Welcome to Virago – A feminist publisher of outstanding books for all readers
Since we began in 1973, our mission has been to champion women’s voices and bring them to the widest possible readership around the world. From fiction and politics to history and classic children’s stories, our writers continue to win acclaim, break new ground and enrich the lives of readers. More recently, as part of our commitment to an ever more inclusive feminism, we also publish and welcome submissions from writers of underrepresented genders.
This collector’s edition of Carter’s classic features artwork by Andrea Zanatelli, gold foil finishes and custom endpapers. Limited to just 1000 copies, this limited edition is available exclusively from the Virago Store.
Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), is better known by her pen name Mary Renault. Renault wrote her first novels - beginning with Purposes of Love, a hospital romance about a bisexual love triangle - as she worked as a nurse. In 1948, having won the $150,000 MGM Prize, she moved…
A richly imaginative and moving new novel from the Pulitzer finalist and acclaimed author of Corregidora. 'A literary giant' Tayari Jones A cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he's a man on a quest: looking for religion, looking for meaning,…
