Virago Press

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Virago Press is a pioneering British publishing house renowned for championing women’s writing and feminist literature.

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instanceOf British company
publishing house
country United Kingdom
describedAs pioneering feminist publisher
focus feminist literature
women's writing
foundedBy Carmen Callil NERFINISHED
genre feminist non-fiction
fiction
literary fiction
non-fiction
hasEditor Carmen Callil NERFINISHED
hasPublished contemporary feminist authors
works by neglected and out-of-print women authors
hasSlogan Books by women, for everyone
headquartersLocation London NERFINISHED
imprintOf Little, Brown Book Group NERFINISHED
inception 1973
industry publishing
languageOfPublication English
locationCountry England NERFINISHED
mission to publish women writers neglected by the mainstream canon
movement second-wave feminism NERFINISHED
notableFor Virago Modern Classics series NERFINISHED
championing women writers
parentOrganization Hachette UK NERFINISHED
Little, Brown Book Group NERFINISHED
publishingProgram Virago Modern Classics NERFINISHED
targetAudience readers interested in feminist perspectives
readers interested in women's writing

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Hachette UK owns Virago Press
Hachette Livre notableImprint Virago Press
Little, Brown Book Group (UK division) imprint Virago Press
subject surface form: Little, Brown Book Group