‘Completing my last promise to our late pal Keith Martin, that we’d put his Top 50 records into the vintage jukebox at Sam’s Cafe, Primrose Hill. . . It’s like Mayflies come to life. . . What, no ‘Teenage Kicks’? The inclusion of OMD? Let the arguments commence!’ Listen to the music that inspired Andrew…
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Announcing Max Porter’s The Death of Francis Bacon.
Madrid. Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist’s mind. ‘This is my attempt to write as painting, not about it; an attempt to replicate thought, struggle, the struggle of thought, but also the sheer energy of the…
Faber acquires two books from Eula Biss
Associate Publisher Laura Hassan acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada and ANZ) from David Grossman at the David Grossman Literary Agency. Faber will publish Having and Being Had on 7 January 2021. ‘My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts,’ Eula Biss writes; ‘the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.’ Having just…
What we’re reading this autumn
Autumn is here, bringing colder weather and a whole load of new books to covet. If you’re wondering what to add to your TBR pile next, we’ve asked Faber staff what they’re reading and recommending this season. Katie Hall, Marketing Director Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy Flake Matthew Dooley At the moment I’m reading Anna…
Announcing Light Perpetual, a new novel from Francis Spufford
Faber to publish an ingenious and profound new novel by Francis Spufford, the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill. From the winner of the Costa First Novel Award, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize comes a novel of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. November 1944. A German rocket incinerates a…
Classic Richard Scarry books to be newly published by Faber
Faber have acquired four classic Richard Scarry titles, currently unavailable in the UK. Publishing in January and March next year, these high-quality gift editions of the very best, most popular titles promise to restore Scarry’s place as a national treasure and bring his best loved characters to a new generation of young readers. Richard…
Louisa Joyner and Alex Bowler respond to the Women’s Prize announcement
For the past quarter of a century, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has been an immensely powerful and dynamic force for good. And writers we publish have benefited enormously from the Prize’s support. However, it appears that since the longlisting of Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater in 2019, the Prize has changed its rules, as the…
Announcing Georgia Pritchett’s My Mess Is a Bit of a Life.
English teacher ‘in despair’ as Faber buys Georgia Pritchett’s My Mess Is a Bit of a Life. This memoir, told in gloriously comic vignettes, is an utterly joyful reflection on living – and sometimes thriving sometimes not – with anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy…
Faber Radio presents Dylan Jones
Tune in to Dylan Jones’s synth-heavy New Romantics playlist. “Punk. Soul. New Romantics. Synth pop. What worlds they were. Sweet Dreams is the story of how these worlds and narratives inter- linked, and how they were all undeniably helixed together. The original New Romantic scene revolved around self-expression, being a platform for identity. Today…
Helen Oyeyemi moves to Faber for Peaces
Louisa Joyner, Associate Publisher, acquired UK and Commonwealth (excl. Canada) and audio rights for Peaces by international bestselling, prizewinning novelist Helen Oyeyemi from Tracy Bohan at the Wylie Agency. The novel is scheduled for publication on 4 November 2021, with an export edition to be released on 1 April 2021. Peaces is the story of Otto and…
Funny You Should Ask… Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves
‘The QI Elves are barnstormingly brilliant. Everything in this book reminds us of the extraordinary science, nature, history, humanity and everyday wonders that surround us.’ Zoe Ball The QI Elves are the brains behind the enduringly popular BBC TV panel show QI. Every Wednesday the Elves appear on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show where they answer the ponderings and…
Faber pre-empts Jo Browning Wroe’s A Terrible Kindness
Louisa Joyner, Associate Publisher, pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights (excl. Canada) from Sue Armstrong at C&W Agency. Faber will publish A Terrible Kindness as a superlead title in spring 2022. It’s 1966 and the night of William Lavery’s graduation as an embalmer. Little does William know that in a few hours he will be volunteering his services at…
Faber announces two new urgent and masterly acquisitions for the 2021 poetry list
Faber is delighted to announce two new collections of poetry for 2021: Living Weapon by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (21 January 2021) and an as yet untitled work by Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe (1 July 2021). In a bracing renewal of civic poetry, the award-winning essayist and poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips presents his first publication in…
Melissa Harrison’s The Stubborn Light of Things
If you are a lover of podcasts you will probably already know about Melissa Harrison’s top-rated nature series The Stubborn Light of Things. This November we are delighted to publish her nature diary, also titled The Stubborn Light of Things. You can pre-order copies from indie bookshops such as Woodbridge Emporium, Bookseller Crow, Big Green Books, as well…
Faber Radio presents Alexis Taylor’s Robert Wyatt playlist
To celebrate the publication of Robert Wyatt & Alfie Benge Side By Side, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor has curated a playlist of the influential artists’ songs. ‘These are just some of my favourite Robert Wyatt songs, and Robert Wyatt songs are some of my favourites, full stop. I hope you enjoy listening to this…
