Carmen Callil

Carmen Callil was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, but has spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973 and in 1982 became Managing Director of Chatto & Windus, also remaining Chair of Virago until 1995, when she retired from both publishing houses. She co-edited, with Colm Tóibín, The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English since 1950, and her first book, Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award.

Books by Carmen Callil

Stop What You're Doing And Read This!

Mark Haddon, Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Carmen Callil, Jeanette Winterson, Blake Morrison, Maryanne Wolf, Mirit Barzillai, Nicholas Carr, Jane Davis

A mission statement about the transformative power of reading; about the way it inspires us, the tangible impact it can have on our wellbeing, the importance it holds for us now and will continue to hold in the future.

Bad Faith

Carmen Callil

The story of one of history's most despicable villians told by a brilliant author - shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.