by danelljones | Jan 1, 2025 | The Latest
Black Britain and A Room of One’s Own Virginia Woolf Season 2024-25: Woolf and Politics When Virginia Stephen and her siblings moved to Bloomsbury in 1904, it was a neighbourhood that Londoners often associated with people of colour. In 1910, four South African...
by danelljones | Jan 23, 2024 | The Latest
No photograph of Virginia Woolf is as famous as the portrait above taken by celebrity photographer George Charles Beresford in 1902 when Woolf was just twenty-years old. It has been used to sell everything from Bass Ale to tote bags. You can find it on throw pillows,...
by danelljones | Nov 21, 2023 | The Latest
Not only is The Girl Prince on my publisher’s Bestseller List, it’s also 50% off for BLACK FRIDAY (which means now until December 3) Woo hooo! If you are in the US, you’ll want to order it from Hurst as an ebook–because, well, shipping from...
by danelljones | Oct 26, 2023 | The Latest
An iconic writer. A practical joke on the British Navy in blackface. The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax If you’re like me, it’s almost impossible to imagine the legendary feminist, pacifist writer Virginia Woolf getting...
by danelljones | Jun 12, 2023 | The Latest
I am beyond excited to hear Zadie Smith talk about Virginia Woolf this coming Wednesday. Smith will be live at the British Library, but I will be watching her via Zoom. (Ah, Zoom. We love it. We hate it.) Here’s more information if you would like to take...
