In 2000 Taylor & Francis published my edited collection, Virginia Woolf in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, part of the Border Crossings series edited by Daniel Albright. The collection focused on Woolf’s writings in relation to a range of new technologies of her day. Two contributions in particular featured sound technologies: Bonnie Kime Scott’s analysis ...

Eret Talviste’s talk will draw from her recent monograph, Strange Intimacies – Affect, Embodiment, and Materiality in Virginia Woolf and Jean Rhys (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), to explore how both authors understood writing as a deeply embodied practice. Beginning with their diaries, letters, and autobiographical texts, the discussion will then turn to selected novels and short stories ...