May 2009

In the Observer Rachel Cooke called us 'the most extraordinary, most lovely of publishers. Persephone Books, which publishes neglected novels by 20th-century (mostly women) writers, is 10 years old this year, and I for one wish it the happiest of birthdays. Its list, now 83 books strong is... mostly a delight, including, as it does, work by Julia Strachey, Monica Dickens, Marghanita Laski, Richmal Crompton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Noel Streatfield, Penelope Mortimer, and the great Molly Hughes.'