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The Virginia Woolf PodcastMrs Dalloway at 100 with Mark HusseySend us a textIt is officially 100yrs since the publication of Mrs Dalloway. To celebrate, we have just released a podcast episode with Prof Mark Hussey on his new 'biography' of the novel. In the course of this interview we discussed the evolution of Mrs Dalloway, Woolf's various sources of inspiration, and the novel's many afterlives. We also talked about how re-reading the novel across a lifetime grants it a new kind of biography, an autobiography mapped on to our own lives and experiences. To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.li...2025-05-1434 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastMrs Dalloway at 100 with Mark HusseySend us a textTo celebrate 100yrs since the publication of Mrs Dalloway, we have an interview with Prof Mark Hussey about his new 'biography' of the novel. Mark is an esteemed writer and academic whose lifelong work has built a cornerstone in Woolf-studies. In this interview he discusses the evolution of Mrs Dalloway, the influences on the text, and the novel's many afterlives. https://www.markhusseybooks.com/ To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:Twitter @LitCamband Instagram: @litcamb2025-05-1434 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastThe Bloomsbury Photographs with Maggie HummSend us a textIn this episode, Karina speaks with Professor Maggie Humm about her new book, 'The Bloomsbury Photographs.' They discuss the importance of photography to the Bloomsbury members, the cameras they used, and the role of photograph albums in the curation of their intimate, creative lives. http://www.maggiehumm.net/ https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2024/10/25/the-bloomsbury-photographs/To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:Twitter @LitCamband Instagram: @litcamb2025-03-1030 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastRural Hours with Harriet BakerSend us a textHarriet Baker joins Karina to discuss her new book, 'Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann.' Together they explore how rural living affected the work of these three innovative authors, and profoundly shaped their personal and political lives. The book is available from Allen Lane publishers and all good bookshops. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/staff/phd/profiles/bakerh.htmlhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/rural-hours/harriet-baker/9780241540510To learn more about Literature Cambridge...2024-11-2420 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastVirginia Woolf in Japan, episode 2Send us a textIn the second part of our series on Woolf in Japan, Karina visits Etc bookshop, a feminist bookshop in Tokyo. There, she speaks to the bookshop's founder, Akiko Matsuo, who believes Woolf's work is inspiring a whole community of Japanese feminists. Karina also speaks to the novelist and translator Aoko Matsuda, who discusses what it means to 'think back through our mothers' if we are women. Her book 'Eko no Mori' is partly inspired by Mrs Dalloway.You can find more about Etc books and Aoko Matsuda below:https://www...2024-11-0727 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastMaking Sense of The Dreadnaught Hoax with Danell JonesSend us a textIn 1910 a young Virginia Woolf engaged in a prank now known as The Dreadnought Hoax. The episode, which involved her pretending to be an Abyssinian Prince and wearing blackface, has divided and embarrassed scholars of her work, many of whom prefer not to dwell on it.Danell Jones, author of 'The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race, and The Dreadnaught Hoax' is the first researcher to deeply consider this moment in Woolf's biography while also engaging with the Black experience in Britain, including the stories of real princes to Caribbean writers and...2024-08-0134 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastKatherine Mansfield: Friend or Rival?Send us a textIn this episode, Karina speaks with Mansfield expert Gerri Kimber about the author's infamous connection with Virginia Woolf. They discuss what they had in common, what they didn't, and whether she was really a member of the Bloomsbury Group.Gerri is the founder of the Katherine Mansfield Society. She is the author of Katherine Mansfield: The Early Years (2016), Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story (2015), and Katherine Mansfield: The View from France (2008). She is the Series Editor of the 4-volume Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield (2012...2024-03-0836 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastVirginia Woolf in Japan - Episode 1Send us a textThis is the first part of a mini-series on Woolf in Japan. In this episode, Karina is joined by Prof Aki Katyama, the Japanese translator of A Room of One's Own. Together they discuss the success of this text in Japan, and the importance of Woolf's feminist essay to contemporary Japanese gender politics. They speak with students at Dokkyo University in Soka, and with Ryoko Takeuchi, a publisher at Heibonsha Publishers in Tokyo. The episode is funded by The Daiwa Foundation.To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to...2024-01-2821 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastGoing to the Lighthouse with Kabe WilsonSend us a textIn this episode, Karina interviews the excellent Kabe Wilson, an artist and scholar who has recently been artist in residence at the University of Sussex. They discuss his long relationship with Woolf's work and go in search of a lighthouse with some strange connections between his own paintings to those of Vanessa Bell. Kabe is known in the Woolf community for his imaginative interventions in Woolf's writing. His many projects on Woolf include: Of One Woman or So, The Dreadlock Hoax, and On Being Still. His work has recently been chosen...2024-01-2733 min
The Virginia Woolf PodcastBring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and FashionSend us a textThis episode celebrates the opening of an exhibition at Charleston's new museum in Lewes, Sussex. The exhibition is titled Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion and is running until January 7th 2025. In order to discuss the Bloomsbury Group and their innovative approach to clothing, Karina is joined by the exhibition's curator, Charlie Porter, and Woolf and fashion scholar Claire Nicholson.Charlie is a writer, fashion critic and curator. He has written for The Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, GQ, Luncheon, i-D and Fantastic Man, and has...2023-10-1633 min