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Sept. 11 Woolf Salon #35 continues discussion of Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day

Posted in events, Night and Day, tagged , on Thursday 10 September 2026| Leave a Comment »

Session two of Woolf Salon No. 35: Night and Day is on Zoom tomorrow, Sept. 11, and like the first session on July 31, it is dedicated to Woolf’s longest and most neglected novel.

Details of Salon #35

Hosts: Salon Conspirators
Friday, Sept. 11
Homework: Night and Day (1919), chapters 12–23
Time: 2 p.m. ET (New York) / 1 p.m. CT (Chicago) / noon MT (Albuquerque) / 11 .a.m PT (Los Angeles) / 3 p.m. (Rio de Janeiro) / 7 p.m. BST (London) / 8 p.m. CEST (Paris) / 9 p.m. EEST (Tallinn); 9 p.m. (Istanbul; Moscow) / 2 a.m. CST (Beijing) / 3 a.m. JST Sat., Sept 12 (Tokyo) / 4 a.m. AEST Sat., Sept 12 (Sydney)

How to participate

Anyone can join the group. Just contact woolfsalonproject@gmail.com to sign up for the email list and receive the Zoom link.

For the second discussion, the homework is Chapters 12–23 of Night and Day. Chapter 23 ends with Ralph composing “a long, wild, mad letter.”

You can also view a Google Doc for a list of discussion topics that folks generated at the end of the first discussion in July.

Background on the Salon

The Salon Conspirators — Ben 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.

For those new to the Woolf Salon, check out the About section of the salon’s Google site.

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Three winners of Night & Day tickets answer the question: “How did you meet Virginia Woolf?”

Posted in films, giveaway, Night and Day, Virginia Woolf, tagged on Tuesday 8 September 2026| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to everyone who entered the Blogging Woolf Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day Ticket Giveaway, in collaboration with @woolfsnightandday and @quiverdistribution. We now have three winners, each of whom will get a pair of tickets to a U.S. screening of the film.

And each shared their answer to the optional question, “How did you meet Virginia Woolf?”

Tickets for the “unromantic comedy” based on Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel are available for purchase at this link.

Winners in the Blogging Woolf Night & Day Ticket Giveaway

  1. Sherry A.
  2. Kathleen Dixon Donnelly
  3. Diane Gillespie

Here’s how our winners first met Virginia

Sherry A’s answer to “How did you first meet Virginia Woolf?”

I became aware of Virginia Woolf in the 1970s. She sounded fascinating, and over the years I bought many of her books. However, I didn’t read them; my high school teachers had convinced me I wasn’t smart enough. So, instead, I went out into the world, earned a living, and took care of animals and people.

Then lockdown. My life moved online. Having realized there are worse things than somebody’s unimaginative assessment of one’s intelligence, I took on a zoom book club that had lost its organizer. We started with Mrs. Dalloway. Being retired, and having the books, I managed. We do Woolf: novels, letters, essays, diaries, short stories; and the Woolf-adjacent: Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, T. S. Eliot, Vanessa Bell, the trench poets, Sappho, Shakespeare. Wherever my members want to go. The wonderful people who come every week have made me the most fortunate woman in the world. Every week, five years, and counting. Common readers all.

Diane Gillespie’s answer to “How did you first meet Virginia Woolf?”

We met in Mrs. Dalloway’s London, introduced in the 1960s by Professor Sarah Youngblood, one of the few women English Department faculty members at the University of Minnesota. I’ve kept in touch with Virginia Woolf through her writing ever since. Accompanied by Professor Shirley Rose, we conversed through my dissertation years at the University of Alberta. We collaborated on seminars I taught at Washington State University where the Leonard and Virginia Woolf Library resides in Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Woolf continues to inspire much of what I write and publish in my retirement years.

Kathleen Dixon Donnelly’s answer to “How did you first meet Virginia Woolf?”

When I’d heard of something called the “Bloomsbury Group,” and started my research into writers who hung out together…

Share yours

Please share your reminiscences of how you first met Virginia Woolf in the comments section below.

Katharine Hilbery

A champagne toast for Katharine and William’s short-lived engagement

Mary Datchett and Katharine

A Hilbery family portrait

Katharine Hilbery in her lab

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Enter today to win free tickets to movie “Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day” now playing across the U.S.

Posted in films, Night and Day, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , on Saturday 5 September 2026| 1 Comment »

The film Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, a playful, visually stunning adaptation of Woolf’s second novel, is now out in the U.S. for a limited run. You can enter a drawing to win a pair of tickets for this fun film with a feminist message.

Why the giveaway?

Justine Waddell, screenwriter and producer, reached out to Blogging Woolf and put us in touch with @woolfsnightandday and @quiverdistribution, who provided six free tickets for our readers, and Blogging Woolf will give them away in pairs.

How to enter the ticket giveaway

Complete the steps below and you will be entered in a drawing for two free tickets to a U.S. showing of Night and Day, which is billed as “an unromantic comedy.”

One entry per person. Submission deadline: Sept. 8, 2026.

  1. Fill out the form below.
  2. Click submit.

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Thank you for your response. ✨

The drawing will be held and winners will be notified on Sept. 8, 2026.

Screenings and tickets

Night and Day will be shown in more than 100 U.S. cinemas around the country. In Ohio, where I live, it will be screened at the following theaters, beginning on the dates noted:

Cleveland/Akron
9/4 – Regal Cobblestone Square 20
9/4 Regal Medina 16
9/25 -Nightlight Cinema in Akron

Columbus
9/4 – AMC Easton Town Center 28

Dayton
9/4 – Regal Fairfield Commons 20

Cincinnati
9/4 AMC West Chester 18

Screenings will also take place in these cities:

New York Metro area, Buffalo, Hartford/New Haven, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, D.C., Norfolk, Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, Orlando/Daytona Beach, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers/Naples, Tampa/St. Pete, Huntsville/Decatur, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Detroit, Lansing, Indianapolis, Chicago Peoria/Bloomington, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Kansas City, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Wichita/Hutchinson, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Phoenix/Sedona, Tucson, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.

To find a theatre near you, check Fandango.

Watch the trailer below for more.

Terms and conditions of the ticket giveaway, via Fandango

Terms and Conditions: Limited time offer. Fandango Promotional Code (“Code”) is good for up to $15 off (total ticket price and associated fees and charges) the purchase of one movie ticket to see Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day at participating Fandango theaters in the US. Code must be entered at checkout. Code is void, and can no longer be used, if not redeemed by 11/30/26 or when Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day is no longer in theaters, whichever comes first. Only valid for purchase of movie tickets made at Fandango.com or via the Fandango app and cannot be redeemed directly at any theater box office. If lost or stolen, cannot be replaced. No cash value, except as required by law. Void where prohibited. Not valid with any other offer. Offer valid in U.S. and D.C., excluding U.S. territories and where prohibited by law. One-time use only. Non-transferable. Not for resale; void if sold or exchanged. If cost of movie ticket with Fandango’s associated fees and charges included is more than Code’s maximum discount, then user must pay the difference. Any price difference between movie ticket purchased and Code’s maximum discount will not be refunded. Excludes multiple admission tickets. Fandango Loyalty Solutions, LLC is not a sponsor or co-sponsor of this offer. The redemption of the Code is subject to Fandango’s Terms and Policies at www.fandango.com/terms-and-policies. FANDANGO is a registered trademark of Fandango Media, LLC.

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Aug. 31 Woolf Salon discusses Night and Day, novel & film

Posted in events, Night and Day, tagged , , on Thursday 30 July 2026| 2 Comments »

The film Night and Day based on Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel, is out in the UK, but not in the US. In anticipation of its release, the Woolf Salon invites you to three salons running from July through September that will feature the novel. The first, Woolf Salon #34, is tomorrow, Friday, August. 31.

Despite being described by Leonard Woolf as “very melancholy” and panned by Katherine Mansfield, Night and Day is a hilarious, emotionally intense, and philosophically rich novel that rewards attention.

I never thought of Night and Day as a comedy until I saw the film at the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and Sound, held in June in Istanbul, Turkey. Now I am re-reading it, and I find myself noting the humor to which I had been blind before.

Whether you are new to the delights of Night and Day, haven’t revisited it for many years, or are as currently obsessed with it as some conspirators, the Woolf Salon invites you to join the group for an energetic conversation about the ups and downs of Katharine Hilbery and her friends.

The Night and Day Salon series

  • Woolf Salon No. 34
    When: Friday, July 31
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 1-11
  • Woolf Salon No. 35
    When: Friday, Sept. 11
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 12-23
  • Woolf Salon No. 36
    When: Friday, Oct. 16
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 24-34

Times for all three

All three of these Salon events will run for two hours, starting at 2 p.m. EDT (New York) / 11 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 3 p.m. (Brasilia) / 7 p.m. BST (London) / 8 p.m. CEST (Paris) / 9 p.m. (Istanbul) / 3 a.m. JST Sat (Tokyo) / 4 a.m. Sat AEST (Sydney).

How to participate

Anyone can join the group. Just contact woolfsalonproject@gmail.com to sign up for the email list and receive the Zoom link.

Background on the Salon

The Salon Conspirators — Ben 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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Join Woolf society for online discussion of Night and Day

Posted in events, Night and Day, Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, tagged , , on Sunday 28 July 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain offers many member benefits. One of them is a reading group for those who want to talk about the works of Virginia Woolf and some of her Bloomsbury friends and contemporaries.

Discussions, which take place either online or face to face, allow members to find connections, influences and similarities among the works read. Members discuss their experiences of reading the work, whether it’s their first or hundredth time, as well as what themes or motifs they notice and what they liked best or least and why.

Night and Day up next

Night and Day (1919) is the next Woolf work up for discussion.
Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Time: 5 p.m. BST or noon EST.
Where: online

How to join the society

Email membershipvwsgb@gmail.com to join the society, or onlinevwsgb@gmail.com for further information and queries about the reading group.

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