Virago Press

For other uses, see Virago (disambiguation).

Virago
Parent companyHachette Livre
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
FounderCarmen Callil
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Key peopleLennie Goodings (editor)
Ursula Owen (founding director)
Nonfiction topicsFeminism
Official websitehttp://www.virago.co.uk/

Virago is a British publisher of women's writing and books on feminist topics.[1] Started and run by women in the 1970s and bolstered by the success of the Women's Liberation Movement (WLM), Virago has been credited as one of several British feminist presses that helped address inequitable gender dynamics in publishing.[2] Unlike alternative, anti-capitalist publishing projects and political pamphlets coming out of feminist collectives and socialist circles, Virago branded itself as a commercial alternative to the male-dominated publishing industry and sought to compete with mainstream international presses.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cadman, Eileen, Gail Chester, and Agnes Pivot (1981). Rolling Our Own: Women as Printers, Publishers, and Distributors. London: Minority Press Group Series No. 4. p. 30. ISBN 978-0906890066.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "How Virago Press Changed Feminist Publishing Forever | Amuse". Amuse. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ Murray, Simone. Mixed Media: Feminist Presses and Publishing Politics, Pluto Press, 2004. ProQuest Ebook Central.
  4. ^ Cochrane, Kira (14 March 2013). "Has Virago changed the publishing world's attitudes towards women?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2018.