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Woolf walking and writing in London in advance of #DallowayDay

  Gower Street Waterstones

About 25 Virginia Woolf fans gathered at Gower Street Waterstones this afternoon to talk about ”Woolf, Walking & Writing” in advance of the official #DallowayDay this Wednesday.

The walk

The bookstore and the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain sponsored the event, which began with an hour-long tour of Bloomsbury guided by Jean Moorcroft Wilson, author of Virginia…

A #DallowayDay 2020 wrap-up via Twitter

Here’s a wrap-up of a smattering of #DallowayDay 2020 via virtual events and resources as posted on Twitter. For more details and links, visit yesterday’s post on Blogging Woolf.

  Thank you for joining #DallowayDay2020! From Texas to Tunbridge Wells, Stroud to southern South Africa, and Brooklyn to Bristol, we welcomed hundreds of you along for our first virtual celebration of Virginia Woolf’s…

Two years ago, when the third Wednesday in June was officially chosen as #DallowayDay, no one would have imagined that a worldwide pandemic would force us to devise or search out virtual or individual events to celebrate the fine day in June when Clarissa Dalloway went walking through London to “buy the flowers herself.”

But that is what has happened. And here are some of the events available…

Flowers, reading, writing, quoting, and more on #DallowayDay w/ original manuscript by @saintperes

Oh, yes, dear readers, today is #DallowayDay! And although celebrations took place last weekend, Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel and her memorable character Clarissa Dalloway are being feted at celebrations around the world today, the official #DallowayDay, the third Wednesday in June.

If you can’t join a celebration in person, join in via Twitter. Just search #DallowayDay. And consider buying some…

#DallowayDay honoring Virginia’s Woolf’s novel spreads to Sweden

The English Bookshop in Uppsala, Sweden is celebrating its first ever Dalloway Day June 12.

The day will include a special talk and reading group on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway chaired by literature professor/lecturer Daniel Ogden. Themed cake and tea will be served.

Ticket price: 70 kr (including tea and home made cake). Sign-ups will be taken in the shop, or by email at…

So far, here are the #DallowayDay events for this year:

On June 12th ‘a Wednesday in mid June’ Persephone Books, 59 Lamb’s Conduit St., London, will hold its annual Mrs. Dalloway Walk. It begins at 11 a.m. in Westminster. Lunch will be at the shop afterwards.

Join Waterstones and the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain for the third annual celebration of Dalloway Day on Saturday, June 15,…

Wednesday, June 19, is officially Dalloway Day. And while some will celebrate on the more convenient following Saturday, the Royal Society of Literature is hosting an event on the actual day.

“Walking with Mrs Dalloway” will take place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the National Portrait Gallery. Essayist Lauren Elkin will lead an afternoon stroll around the National Portrait Gallery, looking at selected…