Virago 50th Anniversary Reading Project 2023 - Master Post

2023 sees us celebrating 50 years of our favourite publisher, Virago!

We have set up a reading project to choose books from a section of the VMC catalogue in sequential order, and after some discussion on other threads, have decided to go for equal sections rather than trying to divide up the 50 years and fit books into this by publication date!

The books number just over 700 and so starting in February we will split them up into sections of 70 books as follows:

February - 1 to 70: https://www.librarything.com/topic/348128
March - 71 to 140: https://www.librarything.com/topic/348924
April - 141 - 210: https://www.librarything.com/topic/349784
May - 211 - 280: https://www.librarything.com/topic/350502
June - 281 - 350: https://www.librarything.com/topic/351124
July - 351 -420: https://www.librarything.com/topic/351827
August - 421 - 490: https://www.librarything.com/topic/352496
September 491 - 560: https://www.librarything.com/topic/353301
October 561 - 630: https://www.librarything.com/topic/354009
November - 631 - 700: https://www.librarything.com/topic/354824
December - 701 to end, plus any titles from other months you might like to catch up on!: https://www.librarything.com/topic/355418

This should be a fun way to explore our collections, reconnect with our Viragos and help celebrate the 50 years! We'll look forward to hearing what you choose to read, enjoy and share with us in the monthly threads! :D

Thanks for setting this up, Karen!

I checked our Virago tracker spreadsheet and it is missing a few titles, particularly near the end. There is a complete list of all VMC titles on the Virago website here:

https://www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg/virago/page/virago-modern-classic-collecti...

Unfortunately, this list doesn't have the original year of publication. Also note that there are a few titles that have duplicate numbers (#340, #341, #342, #385, #398).

The last entry on this list is #718 The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfeild.

>2 kac522: Fabulous, many thanks! This gives us something to work from and does have the up to date books added. I think we'll just live with the duplicate numbers, as each section does have lots of choices!

>3 kaggsy: I looked at the tracker, and the duplicates are already entered correctly, with both books for that number. So all good!

>4 kac522: Great - thanks! :D

April's thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/349784#

May's thread is now live! https://www.librarything.com/topic/350502

I have just made a request through my public library system for A Girl's Journey containing The Happy Foreigner and The Squire by Enid Bagnold neither of which have I read.

July's thread is now here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/351827

August's thread is now here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/352496