Gayl Jones’s THE UNICORN WOMAN is one of Literary Hub’s most anticipated books of 2024! 🤩🙏 buff.ly/3x7mnNJ

Thanks to Virago Press for the chance of a lovely unboxing experience - The Persian Boy by the late, great Mary Renault, and a Curtis Brown Heritage gem, now in a new jewel-like edition… with intro by Seán Hewitt and quotes from Douglas Stuart and Sarah Walters

Thrilled that this stunning edition of THE PERSIAN BOY is out today - a masterpiece of historical fiction and a truly groundbreaking queer love story, beautifully introduced by Seán Hewitt. Fans of Madeline Miller and classical retellings, you don't want to miss this!

We're delighted to see Marilynne Robinson's brilliant and wise READING GENESIS chosen by Barack Obama for his Summer Reading List.

'Through Buddy’s picaresque journey, Gayl Jones shows her mastery of both dialogue and interiority' - thrilled by this insightful review of Gayl Jones' THE UNICORN WOMAN by Suzi Feay. Publishing on Tuesday! the-tls.co.uk/literature/fic…

So thrilled to publish the extraordinary new novel from Gayl Jones today - one of the most exciting, vital creative voices in American literature. THE UNICORN WOMAN will dazzle you ✨virago.co.uk/titles/gayl-jo…

🔴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

Something very special is coming. Keep your wayward eyes peeled on Tuesday 27th August for a wicked announcement. #ComingSoon #ViragoBooks

Been having a reading spree picking up just absolutely brilliant books. Give me a nasty character and I'll embrace it. THE FATE OF MARY ROSE is a true page-turner of delirium and chaos in a sleepy village. Perfect for those of you Celia Dale fans. Thank you Katya Ellis 👌🏻

It's Janet Frame's centenary today - the perfect moment to discover (or dive back into!) this extraordinary, utterly singular writer 🍏virago.co.uk/contributor/ja… Virago Press

OBSESSED with our deliciously uncanny cover for #TheFateofMaryRose - Shirley Jackson, Celia Dale and Barbara Comyns fans, this is your perfect dark autumn read. Deranged motherhood! True crime hysteria! Curdled domesticity!🍐

This is a perfect tribute to Joan Aiken from The Guardian - a picture history of how she came to be a writer, and the last book she wanted to be published - The Armitage Family Stories, or The Serial Garden - her most haunting story ever...from Virago Press theguardian.com/childrens-book…

Thinking of the wonderful Joan Aiken on what would have been her 100th birthday today! A spellbinding weaver of stories - Virago is proud to publish some of her beautiful children's books, including the whimsical, magical #TheSerialGarden 🍏 Lizza Aiken💙💛

Absolutely thrilled that this spellbinding masterpiece is out in the world - think the Tempest re-spun into a story of Black matriarchal power. Loved by Irenosen Okojie, Tayari Jones & Carmen Maria Machado, you need to discover Gloria Naylor ⚡️

These two books by Janet Frame are new in store and thanks to Fitzcarraldo Editions and Virago Press respectively for these beautiful editions. Pop in for a closer look or DM to order xxx

'It is mystical and practical. It is kind and evil. Naylor's skill in weaving together culture, heartbreak, joy, magic, terror, laughter, pain, and love – which is to say, life – is extraordinary.' Robert Jones, Jr. #MamaDay is out now: brnw.ch/21wMM4O

“If you enjoy Shirley Jackson, Celia Dale and Barbara Comyns and you’ve not read any Caroline Blackwood YOU NEED TO!” - thank you Bookish chat for this brilliant review of #TheFateofMaryRose 💚Virago Press