'Disgusting', 'repulsive' and 'ridiculously funny' are all apt descriptions of the residents of Grubtown, the setting for Philip Ardagh's Roald Dahl Prize-winning Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky. See what we mean at www.philipardagh.co.uk.

Petina Gappah An Elegy for Easterly

Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly, thirteen stories set in Zimbabwe, has been shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Next year sees Petina's debut novel The Book of Memory.

In Spring 2010 ...:

Lucky Australian readers are the first to get hold of Parrot and Olivier, Peter Carey's rollicking new novel, which opens our new books catalogue. Start planning next year's reading right now! More

In Faber Academy ...:

The art of playwriting and the recreation of childhood experiences and memories in fiction are just two of the courses on offer in the ever-expanding Faber Academy. More

What is Faber Finds?: Over 500 Titles Available

Faber Finds makes forgotten books available once more, printed only on-demand. There are more than five hundred titles to choose from, tagged according to subject. Click here for a full list. More

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Kevin Cummins on the BBC's 'Inside Out'. More

Book of the Week: Ship of Fools

Currently riding high in the Irish bestseller lists is Fintan O'Toole's Ship of Fools, the definitive, blistering polemic on the near-total extinction of the Celtic Tiger - a story of one of the most ignominious economic reversals in recent history. A book for our times indeed. More

Featured Author: Adam Creed

In Suffer the Children Adam Creed introduces DI Will 'Staffe' Wagstaffe, a conflicted policeman investigating some brutal crimes. It's the first book in a London-based series, with Willing Flesh due in 2010. Here's the author explaining more. More

The Faber Podcast Biography Special

John Carey's revelatory study of William Golding was called a 'model of its kind' by Robert Harris. Roland Chambers' biography of Arthur Ransome is no less impressive ...

Junot Diaz: A Rare London Event

As part of the Festival of Ibero-American Literature, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz appears at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, on Friday 13th November to discuss the importance of international fiction in today's changing world. More