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Ourshelves

Ourshelves is a place where writers from the legendary feminist publishing house Virago will talk about their cultural worlds. Host Lucy Scholes will be diving into writers’ bookshelves, record collections and recollections to discover what inspires them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ourshelves with Rachel Seiffert

59 mins; November 13, 2023

Ourshelves with Annie Hodson

41 mins; October 26, 2023

Ourshelves with Audrey Osler

46 mins; October 05, 2023

Ourshelves with Victoria Belim

40 mins; September 14, 2023

Ourshelves with Emma Donoghue

48 mins; August 30, 2023

Ourshelves with Natasha Walter

57 mins; August 16, 2023

Ourshelves with Veronica Raimo

48 mins; August 02, 2023

Ourshelves with Kirsty Logan

62 hours 48 mins; July 19, 2023

Ourshelves with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

49 mins; July 05, 2023

Ourshelves with Caroline O'Donoghue

44 mins; June 21, 2023

OurShelves: Witches with Shahrukh Husain

48 mins; October 27, 2022

OurShelves: Caribbean voices with Sharma Taylor

38 mins; August 18, 2022

OurShelves: Barbara Pym with Clare Chambers

37 mins; June 09, 2022

OurShelves: Taking ownership with Cathy Thomas

39 mins; May 26, 2022

OurShelves: Listening with Stuart Evers

62 hours 3 mins; May 12, 2022

OurShelves: Voice with Katie Hickman

60 hours 33 mins; April 28, 2022

OurShelves: Taboos with Kate Maxwell

35 mins; April 14, 2022

OurShelves: Beauty with Chloé Cooper Jones

64 hours 44 mins; April 01, 2022

OurShelves: Hunger with Claire Kohda

43 mins; March 17, 2022

OurShelves: Whales with Doreen Cunningham

35 mins; March 03, 2022

Ourshelves: Discovery with CN Lester

59 mins; February 18, 2022

OurShelves: Midlife reckoning with Dana Spiotta

51 mins; February 03, 2022

OurShelves with special guest Monica Ali

48 mins; December 17, 2021

OurShelves: Kaitlyn Greenidge on the White Gaze

46 mins; November 26, 2021

Ourshelves: Survival with Megan Abbott

41 mins; November 12, 2021

Ourshelves: Savagery with Claire Oshetsky

46 mins; October 29, 2021

OurShelves: Backstage with Dame Eileen Atkins

63 hours 49 mins; October 15, 2021

OurShelves: Rescue with Donna Coonan

46 mins; October 01, 2021

OurShelves: Awakening with 吕频 Lü Pin

37 mins; September 17, 2021

OurShelves: Heroics with Susie Boyt

51 mins; September 03, 2021

OurShelves: Hope with Dr Edith Widder

41 mins; August 20, 2021

OurShelves: Courage with Kamila Shamsie

47 mins; August 06, 2021

OurShelves with Marilynne Robinson

50 mins; June 14, 2021

OurShelves with Austin Channing Brown

50 mins; May 21, 2021

OurShelves with Chibundu Onuzo

42 mins; May 07, 2021

OurShelves with Susan Spindler

43 mins; April 23, 2021

OurShelves with C Pam Zhang

33 mins; April 08, 2021

OurShelves with Amanda Coe

53 mins; March 26, 2021

OurShelves with R. O. Kwon

34 mins; March 11, 2021

OurShelves with Justine Cowan

30 mins; February 26, 2021

OurShelves with Stella Duffy

42 mins; February 11, 2021

OurShelves with Riva Leher

51 mins; January 29, 2021

OurShelves with Lucy Scholes

24 mins; December 23, 2020

OurShelves with Daisy Johnson

53 mins; November 27, 2020

OurShelves with Sigrid Nunez

83 hours 13 mins; November 16, 2020

OurShelves with Melatu Uche Okorie

55 mins; October 29, 2020

OurShelves with Irenosen Okojie

53 mins; October 16, 2020

OurShelves with Liv Little

38 mins; October 01, 2020

OurShelves with Linda Grant

62 hours 17 mins; September 17, 2020

OurShelves with Margaret Atwood

49 mins; September 04, 2020

OurShelves with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

67 hours 47 mins; August 20, 2020

OurShelves with Deborah Frances-White

65 hours 26 mins; August 07, 2020

OurShelves with Lennie Goodings

43 mins; July 24, 2020

Virago Celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month

21 mins; February 17, 2020

VIRAGO LIVE: Virago Speakeasy: On Witches at Pages Cheshire St.

73 hours 41 mins; January 19, 2020

Take a Bite of the Apple with Lennie Goodings

31 mins; January 05, 2020

Virago's 2020 Reading Recommendations

21 mins; December 15, 2019

Get Equal with Carrie Gracie

28 mins; November 09, 2019

Between the Stops with Sandi Toksvig

32 mins; October 10, 2019

The Brink of Being by Julia Bueno

29 mins; September 05, 2019

Summer Reading Recommendations from the Virago team

20 mins; August 12, 2019

A Stranger City with Linda Grant

26 mins; July 01, 2019

Katie Hickman: She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen

24 mins; May 30, 2019

A Woman of No Importance

33 mins; April 16, 2019

Virago Reading Resolutions

30 mins; March 18, 2019

Clare Clark

20 mins; February 28, 2019

Can We All Be Feminists? Live Podcast

60 hours 14 mins; December 28, 2018

Susan Fletcher

24 mins; November 29, 2018

Deborah Frances-White

18 mins; November 20, 2018

Lara Thompson

34 mins; October 31, 2018

Virago Modern Classics 40th Anniversary

30 mins; August 22, 2018

Susie Boyt & Rachel Seiffert

43 mins; July 19, 2018

Caroline O'Donoghue

30 mins; July 05, 2018

Åsne Seierstad

31 mins; April 24, 2018

Sarah Dunant

27 mins; March 22, 2018

Sarah Waters

38 mins; February 25, 2018

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