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A mega-bestseller and publishing phenomenon in the Netherlands, I Will Live by @laaalegul is out 22nd August. Fierce, funny, impassioned, and a rallying cry against patriarchal injustice. Get your copy from the Virago store: brnw.ch/21wLU3V

A mega-bestseller and publishing phenomenon in the Netherlands, I Will Live by @laaalegul is out 22nd August.

Fierce, funny, impassioned, and a rallying cry against patriarchal injustice.

Get your copy from the Virago store: brnw.ch/21wLU3V
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Join Sonia Purnell at an event this autumn discussing Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power. Kingmaker publishes on 19th September with Virago and tickets are available online. Sonia Purnell

Join Sonia Purnell at an event this autumn discussing Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power. 

Kingmaker publishes on 19th September with Virago and tickets are available online. 

<a href="/soniapurnell/">Sonia Purnell</a>
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🔴An extraordinary new novel from Gayl Jones🟡 Set in the American South of the early 50s, follow Buddy Ray Guy as he embodies the fate of Black soldiers who return, not to glory, but to their Jim Crow communities. The Unicorn Woman is out now: brnw.ch/21wLWNW

🔴An extraordinary new novel from Gayl Jones🟡

Set in the American South of the early 50s, follow Buddy Ray Guy as he embodies the fate of Black soldiers who return, not to glory, but to their Jim Crow communities.

The Unicorn Woman is out now: brnw.ch/21wLWNW
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🌹 'You will love this incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare' - Meera Syal 🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wLYkA 🌹

🌹 'You will love this incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare' - Meera Syal 

🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. 
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wLYkA 🌹
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🟥The international bestseller🟨 Fiery, erotic and furious, and crackling with a relentless, mischievous intellect, this is the story of a young woman finding her voice. I Will Live by Lale Gül is out now, get your copy: brnw.ch/21wLZBM

🟥The international bestseller🟨

Fiery, erotic and furious, and crackling with a relentless, mischievous intellect, this is the story of a young woman finding her voice.

I Will Live by <a href="/lale_gul89/">Lale Gül</a> is out now, get your copy: brnw.ch/21wLZBM
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A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From? is out now in paperback: brnw.ch/21wLZD6

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from <a href="/AudreyOsler/">Audrey Osler</a>'s mixed-heritage family, over three centuries.

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From? is out now in paperback: brnw.ch/21wLZD6
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Step into 1930s New York with Mary McCarthy. These stylish reissues feature the iconic The Group and her first novel, The Company She Keeps. 🌃 'Juicy, shocking and almost continually brilliant' COSMO 🌃 'Sharp as a tack' SARAH WATER 🌃 'Exceedingly entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES

Step into 1930s New York with Mary McCarthy. These stylish reissues feature the iconic The Group and her first novel, The Company She Keeps. 

🌃 'Juicy, shocking and almost continually brilliant' COSMO
🌃 'Sharp as a tack' SARAH WATER
🌃 'Exceedingly entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES
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Sissy is used to being on the outside. But from the day Sissy fights a boy in front of Tegan, she's no longer alone. Bonded by violence, they grow so close they feel like one being. #Amphibian is a tender, haunting debut about the intensity of early friendships.

Sissy is used to being on the outside. But from the day Sissy fights a boy in front of Tegan, she's no longer alone. Bonded by violence, they grow so close they feel like one being.

#Amphibian is a tender, haunting debut about the intensity of early friendships.
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Something very special is coming. Keep your wayward eyes peeled on Tuesday 27th August for a wicked announcement. #ComingSoon #ViragoBooks

Something very special is coming. 

Keep your wayward eyes peeled on Tuesday 27th August for a wicked announcement. 

#ComingSoon #ViragoBooks
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Treat your shelves to this gorgeous collector's edition of Angela Carter's Book of Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, featuring artwork by Andrea Zanatelli, gold foil finishes and custom endpapers. Pre-order and receive a postcard inspired by the collection: brnw.ch/21wM6uP

Treat your shelves to this gorgeous collector's edition of Angela Carter's Book of Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, featuring artwork by Andrea Zanatelli, gold foil finishes and custom endpapers.

Pre-order and receive a postcard inspired by the collection: brnw.ch/21wM6uP
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🌹 'A must-read for all lovers and curious-era of Shakespeare's women' - Tamsin Greig 🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wM8CV 🌹

🌹 'A must-read for all lovers and curious-era of Shakespeare's women' - Tamsin Greig

🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. 
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wM8CV 🌹
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‘If you haven’t yet read Sarah Waters, I actually envy you the pleasure to come.’ Is Sarah Waters on your reading list? Here is a handy guide to her six extraordinary novels, written by Lennie Goodings, her editor of over twenty years: brnw.ch/21wMd1U #SarahWaters

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Out from Virago this September. . . ⭐The Virago Book of Friendship, edited by Rachel Cooke ⭐Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig ⭐Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell ⭐Mama Day by Gloria Naylor ⭐The Six by Loren Grush All available on the Virago store: brnw.ch/21wMfgI

Out from Virago this September. . .

⭐The Virago Book of Friendship, edited by Rachel Cooke
⭐Friends of Dorothy by <a href="/sanditoksvig/">Sandi Toksvig</a>
⭐Kingmaker by <a href="/soniapurnell/">Sonia Purnell</a>
⭐Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
⭐The Six by <a href="/lorengrush/">Loren Grush</a>

All available on the Virago store: brnw.ch/21wMfgI
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If you loved #TheRachelIncident, we can highly recommend dipping in to her other two novels #ScenesofAGraphicNature and #PromisingYoungWomen! And if you read on a Kindle, Promising Young Women is just 99p this month! Go, go, go...

If you loved #TheRachelIncident, we can highly recommend dipping in to her other two novels #ScenesofAGraphicNature and #PromisingYoungWomen!

And if you read on a Kindle, Promising Young Women is just 99p this month! Go, go, go...
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Myths and retellings celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond. Wise Women is out 3rd October. Pre-order your copy now: brnw.ch/21wMhmB

Myths and retellings celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond.

Wise Women is out 3rd October.

Pre-order your copy now: brnw.ch/21wMhmB
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🖤 THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024. Perfect for Autumn TBR piles 〰️ 'One of the greatest darkest writers who ever lived' Virginia Feito 〰️ 'This chillingly profound story drips w/ classy darkness' Janice Hallett 〰️ 'Guaranteed to disturb' Sunday Times Coming 7 Nov.

🖤 THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024. Perfect for Autumn TBR piles

〰️ 'One of the greatest darkest writers who ever lived' Virginia Feito
〰️ 'This chillingly profound story drips w/ classy darkness' Janice Hallett
〰️ 'Guaranteed to disturb' Sunday Times

Coming 7 Nov.
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🍏 Our #VMCBookClub pick this month is A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor. Published in 1951, it's an intelligent, haunting love story with echoes of Brief Encounter 🍏 'Magnificent and underrated... the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike' - David Baddiel

🍏 Our #VMCBookClub pick this month is A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor. Published in 1951, it's an intelligent, haunting love story with echoes of Brief Encounter

🍏 'Magnificent and underrated... the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike' - David Baddiel
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🌹 'A must read!' - Maxine Peake 🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wMkIs 🌹

🌹 'A must read!' - Maxine Peake

🌹 #SheSpeaks! by Harriet Walter is out 17th October. 
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wMkIs 🌹
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Celebrating Joan Aiken on her centenary today! 🍏🎉 Born 4 Sept 1924, she published over 100 works of literature for children & adults and is beloved as a magical storyteller whose novels continue to enchant & uplift new generations. Discover her work: brnw.ch/21wMldO

Celebrating Joan Aiken on her centenary today! 🍏🎉

Born 4 Sept 1924, she published over 100 works of literature for children &amp; adults and is beloved as a magical storyteller whose novels continue to enchant &amp; uplift new generations.

Discover her work: brnw.ch/21wMldO
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🚀Out today in paperback, The Six by Loren Grush 🚀 The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts: Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon. Get your copy from the Virago store now: brnw.ch/21wMmWx

🚀Out today in paperback, The Six by <a href="/lorengrush/">Loren Grush</a> 🚀

The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts: Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon.

Get your copy from the Virago store now: brnw.ch/21wMmWx