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'Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger – a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustice of nineteenth-century England.' (Publisher's catalogue)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Jonathan Cape ,
      2020 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2020
      ISBN: 9780224090315

Works about this Work

English Vices Sara Dowse , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2020;

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography
'Pioneering Australian publisher Carmen Callil — who died this weeek — traces her family’s trajectory'
The Great Finagler Carmel Bird , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 November 2020; (p. 14)

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography

'Carmen Callil was born in Melbourne in 1938 and since 1960 has lived in England where in 1973 she founded Virago, a vigorous feminist publishing house. The original Latin meaning of ‘‘virago’’ was ­‘‘female warrior’’, but the term has acquired strong overtones of ‘‘angry witch’’.' (Introduction)

Sary and George : A Feminist Publisher Revisits the Past Brenda Niall , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 426 2020; (p. 18)

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography

'Scanning my bookshelves, I see a dozen or more of the distinctive green spines of Virago Press. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Virago imprint was a guarantee of good reading by women writers whose works were rediscovered and sent out to find a new public. I had read Margaret Atwood, Rosamond Lehmann, and Elizabeth Taylor for the first time in hardcovers; Virago made them new. Kate O’ Brien’s The Land of Spices, banned in Ireland, had been hard to get. Here it was in Virago green, with a perceptive introduction to put it in context.' (Introduction)

Sary and George : A Feminist Publisher Revisits the Past Brenda Niall , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 426 2020; (p. 18)

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography

'Scanning my bookshelves, I see a dozen or more of the distinctive green spines of Virago Press. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Virago imprint was a guarantee of good reading by women writers whose works were rediscovered and sent out to find a new public. I had read Margaret Atwood, Rosamond Lehmann, and Elizabeth Taylor for the first time in hardcovers; Virago made them new. Kate O’ Brien’s The Land of Spices, banned in Ireland, had been hard to get. Here it was in Virago green, with a perceptive introduction to put it in context.' (Introduction)

The Great Finagler Carmel Bird , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 November 2020; (p. 14)

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography

'Carmen Callil was born in Melbourne in 1938 and since 1960 has lived in England where in 1973 she founded Virago, a vigorous feminist publishing house. The original Latin meaning of ‘‘virago’’ was ­‘‘female warrior’’, but the term has acquired strong overtones of ‘‘angry witch’’.' (Introduction)

English Vices Sara Dowse , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2020;

— Review of Oh Happy Day Carmen Callil , 2020 single work autobiography
'Pioneering Australian publisher Carmen Callil — who died this weeek — traces her family’s trajectory'
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