Woolfians around the globe celebrated Dalloway Day last week, a day commemorating Clarissa Dalloway’s walk to “buy the flowers herself” in preparation for her party that evening.
The official date, as established in 2018 by both the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and the International Virginia Woolf Society, is the third Wednesday in June, which this year fell on June 15. But events celebrating Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway are not usually restricted to one day, and this year was no exception.
Here is a rundown of some of the events that took place this year, along with a few notable #DallowayDay tweets, some of which share interesting resources.
👏 Big #DallowayDay ’22 thank yous 👏
💫 Speakers @yomiadegoke @elifbatuman @mervatim @IrenosenOkojie @GemSeltz @ecshowalter & Kabe Wilson
💫 Partners @britishlibrary @BBCRadio3 @lithub @TheLondonLib @writeandshine
⏪ Revisit yesterday’s events: https://t.co/NuFpKsuDIX pic.twitter.com/29O1KWIrU1
— Royal Society of Literature (@RSLiterature) June 16, 2022
.@Hatchards Brilliant talks and panel discussion from acclaimed writers/scholars Natasha Brown, @SuzanneHobson4 and @MaggieHumm1 at our #DallowayDay event @Hatchards. #VirginiaWoolf‘s influence continues to resonate. pic.twitter.com/Tw86qgMNbj
— Virginia Woolf Society GB (@VirginiaWoolfGB) June 18, 2022
.@Hatchards Wonderful guided tour by Jean Moorcroft Wilson following #MrsDalloway‘s walk along Bond Street for our #DallowayDay today. #VirginiaWoolf pic.twitter.com/W8zJMnOMZ0
— Virginia Woolf Society GB (@VirginiaWoolfGB) June 18, 2022
‘Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself..
There were flowers: delphiniums, sweet peas, bunches of lilac; and carnations, masses of carnations’
#virginiawoolf #mrsdalloway #DallowayDay pic.twitter.com/sCpWet2IEe
— Louisa Albani artist (@louisa_albani) June 16, 2022
Today’s the day! For #DallowayDay, we will be releasing the first half of our new issue on Twitter throughout the day. The full issue is going live now! #WritingCommunity #fiction
— L’Esprit Literary Review (@LEspritLit) June 15, 2022
Today is Dalloway Day. To celebrate, the 1925 book cover design by Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell. https://t.co/zOiPOyiVr7🖋🖌#mrsdalloway #dallowayday #virginiawoolf #vanessabell #literature #art #bookcovers pic.twitter.com/MXPotHAfBZ
— The Bloomsbury Review (@TheBloomsReview) June 15, 2022
‘For it was the middle of June.’
Delighted to be publishing a beautiful new gold-foiled edition of Virginia Woolf’s #MrsDalloway this #DallowayDay 🌟https://t.co/o2JEY8TuJU pic.twitter.com/AZROT3dxLZ
— Renard Press (@renardpress) June 15, 2022
#dallowayday https://t.co/MjQ9rQLu3k
— Claudia Piñeiro (@claudiapineiro) June 15, 2022
“She wore ear-rings, and a silver-green mermaid's dress" #DallowayDay
🎬MRS DALLOWAY (1997, #MarleenGorris) Costumes by Judy Pepperdine pic.twitter.com/ECo0phnfSf— Designing the Movies (@DesigningMovies) June 15, 2022
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