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WoolfNotes

WoolfNotes is a digitised archive providing high quality images of Virginia Woolf's reading and research notes, the last substantial body of her unpublished work. These notes demonstrate the depth of her historical knowledge and the wide range of her reading, challenging the idea that she was uneducated.

This major digital humanities project brings Woolf's lifetime reading and research notes into the public domain through an open access source. Images of around 7,000 manuscript and typescript pages are available, alongside Brenda Silver’s detailed account of their contents.

The documents have been pulled from archives both in the UK and USA. The open access availability of these materials, evidencing the extensive nature of Woolf’s scholarly research and reading, will change public perceptions of this important writer.  

Project Team

Clara Jones

Senior Lecturer in Modern Literature

Anna Snaith

Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature

Media coverage

News

Woolf conference celebrates author's enduring relevance for modern audiences

King’s College London hosted pre-conference events for the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf on 4 July 2025.

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Experimental performance responds to Woolf waxwork and writing

Istanbul Queer Art Collective (IQAC) and Dr Lizzie Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages, Culture and Society, performed an homage to the work of...

250516 waxing virginia (sarah mclaughlin)

COMMENT: Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf's timeless novel is a work of pandemic fiction

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, set on a June day in 1923, is unusual in that its two protagonists – society hostess Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked...

mrs dalloway 780x440 (shutterstock)

Virginia Woolf's reading and research archive project moves to King's

King’s is the new home for WoolfNotes, a digital humanities project bringing Virginia Woolf’s reading and research notes into the public domain.

virginia woolf

Events

04Jul

34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf

The pre-conference events include at King’s Archives and a panel discussion on ‘Virginia Woolf: Creative Engagements’

Please note: this event has passed.

09Jul

WoolfNotes at King's College London Celebration Event

King's College London is the new institutional home of WoolfNotes, an online resource that brings into the public domain Virginia Woolf’s last remaining...

Please note: this event has passed.

Project Team

Clara Jones

Senior Lecturer in Modern Literature

Anna Snaith

Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature

Media coverage

News

Woolf conference celebrates author's enduring relevance for modern audiences

King’s College London hosted pre-conference events for the 34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf on 4 July 2025.

KCLWoolf4.7.25_001

Experimental performance responds to Woolf waxwork and writing

Istanbul Queer Art Collective (IQAC) and Dr Lizzie Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages, Culture and Society, performed an homage to the work of...

250516 waxing virginia (sarah mclaughlin)

COMMENT: Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf's timeless novel is a work of pandemic fiction

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, set on a June day in 1923, is unusual in that its two protagonists – society hostess Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked...

mrs dalloway 780x440 (shutterstock)

Virginia Woolf's reading and research archive project moves to King's

King’s is the new home for WoolfNotes, a digital humanities project bringing Virginia Woolf’s reading and research notes into the public domain.

virginia woolf

Events

04Jul

34th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf

The pre-conference events include at King’s Archives and a panel discussion on ‘Virginia Woolf: Creative Engagements’

Please note: this event has passed.

09Jul

WoolfNotes at King's College London Celebration Event

King's College London is the new institutional home of WoolfNotes, an online resource that brings into the public domain Virginia Woolf’s last remaining...

Please note: this event has passed.

Project status: Ongoing

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