Catherine Riley received her doctorate from Birkbeck College. Her research focuses on trends in gender theory and praxis, particularly as it applies to publishing and social change.

• IntroductionPART I: 1973-1983Chapter 1. Virago's hands-on brand of feminismChapter 2. Changing the literary landscapePART II: 1983-1994Chapter 3. 'Alternative, autonomous, and viable': Feminist publishing and the mainstreamChapter 4. Fragmenting feminism and diversifying women's writingPART III: 1994-2004Chapter 5. Working women and the changing face(s) of the book industryChapter 6. Third waves and disconnectionsPART IV: 2004-2017Chapter 7. Virago's place in the new millennium's literary marketplaceChapter 8. Twenty-first century feminism(s) and Virago's role for women's writingConclusionBibliography

"Riley's book does a terrific job of laying out the context in which Virago first appeared and its transformations over time. Not only does it evocatively capture a historical moment, but it also serves as an important case study in business history, provides a critical intellectual history of feminism, and even alters our understanding of the book itself." * Jennifer Scanlon, Bowdoin College"Scholars in the fields of book history, publishing studies, and gender studies will welcome the arrival of this book-an important and long overdue study charting how one of the world's most established feminist presses not only survived but also found ways to adapt and thrive in a radically restructured political and publishing landscape." * Kate Eichhorn, The New School