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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics, we sat down with Donna Coonan (Editorial Director) as well as to discuss our baker’s dozen of stunning, deluxe paperbacks and hardback anthology. Later in the episode, Donna speaks to the series designer, Hannah Wood, about the beautiful artwork created by illustrator, Yehrin Tong.

Throughout the podcast you will hear the Virago team speaking about each of the books included in the collection.

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This month, we speak to Caroline O'Donoghue about her debut novel, Promising Young Women. Promising Young Women is a gothic, darkly witty novel about sex, power, work and being a young woman in a man's world. It is out now in hardback.

'I loved it. The writing is whipsmart and so witty. A fabulous and timely novel.' Marian Keyes

'So brilliant ... Compelling and illuminating ... I highly recommend it.' Dolly Alderton

'A future classic.' Jane Casey

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In October 2013 two teenage sisters left Oslo for Syria. What follows is the gripping, heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart. While Sadiq risks his own life to bring his daughters back, at home his wife Sara begins to question their life in Norway.

We spoke to author Åsne Seierstad about her new book, Two Sisters. Two Sisters is a powerful and gripping true account of a family torn apart - by the author of the international bestseller, The Bookseller Of Kabul.

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Virago has been home to the wonderful Sarah Waters since 1998, when her debut novel Tipping the Velvet was published to rave reviews. Tipping the Velvet is an exuberant, exultant novel. It's saucy and sensuous and followers the glittering career of Nan King, oyster girl turned music hall star turned rent-boy turned East End tom turned feminist. It was a revolutionary novel.

Twenty years on, Sarah Waters is one of Britain's most acclaimed novelists; her novels have won praise and awards, and been adapted for theatre, film and television. She is one of our best-selling writers, praised by the critics and loved by you, her readers.

Sarah Waters launches our new Virago podcast: we met to discuss Tipping the Velvet and Virago’s 20th Anniversary edition, for which she has written a new afterword.

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