Virago’s late trailblazing founder Carmen Callil will be much missed, but press around the anniversary is expected to feature both Virago chair Lennie Goodings, who has been at the publisher since the late 1970s, and Savitt, who joined seven years ago from Headline and Headline Review, becoming publisher the following year. The summer will also see the imprint looking forward, with a short story competition to highlight new writers from under-represented backgrounds. In June, the Five Gold Reads collection will feature iconic titles from Virago’s history, including books by Angela Carter and Sarah Waters. The Little, Brown imprint has a host of events planned to mark the occasion, kicking off with Furies-a collection of new short stories in the tradition in which Virago itself was named, of reclaiming words previously used to denigrate women-featuring some of Virago’s stellar authors, Margaret Atwood among them, as well as newer names. Virago’s 50th birthday-formally on 21st June, but being celebrated throughout the year-is not just a chance to review the past, but also to look forward, says its publisher Sarah Savitt.
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