Sad news

Sad news just breaking that Virago founder Carmen Callil has just passed away:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/18/carmen-callil-pioneering-champion-...

Yes, I've just seen it in my emails.

Such a huge loss.

Here's a lovely piece by Lennie Goodings.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/18/virago-founder-carmen-callil-was-a...

>3 bleuroses: thank you Cate. x

The Guardian piece was beautiful, wasn't it. So sad.

I saw this news yesterday. Very sad indeed. I thought of all the wonderful authors I discovered because of her, and then of the many friendships we've formed in this group, and realised what a huge amount of gratitude I owe her.

I found this list a few months ago and thought it would be appropriate to post here now.

Carmen Callil's Top Virago Picks
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/50-years-of-virago-press-carmen-callil-s-top-picks

Her obituary was in the Globe, the daily newspaper in Boston Massachusetts. It was a lovely tribute.

Thank you for the list anbolyn! I have a copy of her book with Colm Toibin - The Modern Library - in which they each recommend their favorite books of all time. I liked and disliked their choices but I read nearly all of them.

>9 lippincote: I hadn't heard of this book - thank you!