Oct 23rd, 2008 · Rare recordings featuring the voices of famous authors have just been released on two collections from the British Library. The CD sets include the only recording of Virginia Woolf, as well as the sound of dozens of other writers, both British and American.
Aug 2nd, 2008 · Virginia Woolf wanted to think about what it's like to think about nothing special, about ordinary things. Novelists, she said, should study life as it happens. That view suggests that while scientists probe and analyze questions, artists discover what questions to ask.
Sep 7th, 2006 · Don't take Francine Prose's word about George Eliot's novel Middlemarch. Virginia Woolf called it "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Eliot's book, says Prose, offers a "dizzying tour past the landmarks of adulthood."
Mar 19th, 2005 · Ian McEwan talks about Saturday, which tracks a neurosurgeon over a single day. McEwan says the parallels to Virginia Woolf and James Joyce may seem obvious in limiting a narrative to 24 hours, but he was more influenced by Saul Bellow and John Updike.