Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf. In this Open Day taster lecture, Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature and how women writers exploit the possibilities of this genre, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/