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Paying tribute to Virago’s former directors

Letters: Ursula Owen and Harriet Spicer took up the reins in the mid-1970s and made the dreams a reality, write Lennie Goodings and Sarah Savitt

The Guardian - UK

‘People still do not want women to succeed or be equal. While that is true, you need Virago’: 50 years of the warrior publisher

Formed to ‘break the silence’ for female voices and still as essential and influential as ever, fans and founding members pay tribute to the trailblazing feminist press

The Guardian - UK

An apology won’t bring back the thousands of trees felled in Sheffield

The result of the council’s vicious campaign means most of us will be long dead before their replacements reach maturity

The Guardian - UK

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of I Will Find You by Harlan Coben and Cuddy by Benjamin Myers.

The Independent UK

Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed review – a slick and starry collection of short stories

Tackling gendered insults head on, A-list authors deliver a smart anthology of fun and fearless tales to celebrate Virago’s 50th birthday

The Guardian - UK

Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby review – a strange sisterhood

The two writers’ correspondence is psychologically fascinating, revealing a complex friendship of intellectual striving, power play and passion

The Guardian - UK

Carmen Callil: Pioneering feminist publisher behind Virago Press

Her company served as a beacon for a generation of readers looking for books that were written by and for women

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Virago founder Carmen Callil remembered by her friend Rachel Cooke: ‘Of course she was difficult’

The Observer writer on the brilliant publisher, a larger-than-life character among whose many talents was an extraordinary capacity for friendship

The Guardian - UK

A Sultry Month changed how I viewed history. It is well that it has been reissued

Faber has blown the dust off Alethea Hayter’s groundbreaking biography of London’s 19th-century literati – not before time

The Guardian - UK

Who was Virago Press founder Dame Carmen Callil?

The dame devoted most of her life to amplifying women’s voices in publishing

Evening Standard

Virago founder Carmen Callil was a powerhouse who changed the publishing world for the better

The publisher and writer – who has died aged 84 – was a pioneering champion of female writers. Virago’s chair Lennie Goodings remembers her long-time colleague and friend

The Guardian - UK

Carmen Callil, pioneering champion of female writers, dies aged 84

Publisher who founded Virago Press began as a campaigning outsider who introduced UK readers to authors including Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood

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