Calendar of
literature sessions
Image: Jeremy Peters, Newnham College
2025 Summer Course
Virginia Woolf and the natural world. Summer Course Live Online
We will run the Woolf Summer Course twice in 2026 - once live online in July, and again as an in-person course in Cambridge in August. Our theme is Virginia Woolf and the Natural World. This is the page linking to the live online course.
We will study five novels by Woolf: Jacob’s Room, To the Lighthouse, The Waves, The Years, Between the Acts.
The live online course has 5 days of lectures, seminar, supervisions, talks and more, Thursday to Monday, including the weekend. An intense and memorable experience. Do join us.
2026 Summer Course in Cambridge: Virginia Woolf and the natural World
Summer course in Cambridge. Five days’ intensive study on Virginia Woolf and the Natural World. This course takes place in person in Cambridge, Monday 3 August to Friday 7 July 2026. Arrive in Cambridge Sunday late afternoon for a welcome dinner and lecture.
We study: Jacob’s Room, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, The Waves, The Years. Plus talks, visits, and more.
Participants arrive in the afternoon of Sunday 2 August and depart on the morning of Saturday 8 August 2026. We hope to offer an optional trip to Monks House on the Saturday. Details to be published soon.
2025 Summer Course in Cambridge: Virginia Woolf: Writing life
Summer course in Cambridge. Five days’ intensive study on Virginia Woolf: Writing Life. This course takes place in person in Cambridge, Monday 21 July to Friday 25 July 2025.
We study: Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Waves, Flush. Plus talks on the life writing of Leonard Woolf, Jane Harrison, and Leslie Stephen; visits to Newnham College and Trinity Hall; and more.
Participants arrive in the afternoon of Sunday 20 July and depart on the morning of Saturday 26 July 2025