How might a writer go about rewriting an iconic figure like Virginia Woolf? How might this relate to Woolf’s own attitude to (re)writing life – her own and that of her family and friends? Clare Morgan and Susan Sellers explore these questions through the lens of their own rewritings of Woolf, and their critical engagement with Woolf and other writers. 

Clare Morgan’s novel A Book for All and None reveals mysterious and unexpected links between Woolf and Friedrich Nietzsche, which reverberate down to the present day. Susan Sellers’s Vanessa and Virginia imagines the intricate artistic and emotional relation between Woolf and her sister, Vanessa Bell. How might these novels relate to other ‘remakings’, whether in biography, stage, film or fiction? ‘Fictional Freedoms’ invites the audience to contribute to this consideration of a writer whose ability to compel the imagination of readers, writers and scholars throughout the world remains unabated.