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Publishing George Egerton
After receiving Gill's advice, GE sent the manuscript to William Heinemann , who promptly returned it, saying he was not interested in publishing mediocre short stories.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
28
She then sent it to John Lane at...
Publishing Nina Hamnett
Its publication was marked by an exhibition of NH 's drawings and paintings at the Zwemmer Gallery in Litchfield Street, London. The opening, on 8 June, was attended by many of NH 's friends...
Publishing Pat Barker
In an author's note, PB explains that fact and fiction are interwoven in this book, and lists her most important sources.
Barker, Pat. Regeneration. Viking-Penguin.
251-2
With it she left Virago for Viking-Penguin . At this time, she says,...
Publishing Angela Carter
The novel was written between March and December of 1967.
Peach, Linden. Angela Carter. St Martin’s Press.
49
It was reprinted by Virago Press in 2005.
Publishing Olivia Manning
The Play Room resulted from OM 's desire, after The Balkan Trilogy, to do something completely different. She did research for it—into the habits of teenagers, such as frequenting discos.
English, Isobel, and Olivia Manning. “Introduction”. The Play Room, Virago, p. vii - xv.
xiii
She dedicated the...
Publishing George Egerton
This collection initially went through four editions in a year. It has been reprinted together with its predecessor, as Keynotes & Discords, by Virago (1983, with an introduction by Martha Vicinus ) and by...
Publishing Emmeline Pankhurst
This work, written for readers in the USA, appeared as a series of articles in Good Housekeeping before it came out as a book. It was primarily ghost-written by an American writer, Rheta Childe Dorr
Publishing Stevie Smith
Once Hamish Miles had added SS to Cape's list, Rupert Hart-Davis , a director of the firm, met her and became her friend.
Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage.
255
She told him Cape's advertising was generous and persuasive.
Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage.
256-7
But...
Publishing Nina Bawden
It has been re-issued by Virago in the Virago Modern Classics series.
Publishing Rosamond Lehmann
At the request of Carmen Callil of Virago Press and Chatto and Windus , RL put together a collection of captioned photographs that was published as Rosamond Lehmann's Album.
Lehmann, Rosamond. Rosamond Lehmann’s Album. Chatto and Windus.
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Publishing Elizabeth Taylor
This novel has appeared in both Penguin and Virago editions. The paper cover of an Italian translation was so hideous that ET tore it up.
Liddell, Robert, and Francis King. Elizabeth and Ivy. Peter Owen.
52
Publishing Harriet Martineau
Chapman used her own memorials (based, she claimed, on full access to HM 's private and public papers, personal letters, and her own and others' first-hand knowledge) to flesh out the account in the manuscript...
Publishing Sarah Waters
This novel was rejected inside a year by about ten British publishers, including Virago . They eventually accepted it, but not until SW had engaged the services of an agent (who also found the book...
Publishing Leonora Carrington
Virago Press and American publisher E. P. Dutton released The House of Fear, a collection of prose by LC that takes the name of her first published fiction.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.
Carrington, Leonora. The House of Fear. E.P. Dutton.
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Publishing Patricia Highsmith
The latest re-issue is from Virago Press in 2015.

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