Virago Publishing Imprint - Little, Brown Book Group

  • New from Virago

    Coming of Age Classics

    Is there a story that you would wish to pass on to the next generation, and would yourself happily read again now? Following on from our much-loved limited-edition hardbacks of favourites such as Excellent Women, Valley of the Dolls, The Enchanted April and The Dud Avocado, we're very excited to have created a unique new set of hardbacks – six modern classic coming-of-age stories, for adult and young adult readers alike, with stunning interconnecting artwork by New York illustrator Mira Nameth.
International publisher of women's literature

About Virago

Nearly forty years after its beginnings in 1973, Virago is the outstanding international publisher of books by women.
An exclusive extract

The Red Book

The Red Book is the name of the annual yearbook produced by Harvard University that helps keep alumni abreast of their former classmates achievements. Deborah Kogan's highly acclaimed new novel is the story of four such Harvard students and friends, who's lives have taken very different paths in the twenty years since graduating in 1989, and who are brought together once more over the course of a turbulent reunion weekend.
by Hannah Rothschild

The Baroness

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Virago Bookclub

Join the Virago Book Club and talk to other enthusiastic, articulate, opinionated readers about your favourite Virago books.
10Sep
Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival

Gillian Slovo at Hampstead Literary Festival

Virago's brilliant writer and Orange Prize short listed author, Gillian Slovo will be appearing at Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival to discuss her newest novel, An Honourable Man. Join Gillian along with broadcaster Sue Macgregor, as she describes the semi-mythic British hero General Gordon and explores the folly of empire through the fine grain of human experience and emotion.
Funny, poigniant, observant and truthful

Crampton Hodnet

introduction from Louis de Bernières
Louis de Bernières, bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, explains in an excerpted version of his fascinating introduction the unusual history of Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Crampton Hodnet was published on 2 August 2012.
Essays from a brilliant writer

Marilynne Robinson - When I was a Child I read Books

Recently we published the essays of the very great writer, Marilynne Robinson. When I Was a Child I Read Books was reviewed recently in the New Statesman, finishing with some observations that beautifully capture why this essayist and novelist matters so much.
15Sep
At Waddesdon Manor

Hannah Rothschild's The Baroness

In the beautiful surrounds of Waddesdon Manor, Hannah will be talking about her fascinating new biography, The Baroness.
Author of The Doll's House and Other Stories

Sarah Waters Celebrates Sylvia Townsend Warner

On 1 March 2012 we reissued two of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s best-known novels with lovely new jackets. Townsend Warner has many admirers, including some notable writers, and we are delighted to have new introductions by Man Booker-shortlisted authors Sarah Waters – to Lolly Willowes; and Philip Hensher – to The Corner that Held Them.