2008 is the 30th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics. To celebrate this occasion, we’ve produced a stunning set of eight hardbacks, featuring cover artwork by twentieth-century women textile designers, including Lucienne Day, Cath Kidston, Orla Kiely, Celia Birtwell, and founder of Biba, Barbara Hulanicki. This stylish collection, celebrating literature and art by women in the twentieth century even featured in last week’s Sunday Times style barometer (going up, of course).
This anniversary has been covered widely in the press:
Carmen Callil remembers how it all began
Justine Picardie recalls discovering the books that changed her life
Rachel Cooke looks at how the imprint changed the publishing landscape for ever.