Exhibition
Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press
1 Apr 2026 – 6 Sep 2026
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
£10 | £11 with Gift Aid | Concessions available | Under 18s free | Friends go free
Address
- Charleston in Firle
- Firle
England - BN8 6LL
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Travel by bus to Charleston is limited and we strongly recommend you plan your journey in advance. Cuckmere Buses run the number 25 calling at Charleston between the station in Lewes to Eastbourne on a Saturday. Call 01323 870 920 or click here for more timetable details. We offer concessionary rates on entry for people arriving by bus and other green travellers.
- From London: There is a regular service from London Victoria to Lewes which is seven miles from Charleston. At Lewes there is a taxi rank and advance booking is not necessary unless arriving early in the morning or late at night. Onward journey information from Lewes station can be found on the National Rail website. From Berwick: The closest station to Charleston is Berwick, which is around four miles away. There are hourly trains from Brighton and Eastbourne to Berwick. There is no taxi rank at Berwick.
Rediscover Virginia Woolf as a radical printer, publisher and maker through the Hogarth Press, a site of hands-on experimentation and creative independence.
About
Founded in 1917 from Woolf’s living room as an indie printing venture, the press blurred boundaries between art, craft and literature, treating the book itself as an art object. Bringing together hand-printed books, illustrated editions and works conceived through close collaboration between writers and artists, the exhibition reframes publishing as a creative practice shaped by intimacy, courage and control over one’s own voice.
Seen today, the Hogarth Press offers a powerful model of how ideas can be shaped, shared and circulated outside traditional structures.
Exhibition created in partnership with the Gordon Square Society, Antwerp.
Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press has been co-curated by Ben Majchrowicz and Stephen Barkway.
Ben Majchrowicz, Co-Founder of the Gordon Square Society, Belgium.
Stephen Barkway, a co-founder of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain.