'I'm an Australian, I'll always be an Australian. So no matter how familiar America (or at least New York) becomes to me, there is a huge part of it that appears to be alien and mad' ...

Orange Prize Longlist: Read the First Chapters

Three Faber authors have been longlisted for this year's prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction - Lorrie Moore, Barbara Kingsolver and Maria McCann. You can read the first chapters from all three longlisted novels here on the Faber site. More

What is Faber Finds?: Over 600 Titles Available

Faber Finds makes forgotten books available once more, printed only on-demand. There are more than six hundred titles to choose from, spanning all genres. Download the full stocklist. More

In Faber Academy ...:

We continue to add new courses, including more of the popular six-month 'Writing a Novel' and 'Becoming a Poet' courses, and welcome new tutors including Jon Ronson and Francis Wheen. We'll be opening soon in Canada also. More

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An animation for Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes from FaberBooks on Vimeo. More

Best of the Web: Introducing Pekkala

From the gulags of Siberia to the office of Stalin ... Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was once the most famous detective in all Russia, the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted. Meet the hero of Sam Eastland's compelling new crime series. More

Book of the Week: Molotov's Magic Lantern

‘Polonsky weaves an extraordinary web of connections between people, places and books ... what is utterly fresh about this book is the personal engagement with the material, the capturing of place, mood and tone ... The command of detail is absolutely masterly.’ Sunday Telegraph More

Featured Author: Alex Preston

Alex Preston is the author of This Bleeding City, a timely and cautionary tale of a man swept away in the turmoil of emotional, financial and moral boom and bust, as the City collapses. Preston himself is perfectly placed for such a novel, as he explains in our Q & A. More

The Thought Fox: The New Faber Blog

The new Faber blog is where we post interviews and features, news and views, as well as films, audio and anything of interest that catches our eye. Read Q & As with Peter Carey and Maria McCann, follow the Faber New Poets on their tour, and plenty more. More