Dear readers, this #WorldPoetryDay we are treating you to an extract from Song for Anninho - one of the two epic poems that make up Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones. Click here to enjoy the beautiful extract from this epic poem: wp.me/pbl9Gw-1PwK0

🪩Read an extract of Fish Tales by Nettie Jones🪩 A kaleidoscopic swirl of sex and exploitation, selfhood and self-destruction, this is a dazzling lost classic. Read the first chapter now: brnw.ch/21wRMIF

Discover du Maurier at her darkest . . . I can't get enough of our uncanny cover for this new collection of her greatest, skin-crawlingly chilling tales - masterfully introduced by the king of horror himself Stephen King 👁️Virago Press

👀 is this a SPREDGE I see 👀

The best book I’ve read this year, easily. Truly a gem. Pitch perfect.

What We're Reading - 2 May 2025 Featuring Caroline Blackwood (Virago Press), Holly Brickley (The Borough Press) and Suzanne Collins (Scholastic UK) bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-arti… (Free to view)

It was a gigantic honour to unveil the new English Heritage Blue Plaque on the Pimlico home of novelist Barbara Pym. Thanks so much to the @BarbaraPymSociety for 📷 and for a wonderful tea!

Absolutely thrilled that Gayl Jones' extraordinary novel THE UNICORN WOMAN is a Pulitzer Finalist! virago.co.uk/virago-news/20…

Happy Birthday Daphne Du Maurier! Born in London 1907, Du Maurier remains one of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th century. Find this stunning clothbound edition of REBECCA here: waterstones.com/author/daphne-…

We're remembering Daphne du Maurier today on what would have been her 118th birthday 🎈and relating hard to her words above. If you've read du Maurier before, do you have a favourite novel? #DiscoverduMaurier

FENWOMEN 🌼 A Portrait of Women in an English Village 🌼 by Mary Chamberlain A 50th anniversary edition of the first book ever published by Virago, a fascinating snapshot of a vanished England, told through the women in an isolated village in the Fens. Publishing 11 Sept 🍏💚

“I can’t seem to shake the feeling that I’m always bursting bubbles of creative inflation among those who really should know better…. Here goes anyway. Nettie Jones scooped every last one of you.” —Namwali go.nybooks.com/4dyMJJl

The first of two volumes of the letters of Muriel Spark, from 1944-1963 ✍🏻 This is the definitive selection of her correspondence from her disastrous married life in South Africato post-war London as a struggling writerand glittering success as a novelist. Coming 28th August

Discover the #ComingOfAge collection from Daphne du Maurier 👗👒🌱🦋✨🍭🪁🔮💞 Stunning new covers for three classics: 💎 Mary Anne ⛵️ I'll Never Be Young Again 🎭 The Parasites Which cover is your favourite? Coming 24th July 2025 #DiscoverduMaurier

On this day in 1907, Dorothy West was born. West was a leading light of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1930s. Her first novel, The Living is Easy, was published in 1948 followed by many stories that spanned her long life. What's your favourite novel by Dorothy West?

Hurrah for the incredible Lilly Cox, marketing queen! 👑✨

🔴'A literary giant' Tayari Jones 🟠'Intricate, mesmerising and endlessly inventive' Deesha Philyaw A richly imaginative and moving novel from the Pulitzer finalist, The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones is out in paperback 14th August: brnw.ch/21wT2cF

Blackmail! The Typing Ghost! Diabolism! Sudden death! Every time I read a Muriel Spark novel I'm reminded just how original, weird, dark and funny all of her books are

What an evening this is going to be!

We are thrilled that Endling by Maria Reva has been longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize!🐌 Congratulations Maria and all of the other longlisted authors. Find out more about the entire longlist: brnw.ch/21wUyEZ