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archive providing high quality images of Virginia Woolf's reading and research notes, the last substantial body of her unpublished work.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.
Media coverage
Interview with Professor Anna Snaith. 'Un trésor sort de l’ombre : des dizaines de carnets noircis par Virginia Woolf consultables en ligne.' Télérama. 30 September 2024. Read the PDF here.
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.

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...

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...

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.

Events

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.

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.
Media coverage
Interview with Professor Anna Snaith. 'Un trésor sort de l’ombre : des dizaines de carnets noircis par Virginia Woolf consultables en ligne.' Télérama. 30 September 2024. Read the PDF here.
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.

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...

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...

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.

Events

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.

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.