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Virginia Woolf program changes

Posted in events, tagged , , on Thursday 27 October 2016| Leave a Comment »

Woolf talks in Cambridge cancelled

The Clare Hall Cambridge Literary Talks on Virginia Woolf are cancelled for 2016-17. A new series of Woolf talks is planned at another Cambridge venue early in 2017. Details will be available soon. Please contact trudi.tate@gmail.com for further information.

Jacob’s Room Study Day date changed

The new date is Saturday, 11 March 2017, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., at the Oriental Club First Floor, 11 Stratford Place, London W1C IES

The day will include Dr. Sue Roe, Sarah Phillips and Lindsay Martin. Tickets: £48 for VWSGB members/£50 for non-members and include lunch and refreshments. To book, send cheque made payable to the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain to: Lindsay Martin, 12 Elm Park Road, London N21 2HN and include your address, telephone number and email address for confirmation.

For further details, phone Lindsay Martin on 020 8245 3580 or email lindsay@lindsaycmartin.co.uk

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Director Chanya Button talks about Vita and Virginia film

Posted in films, Orlando, Virginia Woolf, Vita and Virginia, Vita Sackville-West on Wednesday 26 October 2016| Leave a Comment »

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Chanya Button will direct the upcoming film Vita and Virginia (image from TheFrisky.com).

Chanya Button, the director for the upcoming film Vita and Virginia, which will be about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, recently spoke with ScreenDaily.com about her upcoming film.

According to the article shooting for the film will start in March or April of 2017.

Button is now an up and coming director, but as a student she studied English Literature at Oxford University. She admits that she has had a long relationship with Woolf. From the article:

“Virginia Woolf has been a passion for me for a long time,” Button said.

Button states that Woolf inspired her recent film Burn Burn Burn, an independent feature which will be available to stream on Netflix soon:

“Woolf has influenced how I think about everything, there is even an essay she wrote, On Being Ill, that influenced Burn Burn Burn.”

According to the article, the film will cover about 15 years of the relationship between Woolf and Sackville-West, but we are now learning that it will focus specifically on events that occurred between 1925-1927. From Button:

“It’s about how their relationship inspired Orlando, It’s the study of a complex female relationship…

“It’s a fresh period drama…Also, you get a view into her creative genius, and some bonkers surreal visions.”

You can follow Chanya’s Twitter page where she has been documenting some of her research expeditions for the film including a trip she made to Vita’s home Knole House.

 

 

 

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Charleston tweets at 100

Posted in Charleston Farmhouse, Duncan Grant, events, Vanessa Bell on Monday 24 October 2016| Leave a Comment »

Charleston held a full weekend of Centenary celebrations Oct. 14-16 and is still booking special 80-minute Centenary Tours through Nov. 5. The tour begins in the rarely seen House Kitchen and journeys through 10 rooms focusing on the early years at Charleston, according to the National Trust property’s website.

Here are some #Charleston100 tweets shared by Bloomsbury in the country, the home of Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and Bunny Garnett.

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Programs to celebrate Charleston’s centenary

Posted in Charleston Farmhouse, events, Virginia Woolf, tagged , on Friday 14 October 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sunday, Oct. 16, marks the centenary of the arrival at Charleston of Vanessa Bell, DuncanCharleston Grant and David ‘Bunny’ Garnett. In honor of that, the National Trust property has programs and activities planned for this weekend, as well as into the new year.

They include everything from “Your Country or Your Conscience,” a pacifist theater performance by White Feathers Theatre, to tours of usually unseen parts of the farmhouse ,to art workshops.

The cafe will even have a special menu inspired by the Charleston Garden and The Bloomsbury Cookbook.

Get more details and booking information.

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At approach of Charleston’s Centenary celebration, book designs by Duncan Grant revealed

Posted in Charleston Farmhouse, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , , on Thursday 13 October 2016| Leave a Comment »

Editor’s Note: This post is reblogged from The Charleston Attic

As Charleston looks forward to a weekend of Centenary celebrations, ‘The Attic’ is being specially prepared to open its doors for visitors this Sunday 16 October. Rarely on show to the public, the space, accessed by narrow, steep stairs at the top of the farmhouse was once Vanessa Bells’ studio and now stores Charleston’s extensive archive collection and works of art.  

My first blog post as Charleston’s ‘Attic intern’ showcases some of Duncan Grant’s book illustrations and book jacket designs from the 1960s. Newly catalogued from the Angelica Garnett Gift is a collection of Duncan Grant’s correspondence regarding his illustrations for a previously undiscovered short story by Virginia Woolf featuring ‘Nurse Lugton’ and a book jacket design for a novel by Margaret Lane called A smell of burning.  

Source: Book illustrations and jacket designs by Duncan Grant | The Charleston Attic

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