Posted in a blog of her own, Blogging Woolf, books, Hermione Lee, Leonard Woolf, Leonard Woolf: A Biography, Victoria Glendenning, Virginia Woolf, Woolf blog on Friday 23 November 2007| Leave a Comment »
But the Times list of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 is available now. And it includes books with a Woolf connection.
Connect the dots that lead to Virginia from the tomes listed below.
Posted in a blog of her own, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, Woolf blog on Wednesday 21 November 2007| Leave a Comment »
The one-woman play features Vanessa at her easel at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex just a few weeks after Virginia Woolf’s suicide in the nearby River Ouse. While Vanessa paints, she shares her thoughts with Virginia, according to a story on living.scotsman.com. During the monologue, Wilson puts brush to canvas to create a portrait of Woolf.
Wilson says her inspiration for the play, which she wrote, included the letters the two sisters wrote to each other, as well as Jane Dunn’s book, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: A Very Close Conspiracy.
Wilson’s solo show is playing at Lyon & Turnbull, Broughton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on Nov. 23 -24, Tickets for the Edinburth production are available from www.karawilson.co.uk. For more information, call 0207 435 2225.
Bloomsbury Bell was also staged at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Posted in a blog of her own, Blogging Woolf, Bloomsbury, books, Duncan Grant on Thursday 8 November 2007| 1 Comment »
Paul Roche, the poet and novelist who conducted a long-term relationship with Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant, died Oct. 30 at the age of 91. Read The Telegraph story or a later account in the New York Times.
Posted in a blog of her own, Blogging Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Woolf Letters on Thursday 8 November 2007| 4 Comments »
Anyone with £7,000 to £10,000 to spend and the flexibility of traveling to London next Wednesday might be interested in the following e-mail, sent to the VW Listserv today.
It offers news about typed letters sent by Virginia Woolf to Mrs. Motier Harris Fisher in August of 1940, while Woolf’s summer home was exposed to air raids during the Battle of Brittain, which raged over Sussex and Kent.
The letters, which indicate Woolf’s state of mind during that traumatic time, will be offered for sale at a Christie’s auction Wednesday.
Then again, a flight to London isn’t necessary. You can view the auction offering online and get the full details right from your desktop. Or you can register to watch, hear and bid on Woolf’s letters from the comfort of your home PC.
Copied below is the text of the e-mail message sent from the account of Molly Marple.
Greetings to the group.
I have some letters and a manuscript which my mother-in-law is auctioning at Christies, King Street, London next Wednesday 14th November. Valuable Printed Books & Manuscripts, lot 56. The lot is somewhat hidden amongst so many really old manuscripts I’m fearful that nobody has been able to see them.
The letters were typed by Virginia Woolf and discuss with Mrs. Motier Harris Fisher the submission of the text for Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid. The essay manuscript was written in August 1940. There is discussion about submitting the essay to “The Forum” and “New Republic”. Some of the text is re-printed in the auction catalogue and on-line. If anyone is interested I can copy the text to another message.
The documents were handed down to to my mother-in-law by her mother, Mrs. Motier Harris Fisher. We don’t know if there was a connection between Mrs. Fisher and Virginia Woolf other than a business relationship.
I hope this is of interest to the group.
Barbara
Posted in a blog of her own, A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf, Woolf blog on Thursday 1 November 2007| Leave a Comment »
In New York City, girls are making money and asserting their independence through a program of the Lower East Side Girls Club called the Cookie Academy.
Girls Club director Lyn Pentecost told Time Out New York that Woolf — who Time Out calls “the grande dame of feminism” — was a source of inspiration for the program. Or at least her words were.
“Everyone thinks Virginia Woolf said, ‘All a woman needs is a room of her own,’ ” Pentecost is quoted as saying in Time Out’s Nov. 1 edition. “What she really said was, ‘All a woman needs is money and a room of her own.’”
However, we all know that what Virginia really, really said was, “A woman needs an income and a room of her own to write fiction.”
Quote quibbling aside, it’s nice to see that young women — the girls club is for girls and young women ages eight to 23 — appreciate the wisdom of Woolf.
We are not alone in our admiration for Girls who Quote Woolf. The Girls Club has received good press since it was founded in 1996. And it has been recognized for its high quality programming.
To take a look at the goodies available in the Girls Club online store, click here. Virginia would approve.
