Woolfians from around the world are converging on Canterbury, England this week for the 28th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf with its theme of Virginia Woolf, Europe and Peace.
“[E]ven compared with Florence and Venice there is no lovelier place in the world than Canterbury,” Woolf wrote.
Play along as we track Virginia Woolf’s journey to the conference. Then stay tuned for more. #travelswithvirginiawoolf
Virginia Woolf travels by train from London’s St. Pancras station to Canterbury.
Virginia admires the brochure for the University of Kent’s Woolf College, which is named after her.
Virginia grounds herself in the words of Geoffrey Chaucer as she visits the bronze statue dedicated to him two years ago along Canterbury’s High Street.
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the Chaucer shot is priceless. So glad I can be with you vicariously through Virginia.