025. It is thought to be the famous oak featured in Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel "Orlando."
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Vote for the oak in Orlando as UK Tree of the Year
Cast a vote for the Orlando oak at Knole Park in England, which is up for the title of Tree of the Year 2025. It is thought to be the one featured in Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando. And the …
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This just in! Plans are being made for the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Virginia Woolf and Sound. Get the details at
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News: Istanbul is location for 35th Annual Virginia Woolf Conference
This just in! Plans are now being made for the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Virginia Woolf and Sound. It will be held June 24-28, 2026, in Istanbul, Turkey,hosted by İsta…
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/08/03/news-istanbul-is-location-for-35th-annual-virginia-woolf-conference/
8 months ago
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Here is an interesting Substack post about how Virginia Woolf’s wartime experiences affected her thinking and her writing as she penned her final novel, “Between the Acts.”
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I love seeing that Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” is on the list as one of the top 10 books of the 20th century.
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This month, catch a Virginia Woolf lecture with
@litcamb.bsky.social
. Learn about war trauma in "Mrs. Dalloway" to sapphic love in "Orlando" to politics in "Mrs. Dalloway" with
@markhussey.bsky.social
and more.
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Catch a Woolf lecture in August with @LitCamb
This month, Literature Cambridge is repeating four popular lectures from previous Virginia Woolf Seasons. And you can catch up with those you missed online.
https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/08/03/catch-a-woolf-lecture-in-august-with-litcamb/
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