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Short film of Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall” now online

Sunday 29 December 2024 by Paula Maggio

Virginia Woolf’s short story “The Mark on the Wall,” published in 1917, was one of the first two stories printed and published by Virginia and her husband Leonard when they started the Hogarth Press. A new experimental short film, now available online, brings her first published story to life.

Anderson Wright’s evocative and experimental short film is described as capturing the essence of Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness narrative, in which a seemingly insignificant mark on the wall triggers the exploration of memory, identity, and the passage of time.

I watched it and found it hauntingly beautiful, with the final words of the film echoing Woolf’s own, minus her words about war.

If you have three minutes and forty-four seconds at your disposal, you can watch it, too.

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Woolf Arts Archive now online

Friday 13 December 2024 by Paula Maggio

The Woolf Arts Archive, a global project devoted to the collection and appreciation of art inspired by the life and works of Virginia Woolf, can now be found online.

Mine Özyurt Kiliç, professor of English at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey, and a member of the International Virginia Woolf Society, conceived of the project and made it a reality with the help of a dedicated team. Team members include Can Akgümüs, Atahan M. Karabīber, and Tugba Canakci.

“WAA is founded with a passion for both literature and all forms of art; thus, we are a diverse team of Woolf enthusiasts and art lovers who believe in the power of creativity to expand and deepen our understanding of literary figures,” according to the site. It
connects artists, scholars, curators, and common readers, offering a space where Woolf’s impact on the arts can be explored, celebrated, and shared.​​​​

The site includes an archive of images related to Woolf that is described as being “always in progress,” and a blog. Each image in the archive includes a description and a link to its source.

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Join Woolf Salon #30: “Season’s End” on Dec. 6

Monday 2 December 2024 by Paula Maggio

Join the Woolf Conspirators Friday, Dec. 6, for its thirtieth Woolf Salon, this one a community reading of a selection of Woolf’s diary entries and letters written at the turn of the year.

The selection of readings is idiosyncratic, with early entries from A Passionate Apprentice and letters from the late 1930s. During the follow-up discussion after the readings, readers will share their own favorite “season’s end” diary entries or letters.

The details

Hosts: Salon Conspirators
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 2–4 p.m. ET (New York) / 11 a.m.–1 p.m. PT (Los Angeles) / 4–6.p.m. Brasilia / 7–9.p.m. GMT (London) / 8–10 p.m. CET (Paris) / 10 p.m.–midnight Ankara / Sat 4 a.m.–6 a.m. JST (Tokyo) / Sat 6 a.m.–8 a.m. AEDT (Sydney). Please check time conversions.
Where: On Zoom
Homework: Selections of Woolf’s diaries/letters. Or bring your own.
How: Contact woolfsalonproject@gmail.com to sign up for the email list and receive the Zoom link.

Background on the Salon

The Salon Conspirators — Benjamin Hagen, Shilo McGiff, Amy Smith, and Drew Shannon — began the Woolf Salon Project in July 2020 to provide opportunities for conversation and conviviality among Woolf-interested scholars, students, and common readers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lit Cambridge “Woolf and Politics” season continues Dec. 7

Sunday 1 December 2024 by Paula Maggio

Join Literature Cambridge for its fifth Woolf Season of lectures and seminars, all live online with leading Woolf scholars. The next session in the current “Woolf and Politics” season is Saturday, Dec. 7. The season includes one session per month until June 2025.

Here’s the schedule

  • Saturday, 7 Dec. 2024, Ellie Mitchell on Woolf’s War Diary
  • Saturday, 11 Jan. 2025, Danell Jones on A Room of One’s Own (1929) and Black Britain
  • Saturday, 8 Feb. 2025, Natasha Periyan on Education in The Years (1937
  • Saturday, 8 March 2025, Trudi Tate on Mrs Dalloway (1925) and the Vote
  • Saturday, 12 April 2025, Varsha Panjwani on The Politics of Orlando (1928)
  • Saturday 10 May 2025, Angela Harris on The Politics of Jacob’s Room (1922).
  • Saturday 14 June 2025, Claire Davison on Body Politics and Clothing in Three Guineas (1938)

All sessions are at 6 p.m. British Time and last a maximum of two hours.

Prices and booking

Book online for each session you wish to attend.

Prices for individual lectures are:

£32.00 full price
£27.00 Students and CAMcard holders
£27.00 Members of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain

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Post-election survival: think, hope, talk, laugh — as Woolf would

Sunday 24 November 2024 by Paula Maggio

We are nearly three weeks post-election. The results still feel impossible, improbable, and incredibly sad. Here is what I am doing to keep myself together:

  1. Reading more news, as Woolf would, because knowledge is power.
  2. Thinking about the importance of creativity, as Woolf argues in “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid” (1940).
  3. Eating more chocolate. Leonard and Virginia were thrilled to find chocolate creams in a local shop after the Great War.
  4. Drinking more wine. Cecil Woolf once told me he remembered the Woolfs enjoying their wine outdoors in Tavistock Square.
  5. Spending time with like-minded friends, as the Woolfs did with the Bloomsbury group.
  6. Collecting memes that make me think, give me hope, or make me laugh. Here are a few of my favorites:

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